About The Minimalist

NYC Artist/Illustrator, Janice Quiles-Reyes is a home cook who began sharing her love of cooking with a creative spirit 10 years ago.  Her background is a beautiful blend of fine arts and health sciences. As an artist and NYS Licensed Massage Therapist she has been able to develop a variety of ways to approach the body through diet, nutrition and a healthy dose of daily sketchbook doodling.  In 2005 she studied alongside budding chefs in the Raw Food community where she learned to be creative with hundreds of seasonings and to play with texture, transforming the most mundane vegetables and fruits into healthy renditions of everyday staples.  Most recently, she developed The Mini-Cook's Club, an after-school program designed to introduce children, from grades k-5 to new and exciting ways to prepare fresh whole foods through storytelling, art and hands-on cooking.