Saturday, April 18, 2009

He cooks raw food

This weekend was the Fira per la Terra, Fair for the Earth, a fair that takes place every year in the park right by our apartment, which celebrates the planet with all types of activities that try to create an ecological mentality, from -mostly- healthy and sustainable food to natural and alternative therapies of all sorts.
I met a guy -from Argentina like me- who calls himself "spiritual chef", he cooks raw food (but that's an oxymoron, isn't it?). I tasted some of his creations and was utterly surprised at how amazing they tasted. My favorite was the "Sandwich de amor" (Sandwich of love), a sandwich consisting of a crispy cracker-type bread (made of raw, dehydrated seeds), lettuce, tomato, cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, grated carrot, dehydrated onion, tahini sauce and a "magic falafel" (made from sprouted chickpeas). It was absolutely scrumptious, full of flavor and with a perfect combination of the crispy crackers and raw veggies, and juicy, tender falafel and tomato. I had one on Saturday and came back for more the next day.
I know hardly a thing about the raw food movement, it's not at all big here in Spain yet. As a matter of fact, the mostly macrobiotic-like diet Montse Bradford has been teaching me is pretty much against raw food except in the summer months and in small quantities at that. For people like me who are on the thin side and always cold, she doesn't recommend raw food at all. But after having tasted these delicious concoctions I'm convinced that at least a bit more research is called for.
The "spiritual chef" teaches workshops and cooks for small groups at his place, I'll surely be signing up for one soon.
Here's a photo of the "enzymatic crackers" made of all kinds of seeds:

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