About the Author

Hayley Barisa Ryczek is the voice behind the healthy cooking and natural lifestyle blog Health Starts in the Kitchen. After a diagnosis of celiac disease in 2010, Hayley eliminated grains and gluten from her diet and set up a blog to help others enjoy a traditional real-foods diet, including fermented foods.

Hayley’s recipes have been featured in Reader’s Digest, Wellness magazine, and on the websites of David Perlmutter, M.D., and Paleo Parents. She has also written Grain-Free Grab-n-Go, a snack cookbook, and cowritten another recipe book, Make it Paleo II. Her blog has earned her recognition in the Paleohacks Awards 2015 and the Mamavation Top Green & Wellness Blogs of 2014.