| Upcoming Classes | Nut Milks & CheesesLearn dairy free, vegan alternatives to your favoritesTONIGHT September 13 in Oakland Are you looking for Parmesan or other cheeses that tastes like you
remember? You will learn all sortsof cheeses that are very easy to make,
but they will knock the socks off your family and friends. You will
learn - literally - a dozen different ways to work with cheese. I will show how to create a thick rind on cheese, how to make beautiful rounds, and how to plate your creations. This
class is perfect if you are looking for new potluck items, staples like
what you grew up with, or a WOW dish you can use for a dinner party. The 2010 Fall Calender is now posted at www.rawbayarea.comOctober 7 & 14 -
Why Raw?October 13 - Tricks, Tips and Tour in Oakland October 16 -
Raw Italy in Berkeley October 18 -
Mexican Fiesta in Oakland October 21 - Divine Desserts in San Rafael October 23 - Raw Food Intensive for Beginners in Oakland |
World Veg Day
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 October 2 - 3
Golden Gate Park
San FranciscoThe 11th Annual World Veg Day is around the corner. There is always a very strong raw food component to this festival. You can meet Cherie Soria, Jennifer Cornbleet and many others. You can also join my good friend Lisa Books-Williams of Thrive Holistic who is providing the showcase meal on Saturday.
(Buy some of her granola, it is amazing.)
Click
sfvs.org for the details
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Favorite Links This Month
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Quick tip
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It is melon season!
If you get a mushy watermelon and don't want to eat it, blend it!
Just put any melon in the blender, add nothing else. You will have a delicious, cleansing and hydrating energy drink!
You will find that watermelons are refreshing, and cantaloupe have a nice milky flavor.
I make these drinks when I am really short on time, and the melon really fills me up.
Blend in some ice for a
really refreshing rawktail!
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Keeping Up With Heather
|  If you are not already following me on facebook and twitter, you should!As I eat my way through the Middle East, I will post updates and pictures. I'll let you know whats happening with the olive harvest - and what spices I found in the souk.  Raw Bay Area - organization Raw BayArea - person  Raw Bay Area |
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Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes visit Oakland
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It was so much fun to have Matt Monarch and Angela Stokes of the Raw Food World visit this week.
Heather and Bashir
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We had more than 120 people come out for the event, the largest gathering of raw food enthusiasts I have seen in the Bay Area. This was thanks to strong teamwork between Cafe Gratitude, four different raw meet up groups around the Bay Area, Thrivin' Edibles and many more friends.
It seemed that people loved the event. Comments on the Oakland Raw Meet-Up board include:"I was looking for more anecdotal evidence that raw food is the right
path for me, and Matthew delivered. I was particularly intrigued by his
spiritual observations." and "great time - excellent lecture, I especially enjoyed Angela's practical,
organized approach to things and of course Matt's emphasis on colonics!
thanks guys!"
We filmed that evening, and you can watch the entire program right here.
For me, there were so many highlights in addition to the incredible inspiration and information that Matt & Angela provided. They included:
- Filming this fun video about how to juggle relationships when you are raw and your partner isn't.
- Chef Patti Searle, with whom I recently started a food to-go business, completely sold out of all her food.
 - There were so many great volunteers that helped the event move very smoothly. Big thanks to them! I am so honored to be able to work with all of these wonderful people.
- Waving good-bye to Matt and Angela the next day as they took off in their white Mustang convertible rental car. What a hot couple in their hot rod!
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Healthy Holiday Survival Strategies
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Mark your calender for an incredible event:
In his daylong
crash course, you will create a game plan for a fun, delicious and sustainable
holiday season. The Bay Area's top raw
chefs will teach you easy ra w vegan foods to nourish you through the winter's
festivities. Plus, you'll get loads of holiday decorating tips, shop for green
gifts and enjoy an elegant raw dinner with like-minded enthusiasts.
This event is a fresh approach to holiday celebration, and is unlike
any other event you have been to.
The Healthy Holiday Survival Crash Course will include:
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A
chat with raw food celebs about surviving the holidays and feeling rawsome in
the winter. Featured guests include raw food luminary Cherie Soria, Café
Gratitude Head Pastry Chef Gregory Manitsas, Monday Night Live founder Shea Lynn
Baird, author Diana Stobo, Chef Melissa Mango and others.
- Raw food classes with
featured chefs:
Drinks and mains with Chef Heather Haxo Phillips. Desserts with best-selling Author and Chef
Jennifer Cornbleet. Crackers and
appetizers with the Krazy Kracker Lady Abeba Wright
- Tips for Holiday plating
and decorations
- An elegant holiday meal featuring
City Slicker Farms
- An opportunity to start
your holiday shopping off right.
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
$65 - a limited
pre-sale of tickets.
Offer good through
September 31 only
$120 regular
price
On sale now at www.rawbayarea.comComing from out of town? We can help you coordinate
ridesharing. Just email Lisa_quan@yahoo.com where you are coming from and put "Health Holiday Celebration - Ride Share" in the
subject line
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Leavin' on a Jet Plane
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 Tomorrow morning before the sun rises, I will be heading to the Middle East. Bashir and I are going to Palestine to check out the olive harvest, and hopefully bring back some of the yummy fair trade olive oil that so many of you have come to loveOur Holy Land Olive Oil  | .
We will be gone for three weeks. As usual, I am carrying more food and yoga props than I am clothes.
How does one travel in the raw?
For the plane I recommend:
- Resuable bamboo eating utensils
- Yogurt and granola for breakfast. I love the Rawnola from the Raw Food World and Thrive Holistic's Cranberry-Citrus Granola
- An unopened bag of kale chips with a kale salad I made for lunch.
- Nut cheese and crackers for snacks
- Dehydrated vegetables with seasoning, so when I get hungry I can add hot water and make a nice soup.
- Sprouts - I have fresh pea sprouts that are ready to eat. Plus, clover and alfalfa growing in a nut milk bag. They grow fine on the plane.
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In the luggage I recommend:
- A couple nut milk bags for making milk and juice
- A large bag of almonds and some vanilla powder
- Seasoned seeds and nuts, rawnola bars and other snacks
- Resuable bamboo utensils and tomato sharks for gifts
- Lots of green powders - Vitamineral Green, AFA, greener grasses, etc.
- Other high health things like Hemp Seed Protein, Chia for morning pudding, digestive enzymes, MSM, DHLA, Kefir packets
- A handheld blender, with electricity adapters.
- Anything you need for your first few meals. For us that includes: nuts, raisins, lemons, high-quality salt and buckwheaties. Produce I will easily pick up once we land.
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