October 2009

Fine and Raw (and Out of This World)

October 30, 2009
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Happy Friday, all! I’m winding up a busy week with a scrumptuous product review. You guys know I love chocolate. Like, really love chocolate. Like, I would gladly eat chocolate for dessert exclusively for the rest of my life and not register a single complaint. Ice cream? Meh. Cake? Poo. Cookies? OK. Dates and nut [...]

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Savory Root Vegetable Mash

October 28, 2009
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Hey guys! As usual, I am blown away by the thoughtful and intelligent comments you guys left on my last post. If you haven’t had a chance to read it (or the responses) yet, please do! If you read the comments, you’ll notice that I had to clarify a few times what the purpose of [...]

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What Food is Not

October 26, 2009
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Hey guys! So, I know that everyone is always talking about his or her yoga teacher and how great he or she is, but really: my yoga teacher, Ashleigh, is the best. She’s sweet and wise without being too much of a flower child; hip and funny without being a smartass. (She’s a pretty great [...]

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Red Pepper and Hemp Soup

October 25, 2009
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Ah, fall. Season of soups. You guys know by now that I love raw soups. Which is a little funny, since I was never a fan of cooked soups. Or rather, I was never a fan of cooked soups with lots of stuff in them: chicken noodle, minestrone, miso, vegetable barley, whatever. I could handle [...]

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Food and Philosophy at SproutCraft Cafe

October 23, 2009
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As a raw vegan, I’m lucky to live in a city that boasts of not one, but many restaurants that specialize in the kind of food I love to eat. Most of you know my favorites by now: Pure Food and Wine, Bonobos, Quintessence, Caravan of Dreams. Prepare yourselves for a new addition to that [...]

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Sprout Salad and Smoky Guacamole

October 20, 2009
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Hello, friends! I’m glad you all enjoyed yesterday’s extemporanea! With regards to the numerous questions about the incongruous belly ring: yes, it was a silly teenage decision, but the age was eighteen, not sixteen (so, Theresa, it’s slightly more embarrassing than if I’d been sixteen). And no, Shel, it didn’t hurt at all, though I [...]

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In Case You Find Random Stuff About Me Interesting

October 19, 2009
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Well, hello there. Forgive my absence this weekend! I was in Woodstock, NY, volunteering at a fantastic vegan event that will get full coverage here on Choosing Raw in just a few days. In the meantime, I’m interrupting a work night with some random facts about myself that will most likely bore you, but may [...]

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