Create, Connect, Community Through Food - A convo with Melanie Underwood
- Melanie

- Dec 21, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 4
Melanie Underwood, founder of Nourish and Gather and author of Making Artisan Cheesecake, appeared as a guest on the Energy of the Untamed Heart podcast to discuss how food can foster connection and community.
With over 28 years as a culinary educator and certified mindfulness teacher, Melanie is able to create welcoming spaces where her students can discover the joy of cooking while cultivating mindfulness, kindness and connection. Just like the 5c’s of a diamond, Melanie brings her years of experience and wisdom to create the 5c’s of culinary magic. Through her teachings she helps her students from around the world find their curiosity, creativity, calm, confidence and connection. Her 2015 publication is called Making Artisan Cheesecake. She has been featured on multiple television programs as well as being a solo and contributing author in numerous cookbooks. Her next publication will be called Rule Breaking Baking - Baking Without Recipes.





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