SF Tour, Day 1 – Ferry Building Farmers’ Market

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I kicked off my SF book tour at the Ferry Building Farmers’ Market yesterday. It’s sunny and warm here in San Francisco, and the market was packed with people shopping locally and seasonally. This has got to be the best farmer’s market in the country. I found amazingly sweet peaches and beautiful heirloom squash that are only available 1-2 weeks a year. What a treat!

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I spoke to a full house about the benefits of raw food, weight loss, natural living, happiness, and my new book Ani’s Raw Food Essentials. I demoed a recipe for TOMATO AND TARRAGON BISQUE, page 137, and STRAWBERRY KREAM PIE, page 266.

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Sarah, who organizes the chef demoes, helped me portion and pass out samples. Most people in the audience were already familiar with raw foods, but it’s always fun to watch their reactions when they taste one of my raw recipes. Of course, folks loved  the soup and dessert. You can see Barry Jan behind the camera on the left, and you’ll find a couple of his photos in Ani’s Raw Food Essentials from last […]

By |June 6th, 2010|Book Signings, Food Demos, NEWS & EVENTS, Talks|1 Comment
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Ani at AuLac in Fountain Valley

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Last Saturday, I was invited to speak at AuLac, my favorite raw restaurant in Fountain Valley, CA. Chef Ito is a good friend who makes the best food ever!

The goal for my new book is to take the mystery out of raw food prep, and to help everyone become their very own home raw food chef. Raw foods prep can be easy, fast, and doesn’t need to cost a ton of money.

I introduce simple, paired down recipes I call basics, then teach the reader how to add on additional  ingredients to mix up the flavors to create endless varieties of recipes. I include tips on setting up the Essential Raw Kitchen, shopping lists, eco green living resources, lists of recipes that travel well, sample menus, importance of probiotics, and how to ferment drinks and vegetables.



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Following my talks, I always love to sign books because I get to meet people in person. I enjoy hearing their stories, inspirations, and passions. Sometimes, it’s a sad story of a spouse lost to cancer that puts someone onto the path of raw and live foods. But it’s always a good thing when people start to understand the correlation between health, vitality, happiness, and our diet.

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Fountain Valley is an area known as Little Siagon. […]

By |May 20th, 2010|Book Signings, NEWS & EVENTS, Talks|0 Comments
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Ani’s Raw Food Essentials at Erewhon Natural Foods

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For weeks, friends had been calling to say they saw a poster of me on Beverly Blvd. Now I can see why. Erewhon is the greatest store in the world for everything raw. Juan Hernandez has been the Erewhon force behind this great raw department. I’m holding a print gift from Tyler Golden, my food photographer, of my Mandu Dumpling recipe from Ani’s Raw Food Essentials. I love it!

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Another photo in front of my poster, this time with one of my favorite actors and directors Vincent Gallo. He directed and acted in Buffalo ’66 (1998) with Christina Ricci, who I love too. I attended high school in Buffalo, and enjoyed watching this film years ago. Buffalo ’66 was the first time I saw the camera effect when the set stays still and the camera pans 360 around the characters. This was a year prior to the same effects in the Matrix film.

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It was another packed house on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Erewhon in Hollywood. I demonstrated how to make my Strawberry Kream Pie using dates, cashews, vanilla, and strawberries. The lovely

By |May 9th, 2010|Book Signings, NEWS & EVENTS, Talks|0 Comments
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Ani’s Raw Food Essentials at Book Soup

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Friday evening was the first stop along my book tour for Ani’s Raw Food Essentials. Book Soup arranged a special and very early drop shipment of my books to be delivered 3 weeks early. Official sale date isn’t until June 1st. So, Book Soup is where I got to see my new book in person. It’s always super exciting to hold a copy in my hands. And the book looks great. Hard cover, 2 color with beautiful color food inserts taken by Tyler Golden.

Tyler brought me a gift! A large print of my Mandu Dumplings framed. I love it!

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I talked about my goals for Ani’s Raw Food Essentials, which is to strip away the misconception of raw or healthy being expensive or time consuming. I hope to make raw food preparations easy and accessible to everyone. I begin with stripped down BASIC recipes, then build up from there to create variations and different, new flavors.

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Minah is a fellow Korean American who lives near Pasadena and goes to college in NYC. Check out her book on  my lap. It’s dog eared, marked up, and worn. I love this! A sign that Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen has been put […]

By |May 9th, 2010|Book Signings, NEWS & EVENTS, Talks|0 Comments
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Ani’s Raw Food Essentials Tour Day 1+2

Professional photos taken by Tyler Golden from last weekend’s kick off book tour events. The first two are from Book Soup in Hollywood on Friday May 7, 2010.

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ani phyo raw food essentials hollywood california

The following images are from Saturday May 8th at Erewhon in Hollywood.

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ani phyo raw food essentials hollywood california

ani phyo raw food essentials hollywood california

ani phyo raw food essentials hollywood california

ani phyo raw food essentials hollywood california

Thanks Tyler Golden for the beautiful color food photos in Ani’s Raw Food Essentials, and for these lovely pictures too.

More photos were taken and a video was shot by Brother Echo of RawSangha. Check out photos here, and video coming soon.

By |May 8th, 2010|Book Signings, NEWS & EVENTS, Talks, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Tour Dates for Ani’s Raw Food Essentials

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I’m excited about my newest book Ani’s Raw Food Essentials, available everywhere by May 3rd. It’s a huge hard cover book with over 250 recipes. It’s printed in 2 color, like Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen. My goal is to make my books accessible, and get these recipes into your hands so you can enjoy making healthy treats with them. By printing in 2 color instead of full color, the book only costs $27 rather than $45. There’s gorgeous color inserts, as you can see from the photos above.

JOIN ME:
UPDATED confirmed book tour dates for California:

By |March 20th, 2010|Book Signings, Food Demos, NEWS & EVENTS, Talks|2 Comments
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Overview of Ani’s Workshop at Mom Tri’s Villa RoyaleAni

Ani Phyo’s Raw Food Kitchen at Mom Tri’s Villa Royale, Thailand: 2 min, 41 sec

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This is an overview of the workshop I taught in Thailand at Mom Tri’s Villa Royale in Phuket. It was edited and posted immediately after the workshop on January 24, 2010. This video ends with a view of the beautiful sunset over the ocean. The end to a perfect day.

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By |January 24th, 2010|Food Demos, Talks, VIDEOS|0 Comments
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Preparing for our Workshop at Mom Tri’s Villa Royale

A fun time was had in the kitchen preparing 8 dishes for my workshop on Sunday Jan 24, 2010 at Mom Tri’s Villa Royale. Sylvie (in black) is the PR manager who made this all happen.

With my language barrier…the kitchen staff finally understood that none of my food was being heated or cooked. Here I show them how to make Garden Pate filled Nori Rolls.

Sylvie and I toasted to another great day in the kitchen with coconut water! I was in heaven in Thailand with all the Thai baby coconuts. And the chefs are super fast at opening them up and getting the meat out….amazing.

By |January 23rd, 2010|Food Demos, NEWS & EVENTS, Retreats, Talks|1 Comment
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Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen in Thailand

I’ll be teaching a 4-hour workshop with 6-7 recipes at Mom Tri’s Villa Royale Resort, Phuket, in Thailand on Jan 24th, Sunday from 1-5pm. If you’re in SE Asia, please come join me for a day of delicious food made with local fresh ingredients at this lovely resort!

Here’s the menu so far, subject to change depending on local available ingredients:

Garden Pate in Collard Rolls

Miso Shitake Soup

Fresh Taco Wraps

Raspberry Ganache Fudge Cake (made with toasted cocoa powder)

Mango Cobbler

Coconut Kream Pie with Chocolate Fudge Sauce on Almond Pie Crust

Mango Goji Lime Smoothie and/or Durian Coconut Smoothie

To register, contact Sylive Yaffe, PR Manager

087 888 9089 / 076 333 569

Mom Tri’s Villa Royale, 12 Kata Noi Road, Kata Noi Phuket 83100

pr@villaroaylephuket.com

www.villaroyalephuket.com

By |December 22nd, 2009|Events & Talks, Food Demos, PRESS, Talks, Talks|2 Comments
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