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Another vegan restaurant, the Sanus Viventium, since Friday, September 27, 2013

Sanus Viventium, a new vegan and raw food restaurant, opened its doors in Rapperswil yesterday:

In the middle of the beautiful car-free old town at Hauptplatz 4.

The vegan kitchen took on an advisory role for the restaurant set-up in the last few weeks and was also invited as a guest on the evening of the pre-opening:-)

There were live music interludes.

…And a very successful 4-course dinner (menu above).

The risotto with pumpkin and apple was topped with Maronni crunchies (by Aris) and tasted delicious.

Christian Zucol (left in the picture), the host and career changer, introduced his kitchen team with great linguistic skill and elegance and also gave an exciting speech.

Jana Gemperle brought the whole raw food spirit to the restaurant concept, but will be emigrating to New York in 5 weeks due to an unbeatable offer.

The recipes remain for the fall and winter menu and the Sanus Viventium is therefore still looking for reinforcement in the kitchen: it should be an all-rounder, certainly with a completed cooking apprenticeship and preferably vegan, of course;-)

Professionals at work (picture above).

And the result of the professionals incl. Restaurant logo in “chocolate style”: Raw food cheesecake New York style (by Jana).

Nothing works without a smiling kitchen assistant…

Of course, friendly service staff are also a must, otherwise who would bring the delicacies to the tables?

Finally, here is a picture of the great kitchen team: May they live high and healthy, three times high, healthy, high, healthy, high, healthy:

Sanus Viventium (live healthy)!

REVIEW OF THE GREAT

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…The Ashtanga Yoga and vegan Food weekend was taking place at the Tellergut, it is located near to Einigen, a very charming village on the south side of Lake Thun….

…we had a wonderful Ashtanga Yoga Mysore Style practice with Chiara.

She was giving an additional yoga theory class, about the

Patanjali’s Eightfold Path

of Yoga
to deepen our knowledge.

This unforgettable weekend did served organic vegan food fresh from the local garden. The weekend was perfectly complemented with one green smoothie workshop…

…and a Vegan Food Cooking Class by Lauren. She was sharing her delicious vegan and healthy recipes.

And here you can see our past program:

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“The Experience was to nourish the body and heart through healthy living foods and yoga, and incorporate these changes to our daily life. We are very thankful for this successful weekend!”

With deep gratitude,

Chiara & Lauren

Opening of the first vegan restaurant in Switzerland in 2010

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The opening of the new and first vegan restaurant “vegan kitchen and bakery” at Müllerstrasse 64 in 8004 Zurich by Lauren Wildbolz was a long time ago.

Lauren Wildbolz was a blogger for a long time and the head chef at the new vegan restaurant in Zurich, the vegan kitchen & bakery.

Before that (2007/2008), she worked as a vegetarian cook in a juice store in Zurich’s old town and became a vegan with even more depth in 2008. This change inspired her to open Switzerland’s first vegan restaurant in Zurich in November 2010.

The vegan kitchen & bakery was then sold to the Soyana company and the vegan restaurant with vegan ice cream (the Vegeglanteria) is still located at Müllerstrasse 64, now called The Sacret.

Lauren Wildbolz is no longer involved in the new vegan restaurant, but is very happy that it is still vegan and cooked with organic food: The vegan buffet over lunch is highly recommended! Below you can see a video from that time: The Star TV report from January 27, 2011 about the newly opened vegan restaurant Vegan Kitchen And Bakery in Zurich.

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The Star TV report from 27.1.2011 about the newly opened vegan kitchen and bakery in Zurich: http://vegankitchenandbakery.ch

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pretty& pure

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pretty& pure
is the first beauty organic store with a unique vegan cosmetic selection:

From vegan brush sets to nail polish, the founder, Sarah Semrau (and our beauty guest blogger), offers almost everything the V-heart desires: Here you can see the
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We were there for the opening and of course we provided vegan kitchen catering. pretty& pure2

Brown rice sushi, cashew nuts & pistachios a la Provinciales as well as hummus and sunflower remoulade party bread. The beautiful cupcakes were from Miyuko.

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In addition to the fantastic selection of cosmetics, Sarah offers various beauty services, such as “Detox your beauty case and go natural!”.

As a well-known make-up artist in the scene(click here to go to her website), there is also the option of having your make-up pimped from “natural beauty make-up” to “glamor make-up”;-)

You can find all their current offers here.

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Sarah packing in her new store with vegan kitchen sushi.

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By the way, Sarah Semrau also has a natural beauty recipe in our vegan kitchen and friends cookbook,

Pre-orders as of now
here.

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Pretty & Pure

Rotbuchstrasse 16

8006 Zurich

Tue-Fri 11:00 – 18:30

SA 10:00 – 16h

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Minimizing meat consumption by just a fifth of the current level!

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The new study by the Universities of Hohenheim and Göttingen examined the effects of reduced meat consumption on global agricultural prices and global food production,
The result is amazing:

A 19% reduction in meat consumption in industrialized countries would not only lead to a global reduction in meat production of 2.5% and a reduction in the world market price for meat. The lower demand for animal feed and the general decline in consumption could also lead to a fall in prices for other products such as grain. Poor countries in particular benefited from these price reductions.
Minimizing meat consumption by just a fifth of the current level would therefore appear to be a more than effective means of transforming the global agricultural sector and improving the global food situation.

“70 to 80 percent of the world’s agricultural land is used for fattening, but only contributes 17 percent of the world’s food in terms of calories:If the citizens of the USA alone were to reduce their meat consumption by just 10 percent each year, the food saved could feed around 60 million people worldwide. Currently 900 million people are starving, every 7 seconds a child under the age of ten starves to death…”

Source: Handbook, RAtschlage und Einblicke für ein grüneres Leben by Greenpeace, ISBN:978-3-03774-048-4

You can find a summary of the study here.

Click here for the full study.

Vegan Bodysushi Performance at Erarta Gallery Zurich

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Vegan sushi

Vegan sushi is pure and plant based. It is made without any fish, nor dairy or other animal products. Rice and seaweed are staple ingredients in standard sushi and they are vegan: rice is a grain and seaweed is a sea vegetable. By selecting special toppings or fillings made from plants it is possible to create the new superfood, vegan sushi.Fish that has been frozen (as it is always for sushi) doesn’t suit us well as the human body doesn’t recognize the protein anymore. It is hard to digest and causes trouble. A vegan option provides a harmonious nourishment for our bodies and helps us find peace of mind.

Vegan sushi is a new definition and experience.

Vegan Nataimori Defined

Vegan Nataimori (Body Sushi) is active, not passive. The classic Nataimori is standardly thought of as a sensual experience, objectifying women.t Women lie motionless for hours adorned with sushi for people to eat. The practice even goes so far as to force the temperature of the woman`s body down in order to keep the fish cold. Nataimori is a development coming out of the desire for the new of the wealthy businessmen or businesswomen who suddenly found themselves with an abundance of money and being fed up wih the normal. Nataimori satiates this craving for a decadent dining experience. During the ritual, the woman lies still being transformed into a chilled table which is reminiscent of a corpse. In this situation she is offering and serving sushi in the most passive way possible. Vegan Nataimori is the opposite to this and empowering the woman to create an interactive and nourishing experience. It is a meaningful gesture. By choosing Tamara, a strong and natural woman with natural beauty and self-confidence, vegan kitchen is making it possible to turn the old idea of Nataimori into a pro-active, beautiful, life-providing ceremony. Our woman is giving, speaking, sharing and caring in a moving role to provide vegan sushi to her guests.

Vegan Nataimori is a new definition and experience:

Big Thanks to:

Sarah Semrau, Makeup Artist

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Aris Guzma, Vegan Chef Assistant

and Meesha Chang, Global Gallery Maneger for the Invitation

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Karlie`s Kookies are vegan & glutenfree

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Supermodel Karlie Kloss create her first cookie, the Perfect 10, called “Karlie’s Kookies”. It is gluten-free, dairy-free and sweetened with agave nectar. All the ingredients are healthy, wholesome and natural. As Karlie says, “we made this cookie that tastes amazing and has dark chocolate, but like I said, it’s very healthy”. Not only is it a healty treat, but it also gives to the less fortunate through FEED. For each cookie sold, ten meals are donated to FEED, providing food for hungry children around the world: Until now the cookie-sale made contribute over 119000 Meals!

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Ms. Kloss is very happy about this accomplishment, as she admits, “It’s a way I can combine all my passions, baking, giving back, and enjoying delicious cookies”.

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Karlie Kloss (born August 3, 1992) is an American model who was discovered at a fashion show when she was thirteen. She attributes her graceful way of moving to the balletlessonsshe took as a child.

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She has built a successful career on the runway. Kloss has appeared in advertising campaigns

all over the world since 2008. And now here is her ingenious perfect “ten” cookie recipe:

The perfect ten cookie

1. 200g almond flour

2. 100g gluten-free rolled oats

3. 1/2 tsp salt

4. 20g baking soda (baking powder made from sodium bicarbonate = baking soda, available from pharmacies)

5. 1/2 tsp xanthan gum

6. 70g roasted almond slivers

7. 150g vegan chocolate chips (or chips)

8. 1 teaspoon bourbon vanilla

9. 1dl agave syrup

10. 2dl olive oil

Shape about 8 cookies with two tablespoons and bake in the oven for 6-8 minutes at 325 degrees.

-> Fresh Mango Salsa, another vegan recipe from Karlie can be found here.

-> Video: Workout before baking and the recip you may see in this video.

-> Second Video, see how she is making one vegan curry and the ten-ingidiance cookies,

all in the cook-show of jordan here.

-> Get the original cookies in new york here.

BANKET WITHOUT LABEL by Anja Baggenstos

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On June 29, in Sarnen, four courses were cooked fresh from the garbage to celebrate Anja Baggensto’s master’s thesis.

She called her project “Banquet without etiquette” and completed her Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Lucerne School of Art with this work.

Just two weeks before that, Good food for you for free was still in full swing as a bachelor’s thesis for the Fine Arts course at the Zurich University of the Arts, which we reported on here.

When Anja heard about our work a month earlier, she sent us an invitation to the banquet without etiquette:

We made our way to Sarnen to enjoy a fantastic meal, fresh from the garbage.

For starters, guests could choose between apple celery asparagus and mushroom soup.

All three were delicious.

The second course was this colorful, delicious salad:

The main course was a perfectly spiced vegetable curry, which was accompanied by an opening speech by Rahel Grunder.

Rahel studies together with Anja in the same degree program.

At my request, I have just received the entire speech she gave that evening!

->Please click into the text to read:

Picture: Rahel Grunder & her brilliant speech

The wine was drunk from cut open wine bottles!

Music from the trash:

The “Güsel Orchestra” was the highlight of the evening and played for us after the first three courses, you can find a short video clip of the performance here.

(Video lasts 1 minute, from second 35 it gets really cool!)

…Afterwards we had a very tasty dessert:

Apple cake with vanilla sauce served with rhubarb compote and the finest selected berries.

This was accompanied by a Knoppers triangle & apricot lentil slices,

This little masterpiece was served on real bathroom tiles!

If you feel like reliving all the impressions of the evening on video, you’ll find them here.

By the way, there is now the Tash Wiki, where you can enter your secret places of discarded food or find some, here is the link.

Perfumes made from artificial whalebone

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Perhaps you didn’t realize that if you want to smell better, you can spray broken-elephant spray on your arms.

And thus unwittingly promote the hunting of an endangered species, as the valuable substance is found in particularly large quantities – up to 400 kg lumps – in the stomachs of the animals. This is because when sperm whales swallow indigestible items such as beaks, sharp mussel shells or crab claws, their bodies form ambergris – a sticky mass that surrounds them to protect the organs. The waxy substance is then either stored in the stomach, excreted or vomited – and the initial fecal odor gradually develops into a sweet, earthy scent with an aphrodisiac note. This is used around the world as a base note for perfumes and amber is sometimes traded as expensively as gold.

However, the problem is not only that sperm whales are threatened with extinction, but that the production of ambergris may also be the result of a metabolic disorder: Only one in 100 sperm whales produces the substance. So it’s no wonder that their fragrance has also been produced artificially for some time. The extraction of an essence of balsam fir that comes very close to the smell is highly inefficient, however, as only 30 percent of the material is subsequently usable. Now researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a sustainable alternative: They have cracked the genetic code of the fragrant pine substance, extracted it, transplanted it into yeast cells and allowed it to grow there. Also good to know for night owls: in future, the beguiling scent of the other person will probably be a sustainably produced organic product and no longer the vomit of a sick whale.

http://www.ecomagination.com/the-sweet-smell-of-synthetic-whale-ambergris

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Abstarkt Issue No.10 from W.I.R.E