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  • Embudo Station…Farm to table along the Rio Grande

    michelle victoria September 17, 2009     No Comment     Farm to Table, Restaurants, Santa Fe, Slow Food, Sustainable Businesses

    Have you ever noticed how sometimes you drive past a business without giving it any thought at all and other times your curiosity is immediately, or perhaps over time, peaked. When you travel on Hwy. 68, the “low road” from Santa Fe to Taos you pass Embudo Station which is located on the banks of

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  • Very Hip, Very Sustainable, Very Delicious…Akasha

    michelle victoria September 3, 2009     No Comment     Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Slow Food, Sustainable Businesses

    Akasha is a wonderful restaurant serving American comfort food (and some other countries versions too) that just happens to use the finest local, organic and hand-crafted ingredients that can be found. It feels to me as if Akasha Richmond, the chef/owner, has the gift of creating amazing dishes and her own personal values insist on

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  • Cru in Silverlake-Delicious and Organic

    michelle victoria August 31, 2009     No Comment     Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Slow Food, Sustainable Businesses

    Raw or cooked, Cru’s vegan dishes will have you wondering why you would ever eat any other way. Chef Rachel Carr has perfected the art of vegan cooking and food preparation…how else can you describe her wonderful ‘uncooked’ raw dishes. Originally, Cru served exclusively raw dishes but now you can enjoy both delicious raw and cooked dishes

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  • Not Your Ordinary Oatmeal

    michelle victoria August 29, 2009     1 Comment     Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Recipes, Restaurants, Santa Fe, Sustainable Businesses

    Located on Canyon Road the most charming gallery street in Santa Fe, the Teahouse is much more than a place to go for a cup tea.  At the Teahouse you can have breakfast, lunch or dinner and know that you are enjoying organically grown and locally produced food. Dionne Christian, the owner of the Teahouse,

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  • Basmati Rice and Vegetable Salad

    michelle victoria August 28, 2009     2 Comments     Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Recipes

    I had not really planned on including my own recipes here, which now that I think about it is silly since I used to have an organic coffee house/cafe and was the chef, but as I was preparing my lunch today I thought this would be a great recipe to share on the web site.

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  • Truly local is more than a slogan

    michelle victoria July 21, 2009     1 Comment     Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Los Angeles, Restaurants, Slow Food

    While I was recently in Los Angeles I made two basic observations about the restaurants and cafes that are setting themselves apart by serving organic or local products…or saying that they do. There are many, many places that are trying to capitalize on the public’s desire for healthier, cleaner, non-contaminated food. Some consumers want truly

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