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The next restaurant on our tour is called Caravan of Dreams. It is located at 405 E 6th St (btw. 1st and Ave A), NYC. This place is very bohemian in style. They serve vegetarian cuisine and raw cuisine. We had Raw Nachos, which was basically designer guacomole with raw chips to dip with. It was fabulous!

In addition to that we had the Rainbow Platter with Lemon-ginger-herb-marinated vegetables over salad greens accompanied by guacamole, tomatoes, cucumbers and almond-butter and raisin-filled celery sticks.

This place gets four stars.

I am currently on a Raw Restaurant Tour of Manhattan with my friend Marcio. When we are finished with the Big Apple we will be moving on the the next major city. The first restaurant review is for a place called Quintessence. It is located in the East Village at 263 E 10th Street (btw. Ave A & 1st Ave) NYC. The style is Manhattan Chic. This place gets five stars.

Indian Platter

Raw Taco

We had the Indian Platter and the Raw Taco Appetizer. The food is amazing there. It is like artwork for the mouth. A sensual experience beyond words.

I had my first Raw Brunch guest yesterday. I made salad and desert with the ingredients that I had on hand. Check it out.

Brunch for Marcio

Happy Camper

Use What You Got Salad

Use What You Got Salad
2 c organic spinach
1 bunch of organic dandelion greens
1 c organic heirloom tomatoes
3 organic green onions
1/2 c water cured organic kalmata olives
1/4 c raw organic pine nuts
1 organic lemon
2 tbls organic flax oil
2 tbls organic extra virgin olive oil
celtic sea salt
pepper to taste

Chop vegetables the way you like them, toss with lemon juice, oils, and olives in large mixing bowl, salt and pepper to taste. Let marinate for 2 hours.

Apples with Banana Nut Cream

Apples with Banana Nut Cream
2 organic apples
2 small baby bananas (the miniature ones)
1/4 c raw sunflower seed butter
2 tbls raw honey
2 tbls water

Cut apples in small pieces or slices. Put nut butter, bananas, honey and water in food processor and mix until creamy. Place apples in desert dish and drizzle the banana nut butter over the top. Yum!

Here are the pictures from my first Raw Thanksgiving. Karen Ranzi is the lady who hosted the party. She is writing a book about how to raise your kids Raw. This was an amazing event. It was one of the most loving environments I had ever been in with lots of little kids running around with fruits and vegetables crammed into their mouths. There was no alcohol, no soda, no cooked food. The energy there was very uplifting. The people were great. The food was out of this world. I am so inspired by this experience.

Marinated Beet Salad Again. The Raw Foodies loved it!

Marcio, my new friend. He was my vegetable chopper while making the beet salad. His hands were red from cutting beets.

Apple Strudel. This dish was a hit!

Raw Food Potluck

My new Brazilian friend Marcio and my new Brazillian Raw Food Chef, Bruno. Bruno is a Raw Food Chef from Brazil studying English here in NYC. Marcio and Bruno spoke Porteguese all night long. Marcio is from Brazil also and has lived in this are for over 20 years. He is into raw food and yoga and does computer programming for work. Bruno is going to teach me how to prepare some Raw Brazillian recipes and Marcio is going to translate for me.

Marcio and Bruno