46727 Thu Jun 15 02:19:19 -0700 2006 6 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 232225 is anyone doing raw food anymore? is roxanne klein the martyr of a dying religion? can i taste this almost extinct 'style'? or is it gone... did i miss it...?? Thu Jun 15 02:19:19 -0700 2006 0 wagonfullapancakes 1 232242 You'll be grateful to hear that this food is thriving in Cafe Gratitude ... I am a raw food chain. Link: http://www.withthecurrent.com/cafe.html Thu Jun 15 12:05:19 -0700 2006 232225 0 rworange 1 232426 don't worry you didn't miss much.... i hear they have a great recipe for a do-it-yourself in last weeks onion. or was it the new york edible mag... i read them both at the same time, so it's a bit hazy good luck Thu Jun 15 23:48:35 -0700 2006 232225 0 beanersbeans 1 232657 Nut cheese? Nut milk? What are these oddities you speak of? Sat Jun 17 13:03:20 -0700 2006 232225 0 Saucy 2 232723 Staples of raw cuisine. http://www.withthecurrent.com/menu.html http://www.planetraw.com/raw-food-menu.php Sat Jun 17 21:15:06 -0700 2006 232657 0 Robert Lauriston 1 232743 I lived within a five-minute walk of Roxanne's when it opened (and when it closed). I was privy to some descriptions of conversations between local business people and Roxanne before the place opened and let's just say they weren't flattering to her. Similarly, descriptions I heard of the working environment from the staff were in the same category. I found some of the take-out things very good, if very expensive. All in all, too precious and "religion like". Sun Jun 18 01:49:53 -0700 2006 232225 0 Mick Ruthven 2 232773 All the raw-food restaurants in these parts have had cultish / religious overtones. Juliano, who opened the first place (Raw, renamed Cafe Organica when it was sold) referred to himself only half-jokingly as a messiah. Cafe Gratitude has their psychic board game or whatever. Same is often true for vegetarian restaurants, for example Ananda Fuara (formerly Dipti Nivas) is connected with the guru Sri Chinmoy, Greens is run by the SF Zen Center, and Millennium adheres to the cult of Ornish. Who cares, if the food's good? Lots of people who find Cafe Gratitude's hippie philosophy ridiculous still like the food. Sun Jun 18 14:00:59 -0700 2006 232743 0 Robert Lauriston