This week, the United States government, working closely with local authorities, heroically raided and arrested raw-food terror kingpin James Stewart in Venice, California. Stewart, who runs the private healthfood cartel, Rawesome Foods, "posed a major threat to the establishment," claimed an unnamed but armed, undercover double-agent involved in the arrest.
Hi :-) I don't often forward emails but I felt that this time it's important that people know what is going on with our right to grow, share, trade and sell the food we grow ourselves. Gardening, specifically growing edible things has become a passion of mine. Sharing and swapping/trading what I grow is a natural extension of that passion.
1. Try to cook/prepare/order meals that contain the 6 essential flavors: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and astringent. The physiological (rather than psychology) urge to over-eat comes from a lack of satiation. The brain sends signals of satiation when the tongue comes into contact with all of those tastes (which represent the array of a balanced nutritional profile).
This Recipe from Chef Melissa Mango is guaranteed to put some refreshing zing in your summer and spring.
This hydrating and juicy sweet soup is best made in summer when all the ingredients are in season and at their best! Most people think soups need to be warming, or even savory in taste. This soup can easily be a breakfast item or sipped throughout a warm day. Enjoy.
Hey all, just watched this video and wanted to share the link.
Some might find it a bit long-winded or dry but I recommend it despite this.
Dr. Russell Blaylock talks about the effects of diet on psychology. While his focus is primarily on the individual, its easy to see how our society at large would benefit hugely from improving our diets.
Saturday, November 14
2-4PM
$20 (includes your own jar of kimchi, which you'll be making!)
Cosmic Cantina
105 Third Avenue, near 13th Street
New York, NY
Sometimes the best way to get people to listen is through a little comic relief. Raw Family's own Sergei Boutenko, co-author of Fresh: The Ultimate Live-Food Cookbook, sings the perks of eating raw in this hilarious new music video. Check it out!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd1Z4snq2Jo&feature=player_embedded)
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
