Hayley Barisa Ryczek is the voice behind the popular healthy cooking and natural lifestyle blog, Health Starts in the Kitchen and the author of Without Grain, a cookbook featuring 100 delicious recipes for eating a grain-free, gluten-free, wheat-free diet.
Hayley aims to make the world a healthy place, one kitchen at a time, with her gluten-free, real-food recipes. She is known for converting everyone's favorite foods to healthier versions, proving that eating healthfully doesn't have to be depriving.
Most often you will find Hayley in her kitchen because she has an insatiable passion for food and cooking. She resides with her husband and two dogs on a six-acre homestead in rural, southwestern Pennsylvania. Together, they have a beautiful organic garden, raise chickens and turkeys, forage for wild edibles, and enjoy Sunday evening rides in the scenic Laurel Mountains.