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Last month, I talked about how Bronx, New York was allowing its citizen to buy fresh fruits and fresh vegetables from 1,000 new mobile produce carts (NYC Green Carts). I don’t know about you, but I thought it was quite exciting that people would have a great reason to opt for fruits or vegetables instead of the traditional hot dog stand.
I hope you were able to catch that post … if not, you can still read it here: Fresh produce stands instead of hot dog stands!
Well, Bronx is not the only North American city offering its citizens a chance to eat healthier.
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HealthWinds Spa Healthy Juice Bar!
I recently had the pleasure of visiting a new spa that has one of the most holistic and integrated approaches I know of to date.
I did a full review of my wonderful experience on Beauty Match, but since they had an incredible healthy juice bar, I felt compelled to write a quick review.
I’ve been to many spas that offer tea (often commercial teas that you can buy at the grocery store), regular filtered water (I’m a sucker for citrus-flavoured filtered water) and a few treats.
When it comes to healthy juice bars, I had never really experienced anything like HealthWinds spa!
In fact, I’ll tell you that the experience was so incredible that I decided that I will need to focus a segment on ‘Healthy Spa Foods‘ because why go to a spa to feel relaxed and refreshed if they serve food that’s not serving your body any purpose?
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My first Slow Food event
I recently attended my first Slow Food event and I will try to describe what an incredible day I had. I hope I will be able to convey how an entire day devoted to learning how naturally grown and organic food has been so transformational.
If you’ve not yet read my reasons for joining the Slow Food movement, I encourage you to read the original post here: Why I am a member of the Slow Food movement
A Slow Food event is really like a meeting of the minds.
We were a small group of about 11 people and we spent the whole ride to the farm tour talking about food and the Food, Inc. movie (which came out in June 2009).
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10 ways to take a culinary trip in your city this summer!
It seems this year we’ve waited for summer for a long time. Now that the weather is glorious, why not take the time to discover some new ways of discovering healthy eating in your city?
There are sooooooo many activities around your city that it makes perfect sense to take advantage of them to taste new recipes and dishes that you might want to reproduce at home.
Given that this recent recession has cut out the travel budget of a lot of us, why not take advantage of the next few months for a culinary trip right inside your city or by discovering a few cities in your area?
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Loews hotel chain buys from local farmers!
When big hotel chains start being locavore and buy from local farmers, you know the world is changing!
North American chain Loews Hotels are promoting local farming and they are treating their guests and restaurant goers to any of their 16 hotels to ingredients that are locally-sourced, organic and sustainable!
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Top 10 Burgers in New York City!
This will be extremely short, but when I saw this **delicious** feature, I had to share it with those of you who have not had a chance to read it on the virtual pages of New York Times’s online paper.
Imagine holding in your hands a list of New York City’s top 10 burgers!
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Jamie Oliver: Recipease is a new food and kitchen shop concept
British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is offering Brits a chance to not only eat upscale takeaway (aka take out in North America), but he’s also offering Brits a chance to learn how to properly prepare healthier meal options that are fairly simple to reproduce at home.
You know how easy celebrity chefs make it look on TV because all of their ingredients have already been chopped, julienned and blanched in advance. While the cameras are rolling, the only thing they need to do really is toss a bit of this and toss a bit of that in their pan since all the hard work has already been done in advance.
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Urban honey produced on hotel rooftop!
I’m delighted to see that Toronto is following in the footsteps of Fortnum & Mason’s rooftop beekeeping effort in London by producing their own honey on premise and offering patrons fresh honey.
During the summer of 2008, the Fairmont Royal York hotel, located on Front Street in downtown Toronto, installed a three-hive apiary 14 stories up above the streets of Toronto.
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