Eating From Scratch: Vegan Journey
"Reinventing Indulgence" One meal at a time!
Some restaurants can just be considered New York staples… especially at 4:00 in the morning. Many people ask me for a good diner or restaurant at that after-club hour. The only one that I can think of that cares about the healthy vegetarians would be Yaffa Cafe. This is mostly because they have been serving brown rice and tofu as […]
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Back to my favorite vegan (mostly vegan) restaurant in Asbury Park, NJ- the Twisted Tree Cafe. This time however, I am eating raw vegan. I was wondering if they would have options or be able to accommodate and I wasn’t let down at all. First I had a smoothie made with hemp, coconut water and fresh fruit! Then I ordered […]
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Raw vegan dining- two days back to back! This time it’s Quintessence– another restaurant which is mainly all about the raw vegan dining experience. Wait… they recently added a few non-raw items to the menu due to a shift in beliefs about including some cooked grains to ones diet. I wrote a little about it in an earlier blog during […]
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Pure Food and WineThis is my second visit to Pure Food and Wine- the first time for this blog and certainly not the last. This is a wonderful restaurant and well worth the experience for any open minded person who is ready to try something new and different. It’s raw.. organic.. and vegan. Pure Food and Wine is also the […]
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Back to the PRESS + BLEND– my new favorite raw vegan stop while I am upstate visiting Woodstock! I came in here the other day for a smoothie.. and left with inspiration! The inspiration and motivation is what I had needed to to begin my challenge to a one month raw vegan food experience.. and my continued efforts on my […]
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I can hear just about every Puerto Rican friend I know saying.. “what the hell are you doing trying to eat vegan in a Puerto Rican restaurant?” .. “We don’t do vegan.. everything revolves around meat!” Many cultures think and are probably correct in thinking that their meals and celebrations are built upon the culinary design of meat and animal […]
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I had been meaning to try out the New York Sports Club (NYSC) on Shore Parkway and today after running errands, not only did I stumble across an awesome workout spot and but surprisingly, I also found a place for some after-workout grub! I have eaten at Nature’s Grill in Bay Ridge- it’s a juice bar, smoothie shop with grilled sandwiches, […]
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So you want to try vegan food? This is a good launch spot: The V-Spot Cafe in Brooklyn. I have eaten here more than several times now and my only continued gripe about this place is that they are not open every day.. or close to it! They are open for cafe business Thursday through Sunday. I am slowly learning […]
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Asbury Park, New Jersey is already lots of fun with it’s beautiful beach and boardwalk. What I now love when I travel there is that there are two healthy spots I can visit. One is a yoga juice bar and the other is my favorite TWISTED TREE CAFE. “Everything here is made from scratch and it’s organic!” “Nothing bought packaged, […]
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The V-Note is an organic wine bar and vegan bistro, located on the upper East side of Manhattan. My expectations were off a bit- not for the better or worse, just different. I guess I was expecting something on the pretentious side.. not sure why. The V-Note is owned by the same owners as Blossom, both Cafe Blossoms, Blossom bakery and a take-out […]
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