Why do you love being a raw chef? That’s simple, because it’s RAWmazingly fun creating RAWlchemy! I feel like I’m in my true element whenever I am making scrumptious raw cuisine. I love developing raw living inspirational artistry!
How do you feel about raw foods integrity in the marketplace?
I feel that ALL raw recipes should be transparent about their ingredients. I personally have over 2000 recipes and a lot are 100% raw living and vegan but some are only 95% raw living and vegan because of such debatable ingredients such as agave, maple syrup, honey, nutritional yeast, nama shoyo, etc. When my recipes are all raw living vegan I state it as so, when they have other debatable ingredients I say so. I look at myself as a gatekeeper to raw, my turning on people who need a tastefull first experience. In this day and age as it becomes more main stream, we need to honor that most of the masses need to enter in to the raw lifestyle through their taste buds, and then they can read, experament and intuitively find their way down their own personal path. I honor transparency in all ways, shapes and forms.
What do you think about raw cacao?
I’ve never been a serious cacao fanatic myself, but I do love my occasional chocolate dishes, savory and sweet. I really love that cacao gives me another opportunity to help people enter in to the raw world, since so many people out there have humungous chocolate cravings. I have made chocolate pudding for inner city youth as the official raw vegan chef for the Kids Venice Basketball League and Venice Basketball League (www.kvbl.org & www.veniceball.com), and they ate it up as if it was the chocolate pudding packs from mom’s school lunch. After eating it, I’d explain that it was made from avocado and they wouldn’t even believe me until I showed them. Now that’s super RAWsome!
Where do you see the raw movement going?
I visualize it going to the masses, full force! At this moment, with the population of the world, all of us that are currently involved with the movement are raw pioneers, taking it to the masses in one form or another. I honor all of us and am grateful we have our own tools and pieces to the big puzzle. From what I understand, the raw food movement is one of the fastest growing sections of the food industry, so that shows me that all of us pioneers are doing our job. Eventually, actually very soon, it will be main stream! I thank all of you for doing your part and I love you!
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