Healing Begins in the Pot: The Medicine of Everyday Stews

There’s something ancient that stirs in us when a pot of stew simmers on the stove.

The scent alone is grounding—like something familiar, something from childhood, something older than memory. Maybe that’s because it is. Long before supplements and superfoods, our ancestors were throwing roots, bones, herbs, and love into heavy pots and letting them whisper their way into healing.

This is the heart of kitchen alchemy—remembering that food is our first medicine.