. it sometimes annoys me that so many westerners equate tofu with vegetarianism. traditionally, there are many tofu dishes paired with meat or seafood. i know that it was vegetarians and macrobiotic people who first started using...

: Has anyone ever heard of an Ohsawa pot? I discovered this on a macrobiotic website when I was researching a better way to make rice. This is a “pot-within-pot” technique, using your pressure cooker. It is supposed...

California- cobb salad w/ extra avocado, bbq chicken pizza, grilled chicken with a fruit salsa, anything raw/vegan/macrobiotic, fruit and cheese for dessert or frozen yogurt Hawaii- ahi sashimi, kona coffee, macadamia nut pie...

that came home one summer eschewing meat. In my case it was even worse since I was temporarily vegan. Just be thankful they’re not doing some funky macrobiotic, whole raw foods, ayurvedic thing. Of course, none of this will...

, and clean farmed florida shrimp. They have a bulk section as well as a selection of organic sulfide-free wines, and vitamin supplements, macrobiotics. Some of the best olive oil I’ve had is sold there as well. It’s...

—NOT central Thai with the flavor profile you mention (which I’m not that fond of either). I equate the Lao cuisine (one of my favorites) with a really delicious version of "macrobiotic" diet of the late 60s (w/o the...

my grapes in the yard, growing just a hundred yards form the hickory tree. I was feeling TOTALLY the slow-food, seasonal, local, organic, macrobiotic, Alice-Waters-channeling, domestic genious. Well...it took me TWO evenings...

was on a strict macrobiotic diet for years before she quit.

macrobiotic diets in even mainstream women’s magazines, health food restaurants popping up off every college campus and in cities across America, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi entertaining the Beatles in India, and everyone...

I was up last night thinking about the “sabotage” issue: Had a few bouts with macrobiotic living so I can sympathize with the difficulty of making good brown rice. At best, it’s fit for livestock, imho. If you...

Yes, the tea from Erewhon is loose. It is the macrobiotic aisle. I just picked up a good roasted tea from Rishi, I believe it was called first flush hojicha. Good but not quite in the league of the hojicha at Mori or perhaps...

I agree with the fresh ingredient angle... Spices have been traditionally added to foods to mask unpleasant flavors. If you have a lot of fresh food, you can eat it without much garnish to bring out the natural flavors (the...

as well. I did take some macrobiotic classes about 15 years ago. I learned how to prepare my brown rice in an Osahwa pot inside a pressure cooker. Very little work and tastes much better than boiled rice. Also just cooking in a...