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Salt Lake City's Raw Food Restaurant: Omar's Living Cuisine

Raw Food — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:49:43 +0000

Omar's Living Cuisine was recently featured in The Salt Lake Tribune. This organic, raw food restaurant is located in Salt Lake City, Utah (30 minutes from the ski slopes). Article is excerpted below…

The Blossoming Lotus, Vegan and Raw Food Restaurant, featured in paper

Raw Food — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:17:26 +0000

The DailyBulletin, a newspaper out of Ontario, Canada, recently spotlighted The Blossoming Lotus, a vegan and raw food restaurant located on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. Excerpt below…

KAPAA, Hawaii – If you stay in Kauai long enough, you'll hear locals talk about the power of Hawaii's oldest island. There's a sense of wisdom and spirituality in the soil, and it makes its way into the lush, abundant produce grown here.

Raw Food Restaurant in Ashland Oregon Profiled in the News

Raw Food — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:14:00 +0000

A "sometimes-raw" food restaurant in Ashland, Oregon, called Mana Community Cafe, recently received some publicity in the Mail Tribune (a newspaper targeted towards southern Oregon). Manna Community Cafe serves all raw food on Sundays and Mondays. Article excerpt is below, and was written by Paris Achen…

Raw Food Restaurants in Southern California in the News

Raw Food — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:29:00 +0000

Two raw food restaurants (Neshama and Cilantro Live!) were recently featured in The North County Times, a newspaper serving San Diego and Riverside counties in southern California. Excerpt below…

New Raw Food Cafe in Santa Monica

Raw Food — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:17:40 +0000

A recent press release published by "Drinks Media Wire" highlights RAWvolution, a new raw food cafe, in Santa Monica, California.

Raw Food Café Brings Food and Consciousness Together in One-Stop Shop

Raw Food Juice Bar & Cafe Opens in Darien, CT

Raw Food — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 18:16:36 +0000

Michael Kenney, founder of Pure Food & Wine in New York City, has opened a new Blue/Green cafe at Equinox (an upscale gym) on Heights Road in Darien, Connecticut. Darien, CT is a small suburban community located just outside NYC, and is home to many Wall Street fund managers and "high finance" types.

Raw Foodist for 14 Years

Raw Food — Sun, 28 May 2006 18:14:47 +0000

The Ottawa Citizen, a Canadian newspaper, recently published an article profiling a 45 year-old woman who says she has eaten raw (almost exclusively) for the past 14 years. Story excerpt below…

Read more on Raw Foodist for 14 Years…

New Raw Food Restaurant in Los Angeles

Raw Food — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:50:54 +0000

A new raw food restaurant in Los Angeles called Leaf just opened its doors. Leaf serves raw vegan, organic, kosher cuisine and has two locations, one in L.A. just off the 405 freeway, and one in Sherman Oaks, CA. The founder is Rod Rotondi, who has a background in Italian and French cuisine, and previously worked at Juliano's Raw restaurant in Santa Monica. The menu looks great; wish it was closer to me.

Rod's story…

Growing up in an Italian-American family, Rod Rotondi, founder of Leaf Cuisine, learned to cook as a child, learned table service and Italian cuisine in Rome at the American Ambassador's Residence (his grandfather), took French cooking courses in Paris as a teenager (where his family lived), and worked in restaurants to pay his way through college and graduate school. Through 15 years of world travels (including working for the United Nations), he picked up culinary lessons from around the globe.

In 1996, Rod discovered raw and living foods and first introduced them in his restaurant in Egypt. Upon returning to the U.S., he opened "Rod's Wrap and Juice Bar" in Marblehead, Massachusetts and won the "Best of Show" and the "Best Theme" awards at the prestigious Marblehead Culinary Arts Festival. But California was calling, and Rod moved out to Los Angeles where well known raw foods chef Juliano hired him to set up, manage and chef at his new restaurant, "Juliano's Raw" in Santa Monica.

In 2004 Rod created Leaf Cuisine in order to offer "truly clean, delicious and affordable food in a convenient and relaxed format."

Raw Food Restaurant in Toronto

Raw Food — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:38:03 +0000

Article on new raw food restaurant in Toronto…

Live's Drive
Organic Bar Gets Parlayed Into A 30-Seater On Dupont
by Steen Davey

Jennifer Italiano is understandably stressed. In less than 24 hours, the vivacious chef will host a launch party for Live Organic Food Bar, the 30-seat upscale sequel to her wildly original –- but tiny –- Annex café. Acclaimed for its raw California-style vegan cuisine, the stylish bistro needs a lot of work. For starters, the banquettes have yet to arrive, someone just delivered a refrigerator and the construction crew seems to be weeks away from finishing. As if that weren't nerve-wracking enough, tomorrow's bash will be shot by Opening Soon, the Food Network's resto reality show that's been filming Italiano for months. Three days later, Live is scheduled to welcome its first paying customer. Now, NOW hails the latest version of Live as Toronto's top vegetarian restaurant. You'd be frazzled, too.

Another Article on Pure Food & Wine in NYC

Raw Food — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:00:58 +0000

Yet another article on Pure Food & Wine in NYC (from Detroit Free Press)…

Chefs Can't Stand the Heat–Take on Raw Food Preparation

Just a few years ago, chef Matthew Kenney was ascending to the height of success and celebrity, with a string of thriving New York City eateries, two well-received cookbooks, and, early on, a ranking by Food & Wine as one of the "Ten Best New Chefs in America." But after Sept. 11, 2001, his empire collapsed in the economic fallout. And the French-trained chef took a surprising turn.

South Africa publication Highlights Raw Food & Raw Food Restaurant in London

Raw Food — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:50:31 +0000

The following is from a South African publication about raw foods, including raw meat eating. Seems hard to believe that anyone could even consider eating raw meat. I've omitted the parts of the article that discuss raw meat eating. That's just unsanitary (certainly not hygenic!).

Raw Food Cafe in Pennsylvania in the News

Raw Food — Sat, 14 May 2005 00:49:00 +0000

The Morning Call, a Pennsylvania newspaper, published an article about Arnold's Way Vegetarian Raw Cafe. If you live near Landsdale, PA and you're a raw foodist, you've got a new restaurant to try out. Unfortunately, I don't live near PA, but for those who do…this is for you…

Raw Food Pictures from Raw Food Restaurant

Raw Food — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 19:35:00 +0000

Spicy Thai lettuce wraps with tamarind chili sauce, mango, napa cabbage, ginger and cashews from Pure Food & Wine Restaurant (see blog entry below–photo courtesy of blacktable.com). This would be a healthy choice minus the chili sauce and cashews. I'm against using lots of hot spices, and cashews are known for having a LOT of mycotoxins. It looks delicious, but it might cause some digestive problems. Fruits (mango) + nuts (cashews) don't mix.

Yum! Raw Zucchini & Golden Tomato Lasagna

Raw Food — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 19:29:00 +0000

Yum! Zucchini and golden tomato lasagna with basil-pistachio pesto, sun-dried tomato sauce and pignoli ricotta from Pure Food & Wine Restaurant in NYC.

Pictures from a New Raw Food Restaurant in New York City

Raw Food — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 18:14:00 +0000

There's a new raw-food restaurant in NYC called Pure Food and Wine. It's pricey, and kind of "hyped-up," but the food looks very good. I don't agree with drinking wine, using miso, eating mushrooms, and using lots of spices in raw food. But aside from that, the restaurant looks interesting. Try it out, and let me know what you think.

Raw Food Meals Shipped to Your Door

Raw Food — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:35:00 +0000

For raw foodists who have very little time to fix food, you can order raw food meals from Raw Life Line. The food looks mouth-wateringly good. It's fast-food with a raw food twist…delivered right-to-your doorstep.