Eric S's Blog (4)

First off, on Friday I got a bunch of people together to go see Food Inc. There ended up being over 20 people at the movie, some of them raw, some of them trying to be vegetarian, and some not concerned with what they eat. While the movie was interesting there was no information in it that was new to me. However some of the people who went who were not at all concerned with what they eat told me the next day that they are thinking of going vegetarian. So that is a huge success! On Saturday I we… Continue

An old friend of mine is having a bachelor party this coming weekend. He was actually the one who introduced me to raw food back in 2000, but even though his fiance is vegan he has since slipped and given up on eating raw. This weekend he is having a very, very long party. From Friday evening to Sunday evening. Way too long for me to party for, not that I really "party" much anyway. The party kicks off on Friday night with dinner at a steakhouse in Brooklyn followed by a night of clubbing. Igno… Continue

This weekend I volunteered at the Clearwater Festival which conveniently was right in the town where I live. Clearwater was started by Pete Seeger in the 1960s to raise money to try to clean up the Hudson River. Volunteering is a lot of fun. They feed you from Friday night through Sunday night. There are volunteers dance parties on Friday and Saturday nights, plus there was an acoustic jam Saturday night in the camping area. As a volunteer you get to camp… Continue

Recipes seem to work backwards from how I think. With a recipe you see a recipe you like, you put the ingredients on your list and then you make it. When I go shopping I find produce that looks good and then I try to figure out what to make with it. Sometimes I get home from the store and I have a bunch of random ingredients that I need to try to figure out what to make with. What do you make from an eggplant, a pineapple, dried cranberries, mushrooms and zucchini? I wish that recipes worked mo… Continue