Orange County, Calif., May 2023 – UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute has been leading the transformation of healthcare to optimal whole-person health. Nutrition plays an integral part of the whole-person care, and we are committed to food as medicine. So we are pleased to share that UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute Executive Chef Jessica VanRoo is collaborating with Chef Zov Karamardian for Zov’s 35th anniversary. The menu is a celebration of a shared commitment to the transformative power of the culinary arts to our health. Beginning in May, Zov’s will offer a special 3-course menu for $35 complete with Roasted Beet Dip with tahini swirl and toasted pita, Pan Roasted Sea Bass, with seared zucchini cake and toasted feta in a lemon caper sauce, and for dessert, Chia Seed Yogurt with turmeric and fresh mango.
About Zov’s Restaurant Group
The Zov’s Restaurant Group is a staple in the Orange County community, with restaurants in Tustin, Newport Beach, and Irvine offering a unique blend of contemporary new American cuisine with Eastern Mediterranean influences by renowned Chef Zov Karamardian. Roxy’z, the brand’s sister concept in Anaheim, focuses on modern American cuisine and cocktails. Zov, her husband Gary, her son Armen and her daughter Taleene have created a rare family business that takes the comforting creations of their family kitchen and blends them with a master chef’s culinary artistry presented in an approachable, welcoming atmosphere of a neighborhood restaurant.
About UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
The UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute is reimagining healthcare, complementing conventional treatments with integrative services that are informed by science and incorporated into the training of future health professionals to advance a model of team-based, whole-person care that helps patients achieve their best health. It is the Samueli Institute’s mission to transform healthcare through the practice of integrative health by conducting rigorous research; promoting evidence-informed treatment modalities; educating the public on wellbeing practices, providing individualized, patient-centered clinical care; and providing services to the community that focus on obtaining optimal health.
