The Doctor’s Apron is the only independent physician-led culinary medicine practice in Oregon and Washington.
The Doctor’s Apron helps you use food, cooking, and practical habits to feel better now and support long-term health.
Through evidence based practices, medical insight, and culinary practice, you'll learn to choose well, cook confidently, and build sustainable habits that actually feel good to live with.
Most physicians don’t have the time.
At The Doctor's Apron, dedicated one-on-one time with your physician is the foundation of everything. Work with a board-certified physician with additional training in culinary medicine, integrative medicine, family medicine and the culinary arts.
A physician who takes the time to review your comprehensive medical history, your food, and your real life — and build something that actually works for you. Using multiple approaches tailored to what's right for you, we work toward healthy living and sustainable habits with food, cooking, and lifestyle.
Health and medicine starts with our food sources in nature and meets us in our kitchens. That's the gap The Doctor's Apron was built for.
Meet the Physician
Meet Dr. Rachel Banach — Physician. Chef. Founder.
Dr. Banach is a board-certified family medicine physician with culinary training and is the founder of The Doctor's Apron.
After years of practicing medicine across multiple settings, she recognized a consistent gap — patients were being told what to eat, but never shown how, or why certain foods were right for their body, their life, and their kitchen.
The Doctor's Apron was built to close that gap.
Select consultations may include individualized physician-guided assessments, basic lab review of recent results, a specific food sensitivity and gut health laboratory test and assessments, and other evidence based and integrative nutrition strategies.
Workshops, teaching kitchens, culinary education, recipe planning, guided grocery store and farmers market walks, and general wellness guidance designed to support healthier living through food.