Check out Food Network Winner Chef Chloe's Flatbread with Roasted Apple, Butternut Squash, and Caramelized Onion Recipe. Just in time for Autumn!
I was just notified that Gorgeous and Green San Francisco was moved to the W San Francisco Monday, December 13, 2010 so that more people could attend. More information is here.
This Reuters Video details a 20 year study of UK students shows that plants benefit students by improving their concentration, and ultimately their grades. Imagine what plants can do for everyone else! Check out this new study led by a Stanford researcher which shows that more than 80 percent of the new farmland created in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came from felling forests, which sends carbon into the atmosphere and drives global warming. The research team also found that big agribusiness has mostly replaced small farmers in doing most of the tree cutting in Brazil and Indonesia. See the full article here.
The October 2010 Self Magazine has a brief article on 5 Tips to Prevent Breast Cancer. They are:
1. Eat 5 Servings of Fruits and Veggies a Day 2. Increase Vitamin D 3. Add Curcumin, which is the yellow spice found in tumeric and curry powder that may have anti-tumor compounds that protect against breast cancer 4. Have Green Tea 5. Have Beets and Red Cabbage which contain indole-3 carbinole that plays a role on how estrogen is produced in the body Some of you may be interested in this October 19 Stanford Lecture:
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary edition of The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory Tue 10/19/2010 8:00 ~ 9:00 PM Building 260, Room 113 Stanford, CA On the evening of October 19, Carol J. Adams will be giving a slideshow lecture on the relationship between patriarchal values and meat-eating. This slideshow is based on the content of her book The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory, which was just recently released in the 20th anniversary edition. In addition to authoring The Sexual Politics of Meat, which has been translated into several languages, including German, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, Carol J. Adams is also the author of many other books, including The Pornography of Meat, Living Among Meat Eaters, and Neither Man nor Beast. With Josephine Donovan, she has edited three collections on feminism and animals: Animals and Women: Feminist Theoretical Explorations, Beyond Animal Rights, and most recently, The Feminist Care Tradition in Animal Ethics: A Reader. Her interest is in analyzing and challenging interconnected oppressions, and in creating progressive theory that de-centers the human. Her Sexual Politics of Meat Slide Show has been shown on more than 100 college and university campuses and in several countries. On October 20, there will be a follow-up symposium entitled "Can Literature Help Real Animals." In the symposium, Ursula K. Heise will draw from her forthcoming book How Extinction Means and Shelley Fisher Fishkin will draw from her book Mark Twain's Book of Animals in dialogue with Carol J. Adams for an engaging round table discussion at the intersections of literary studies, critical animal studies, environmental studies, and feminist studies. For more info, contact: karlic@stanford.edu and the website is here. Sponsored by Modern Thought and Literature, American Studies, Feminist Studies and Department of English According to a report published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, people will have to cut meat from their diets if the world is to stay within safer limits of planet-warming greenhouse gases, nitrate pollution and habitat destruction. See the full Reuters article for details.
Joyce Kushner Coco-Zen Photo: Mary Vincent Gratitude Gourmet was pleased to be a Media Partner for the Sept. 29 Fair Trade Month Kickoff San Francisco Party powered by Trendy Lime which featured a variety of creative products from coffee and teas to a variety of Quinoa products such as vodka and chocolate. What a great concept to incorporate Quinoa, one of the healthiest grains in the world, with other popular products like vodka and chocolate! If you want to learn more about the health benefits of Quinoa, check out this Gratitude Gourmet article. Fair Trade treats were provided by: Honest Tea, Numi Tea, Divine Chocolate, TCHO Chocolate, La Yapa Quinoa, Weaver’s Coffee and Rishi Tea Fair Trade Fashion was provided by: HAE Now Fair Trade Organic Cotton Clothing and Tompkins Point Apparel Mary Vincent, Leslie Lum Credit:FairTradeUSA The Drink Menu created exclusively for Fair Trade USA by Danny Ronen, Fair Trade Spirits Co. included: FAIR.ly My Dear…. FAIR. Quinoa Vodka, fresh lemon juice and mint syrup served over ice. Topped with HONEST TEA® Peach Oo-La-Long, a dash of absinth and garnished with a sprig of mint. FAIR. Mula FAIR. Quinoa Vodka, fresh lime juice, and Main Root Ginger Brew served over ice. A FAIR. version of the Moscow Mule. FAIR. Indian Summer Inspired by H.Joseph Ehrmann of Elixir, SF’s 1st Green Certified Bar - Numi Organic Ruby Chai Tea infused FAIR. Quinoa Vodka, organic and unfiltered apple juice, organic agave nectar, fresh lime juice and a touch of egg white. Served in a chilled cocktail glass with an apple slice garnish. Joyce Kushner, Owner of Coco-Zen, featured the most DELICIOUS organic, VEGAN, and Fair Trade Certified Chocolate Truffles!! You must try them!! :-) Her business tagline is 'Experience Oneness with Chocolate', and with her chocolate, I wholeheartedly agree! You can view all Photos from the event here. Last week, I shared my Gratitude Gourmet post on CNN's Wolf Blitzer interviewing Bill Clinton about his plant-based diet. Here is a new Video of Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. MD & Dean Ornish MD explaining Bill Clinton's Diet To Wolf Blitzer at CNN. There have been doctors in the past advocating that a plant-based diet can reverse heart disease including PCRM's Neal Barnard MD. I'm very pleased more MDs around the country are sharing their data and advice with the American public. American Licorice Company has introduced Natural Vines, a new line of premium, gourmet soft licorice available in Black and Strawberry flavors, and are made from all natural ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. I must say they are also delicious! “Today, many consumers are more health conscious and are looking for products that don’t contain ingredients created in a laboratory,” said American Licorice spokesman Michael Kelly. “Natural Vines are just that—natural.” While most other premium licorice products contain artificial ingredients and high fructose corn syrup, Natural Vines are naturally sweetened with cane sugar and are low in fat, sodium, cholesterol-free, and contain no trans fat. You can buy them here. Peter Singer starts out his UK Guardian article, Fish: the forgotten victims on our plate, with the following words: "There is no humane slaughter requirement for the staggering number of wild fish caught and killed at sea". You can read the full article here.
Are you in San Diego or know someone that lives in San Diego? San Diego is celebrating Veg Week Oct 2-9. Councilman Todd Gloria, Assemblywoman Lori Saldana, and Assemblyman Pedro Nava are taking the Veg pledge and are participating in some of the Veg Week activities! Other state and federal elected officials took part in the recent LA Veg Week sponsored by our partners at Compassion Over Killing! You can find more information here.
Global Green's 6th Annual Gorgeous and Green Gala is one of the Bay Area's premier green lifestyle events. I attended last year's event and was very impressed by the professional fashion show. Yes, one can be sustainable and still have style! Gorgeous and Green Monday, December 13 2010 W Hotel, San Francisco 5:30pm: Patron Pre-Reception Cocktails 6 - 7:30pm: Patron Dinner 7:30pm: Eco-Fashion Show & Cocktail Party Hosted By: Alison Brie (Community, Mad Men), Mayor Gavin Newsom & Jennifer Siebel Newsom Co-Chairs: Global Green Board Member Zem Joaquin, San Francisco committee co-chair Nadine Weil Sponsors: Pureology, Rabobank More information and registration is here. A fun-filled Smart Living San Francisco Treasure Island event is happening Oct 22-24. In addition to electric cars and home designs, you will find award-winning celebrity chef, restaurateur, and author, Matthew Kenney presenting many of his finest organic, vegetarian, and sustainable cuisines in the show’s purpose-built, 105degrees pop-up interactive restaurant. THE KI’s guests will enjoy the unprecedented bay area opportunity to observe Matthew’s expertise in raw and vegan cuisines first hand, as well as sample several of his renowned gourmet living foods.
Matthew Kenney (www.matthewkenneycuisine.com) is recognized for his unique brand of organic and vegetarian cuisine. He has appeared on the Today Show, the Food Network and a host of talk shows internationally, and has garnered critical acclaim including Food and Wine’s Best New Chefs in America award. Matthew has been the chef and partner of numerous successful restaurants including 'Matthew's', 'Pure Food and Wine' and '105degrees'. In addition, he is the author of several cookbooks, including Raw Food Real World, Matthew Kenney’s Mediterranean Cooking, Everyday Raw and Entertaining in the Raw. Matthew recently launched the award-winning 105degrees and 105degrees Academy, the world’s first State-Licensed Culinary Academy focusing on raw and vegan cuisine. He serves as Creative Director and Founder of his own company, Matthew Kenney Cuisine, and is currently involved in a number of culinary projects in New York, Florida, Oklahoma and Spain. More information is below along with the website details here http://blog.theki.net |