I am blessed!
Today at the age of fifty four I am constantly changing and even making my dreams come true. Last September was spent completing a raw food certification with my daughter Sivan at the Matthew Kenney Culinary in Santa Monica, California. “Raw food certification?” you ask. Think of it as a cooking school with no cooking! Raw food is vegan cuisine, no meat, fish, eggs or dairy products, and has not been heated over 115 degrees Fahrenheit. The idea is to preserve the nutritional integrity of the food as certain nutrients (such as enzymes) are destroyed or damaged during the traditional cooking process.
One of my favorite quotes is: “Less is More”. Why in heaven’s name did I have to go all the way to the West Coast of the United States?!
Less is More?
Yes!
Take a look at these creations: mother nature sourced, natural colors and tastes!
Dreams Come True!
On one of my trips to visit family in the U.S., I ate at one of Matthew’s first raw food restaurants in New York. Oh my G-d! That was one amazing gastronomic experience.
Let me just say that it was divine: an unforgettable multi-sensory orgasmic experience that I didn’t want to end, ever!
The academy was founded by Matthew, a classically trained chef and owner of a number of gourmet restaurants. As luck (our luck) would have it a friend invited Matthew to join him for a meal at a raw food restaurant.
From that moment onwards Matthew’s life was shaken to its core. He woke up the next morning with invigorating energies, lost were the familiar heavy and lethargic sensations.
The next year following was spent in a quest to find novel ways to apply his classical chef training to the preparation of raw food cuisine without, of course, integrating any of the traditional gourmet ingredients such as cream, butter and flour nor traditional heated cooking methods. Needless to say, it was a huge challenge to transform carrots, apples, lettuce and friends into gourmet creations. Today Matthew’s name is synonymous with cutting edge plant based gourmet cuisine.
