What started all of this?

Why I went raw and why I share it with you

Hi my name is Rory and I’m a smoothie junkie…well that’s only part of who I am but it feels good to get that off my chest! I’ve had a passion for nature and our relationship to it ever since I was lil’. The world around us:  bugs, organic gardening, sustainable living and organic farming, these passions still stick with me (hence the mantis on my elbow). Through it all one thing always seemed to stick out …FOOOOOD! I loved learning about, growing, and preparing delicious food – the healthier the better, without sacrificing taste! Don’t get me wrong I ate my share of junk food, heck I ate your share too.  But I was constantly leaning toward creating healthier alternatives to that yummy junk!

This lead me to eventually reduce and give up red meat, then give up all meat! I went on that way for about 4 years until I started to learn of raw-food … food that wasn’t cooked at all? I liked to bake, and stir fry and simmer and sauté! Wasn’t that necessary to make great food? That’s what I thought until I had my first taste of raw cuisine at the Loving Life Café. We went there on my wife’s B-day and I ordered the raw-walnut and mushroom tacos. WOW!!! You can do this without heat? I realized that yeah you can! You can have all the nutrient content of the whole foods, the unchanged molecular structure of the food (that’s often corrupted by cooking) and all the vital active enzymes in a meal that was satisfying and amazing! Well I had wanted to get into some sort of culinary practice all throughout my life but, it was foreshadowed by my interests in organic farming because I felt that would have far more of a positive impact on the world.  Now with the knowledge of raw-food’s impact on personal health as well as it’s environmentally friendly perks I realized this is where I wanna be! Not to mention that eating this way and inspiring other people to give this tao of munching a try will also lead more people to support their local organic farmers! Because that’s where the freshest most delicious produce comes from – there and your own home garden, which for optimum health and taste should be done organically…wow it seems to have all come full circle ..all my passions linked to something as simple and profound as ..food! I hope to share my passion with you and my ideas so that you can try out some yummy recipes, make a positive impact on yourself and the world and have a lot of fun experimenting and playing with your food! Peace!