JULIE ROSTEN is a native Seattleite, who moved to Whidbey Island 12 years ago to seek a lifestyle closer to nature. Educated in the arts, she has spent a lifetime fostering the creative efforts of those she meets. From providing art classes to children in the ’80s, to opening a gallery showcasing young emerging artists in the ’90s, to managing the private businesses of artists on the island, she has found her true calling as a guest chef at Hedgebrook nurturing the writers. Her palette is multicultural and her dishes are artfully prepared with the love and gratitude for everything that contributes to the meal: from the seed savers, farmers, ranchers, poultry women,… fisherwomen, mushroom foragers and seaweed harvesters to the eaters that sit at her table.