I know there are a lot of people who live the vegetarian or vegan lifestyle and find it hard to have options when they go out to eat.
So here's a link to my review of Present Moment Café, a Raw Food Vegan place in St. Augustine, which is fantastic!
http://www.eujacksonville.com/pages/10-4-07/presentmomentcafe.htm
I would love for a place like this to open up in Jacksonville. Even the non-veggies (at least the ones that aren't freaked out by creative dishes) will love the stuff at Present Moment. The juice bar alone makes it worthwhile.
Here's a link to a great site with info on the Raw lifestyle and Raw
Restaurants, with plenty of beautiful pictures of what a well-prepared Raw dish can look like.
http://www.rawchef.com/index.php
This site will get you a respectable list of Raw Food recipes.
http://www.living-foods.com/recipes
Monday, October 15, 2007
Every Chip is a Gift from God! Or-- If it’s not Fabulous don’t put it in your mouth!
I'm an omnivore, which means, like a raccoon, I'll eat just about anything, provided I can open the damn package.
But, as someone who loves to savor things, I've come to a certain Food Philosophy that can be applied to other things in life.
If it isn't fabulous don't put it in your mouth.
Reject the mediocre in favor of an exalted experience.
We have to eat. It's required.
Therefore, wouldn't life be more pleasant if everything you ate were fabulous? So, don't bother eating things you don't absolutely love.
I also think you should be "present" every moment that you eat. Each bite of everything should be Experienced as totally and fully as possible. None of that gazing into the TV as you munch on chips.
Every Chip is a Gift from God in all its Fat Saturated Glory.
Paying attention to what you're eating not only increases your pleasure factor, it will also mean that eat more slowly and that you may, in fact eat less and get full faster.
Or that could be bullsh*t because I want the rest of the world to gain about ten pounds, skewing the average, thereby saving me from countless hours at the gym.
Whatever the case, you'll certainly have more fun in life if you cut out the things that aren't adding to the experience of personal satisfaction and pleasure.
But, as someone who loves to savor things, I've come to a certain Food Philosophy that can be applied to other things in life.
If it isn't fabulous don't put it in your mouth.
Reject the mediocre in favor of an exalted experience.
We have to eat. It's required.
Therefore, wouldn't life be more pleasant if everything you ate were fabulous? So, don't bother eating things you don't absolutely love.
I also think you should be "present" every moment that you eat. Each bite of everything should be Experienced as totally and fully as possible. None of that gazing into the TV as you munch on chips.
Every Chip is a Gift from God in all its Fat Saturated Glory.
Paying attention to what you're eating not only increases your pleasure factor, it will also mean that eat more slowly and that you may, in fact eat less and get full faster.
Or that could be bullsh*t because I want the rest of the world to gain about ten pounds, skewing the average, thereby saving me from countless hours at the gym.
Whatever the case, you'll certainly have more fun in life if you cut out the things that aren't adding to the experience of personal satisfaction and pleasure.
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