Contributors

Chefs :: Ani Phyo | Carolyn Akens | Kristen | Jim Hickok | Matthew Kenney | Mila Ilina | Minh | Omid Jaffari

Wine Experts + Aficionados :: Eliza Frey

Chefs

Mila Ilina is a certified Gourmet Raw Food Chef & Instructor with the world renowned Living Light Culinary Arts Institute; and a certified Educator on Benefits of Raw Food Nutrition under the instruction of Drs. Rick and Karin Dina, D.C.

A Russian native, Mila’s collaborated Rawsian Borsch recipe has been featured on the menu of the Living Light Cuisine Cafe. Mila is the founder of Raw Radiance LLC teaching raw cuisine for healthy radiant living.

Articles by Mila

Eating For Pleasure

Carolyn Akens is a certified raw food chef and instructor, nutrition consultant, and lifestyle coach. She holds Alissa Cohen’s Living on Live Foods Chef certification, and was trained at Raw Gourmet International Culinary Art Institute by Chef Mehmet Ak.

She is currently based in Atlanta, GA, has a website Carolyn’s Raw Foods, and is the creator of a line of healthy nutritional bars called Agape Nutrition Bars™. These nutrition bars can also be found at Foodoro.

Recipes by Carolyn

Coconut Pineapple Cupcakes

Neatballs with Puttanesca Sauce

Minh and Ronnie are a husband and wife team who are both raw foodists. Minh is a raw and living food chef who has had a long time passion for making delicious nourishing raw food recipes. Ronnie is a raw and living food lifestyle consultant and trainer, and is also an Essense Philosopher.

Minh has two awarding winning DVD’s, Going Raw and The Art of Living Foods offered through their website UBRaw.com.

Recipes by Minh

Cucumber Salad

Ani Phyo was introduced to raw food by a friend in Northern California, trained under the guidance of Juliano of Juliano’s Raw, and has since become one of the West Coasts premier eco raw food chefs.

She is an internationally acclaimed author who has two raw food books, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen and Ani’s Raw Food Dessert’s, is the host of an award winning uncooking show on YouTube, a caterer, founder and executive chef of Smart Monkey foods, and most recently invented an Organic Superfood Chocolate Making Kit.

Recipes by Ani

Raspberry Ganache Fudge Cake

Kristen of Kristen’s Raw, is a former competitive body builder turned raw vegan chef with a passion for helping people live the healthiest lives possible on a raw vegan diet.

She is the author of a series of raw food recipe and lifestyle books – Kristen Suzanne’s Raw Food Recipe Books, teaches and consults on the topic of raw food and fitness, and running her popular blog Kristen’s Raw.

Recipes by Kristen

Exotic Chocolate Milk

Articles by Kristen

Freezing Raw Vegan Food

Omid Jaffari’s culinary journey began while living in New Zealand working at Ferryman’s Café, Café 98, and The Viaduct were he trained intensively, developed his confidence and skills, and shape his style and philosophy of food.

His extensive travels through Europe, The Middle East, Africa, South America, and Asia helped inspire and evolve his passion for creating delicious raw food meals. Omid lives in Japan with his wife Gabrielle.

Recipes by Omid

Carrot and Pistachio Soup
Sticky Date Lovers with Upside Down Sugar Cane Whipped Cream

Articles by Omid
A Closer Look at Biochemistry through the Specs of Psycho Philosophy
Enzymes and Longevity
Effects of Cooking on Vitamins and Minerals

Matthew Kenney found he had a passion for food and the restaurant business, and after completing college, enrolled in The French Culinary Institute. He went on to become an acclaimed chef, opened several restaurants, has written several books, and is an entrepreneur.

Through his culinary career he discovered his dietary preference leaned toward a plant-based diet. Matthew was introduced to raw food when a friend invited him to a raw food restaurant. That was the pivotal experience that opened a new world of culinary exploration, so well expressed by Matthew’s style and passion for delicious raw food.

Recipes by Matthew

Frozen Pumpkin Flan with Cinnamon Foam

Jim Hickok was introduced to raw food while a culinary student at Johnson & Wales University, Denver.

After graduation he studied for a time with herbalist Brigitte Mars. He also developed a raw food program for Whole Foods Market. His repertoire of forty items included customer favorites like Raw Zucchini Hummus with Mediterranean Flax Crackers and Frozen Lemon-Date-Sesame Treats.

After leaving Colorado he worked in restaurants in New York and Las Vegas including Emeril’s Fish House and Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill.

Jim is the owner of Toast of the Town, which provides personal chef services and culinary classes in Southern California.

Articles by Jim

Maintaining and Storing Kitchen Knives
The Fundamentals of Choosing A Chef’s Knife

Wine Experts + Aficionados

Eliza Frey is assistant wine maker at Frey Organic Wine, the country’s oldest and largest certified organic winery, always family owned and operated.

Founded by her parents and grandparents in 1980, Frey Organic Wine is approaching 30 years of raw, certified organic wine making without the use of sulfites, chemicals or animal products. Eliza and her family take pride in providing their customers with high integrity, high quality wines that are pleasing to the palate and our planet. Uncork the Organic!

Articles by Eliza

Frey Organic Wine is Raw and Vegan

Articles by Meredith Baird

A Note About Wine

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