Dr. Tasty
Nashville's Intentional Private Chef
Creating Deeper Relationship with Food
We all know food matters, but being bombarded with
how we “should” eat is exhausting.
Dr. Tasty creates intentional culinary experiences
helping people and communities choose
what food becomes,
Intimate Connection at Private Dinners
Experience a deeply personal way to evoke meaning, to impact and shape the conversation at your table. I’ll work with you to co-create a dining experience shaped by and for your intention.
A Community Meal Prep System
Bring your cooker, your to-go containers, and your appetite to learn. Together, we’ll cook a nourishing weekly meal, explore the history of the dish, and practice simple ways to make eating more intentional.
You leave with seven meals for the week, more confidence in the kitchen, and the support of cooking in community.
Custom Individual Meals
Fill your fridge with intentional meals designed around your life, your needs, and the kind of nourishment you want to come home to.
1 on 1 Coaching
Reconnect to the love language of food. My private coaching teachs the science of food, so you understand the systems that underly cooking. This gives you the confidence and creative freedom to explore what food gets to be in your life. A nourishing hobby, meditative practice, source of community, it’s just a consult away.
Nourishing Microgreen Ancient Grain Sourdough Focaccia
A nourishing weekend bread made with slow-proofed sourdough, whole ancient grains, and fresh microgreens from Radical Shoots.
Built with quinoa, farro, millet, and wheat berries, this focaccia is hearty, unctuously flavorful, and made for sandwiches, shared tables, or simple meals at home. Available Saturday and Sunday for pickup at the Radical Shoots Greenhouse inside the Nashville Farmers Market.
Origin And Purpose
Dr. Tasty
James White, Ph.D.
After burning out during my PhD, where I studied wound healing by shooting fruit flies with lasers, I rediscovered my curiosity and passion for life by private cheffing for psychedelic ceremonies.
That unlikely contrast between science, spirituality, healing, and deep connection fundamentally changed how I see cooking.
Cooking is one of the oldest human love languages. It shaped cognative evolution, connects each of us to our heritage, culture, and tradition, and continues to create nourishment, resilience, and community wherever it is practiced.
Dr. Tasty exists to bring intentionality back to the table.
That does not mean every meal has to be nutritious, healthy, nostalgic, exploratory, or sinfully delicious. It means every meal is a moment to pause and ask what we want it to be, what we want it to create.
For me, food created a way back to presence, curiosity, and a passion for life. Dr. Tasty is my invitation for you to discover what food, approached with intention, awakens in you.