Imported from Safeway
Yesterday was one of those days where I forgot to eat. Until about midnight. Ravenous, I sped over to the local Safeway, attempting to get something reasonably healthy - not exactly an easy thing to do at Safeway. I grabbed a bag of carrots, grimaced at the browning organic cabbage, and strolled over to the […]
A Very Raw Christmas
Before too much time goes by, I’d like to tell a Christmas story. For Jewish vegan raw food enthusiasts. On Christmas day, we twiddled our thumbs and thought about going out to a Chinese restaurant. But no - St. Chanuklaus tapped me on the shoulder and in his thick Yiddish accent, said, “Vat - ah yu cvazy? […]
My kind of girl
Spied at Trader Joe’s today: A woman in the checkout line, holding a small salad and a big cheesecake. Now that’s what I call lunch.
As an aside, this is also cheesecake, but made with kitchen sponges from Walt Disneyworld.
The truth of seasonal affect disorder
The rains have hit. And my brain has one thing on its mind.
I AM DIGESTING
I am sitting here in the postprandial haze of a gustatorial high, having made Gratitudesque spring rolls. I say esque because they didn’t turn out quite like the way the Gratitude Cafe makes them, but they were still remarkably tasty. I made I AM (reasonably) INSIGHTFUL rolls with what I had in the fridge - avocado, tomato, cucumber, mango, and sprouts […]
My kind of road food
One of my favorite restaurants on the west coast is hands down, Cafe Gratitude in San Francisco. Taking a road trip down from Oregon to Arizona recently, I had the fortune to celebrate my birthday at Gratitude, and it did not disappoint. The venue specializes in gourmet raw vegan fare, and I suppose it takes […]