RAW SOUL FOOD 145TH 8TH AVE. IN HARLEM: WHOLE LIFE PROGRAM HANDS-ON FOOD PREPARATION WITH LILLIAN BUTLER & EDDIE ROBINSON

THIS IS ONE OF THE STUDENT MIXING THE MOCK SALMON PATE, WHILE THE OTHER STUDENT SLICE, CUT AND ADD INGREDIENTS AND OBSERVE


LILLIANS HAND ON THE RIGHT ADDING GREEN ONIONS TO THE MIX.



THE PATTERNS ON THE WALL IN THE BACK GROUND IS MY ORIGINAL STENCIL WORK... I CREATED THIS DESIGN ESPECIALLY FOR RAW SOUL....



LILLIAN HOLDING THE BOWL OF FINISH MOCK SALMON PATE... READY TO GO ON THE PLATES TO BE SERVED.

THE PROUD CLASS AT THE END OF THE FULL FOOD DEMOSTRATION.... WAIT A MINUTE... WHERE'S EDDIE.

OK... THERE HE IS IN THE ORANGE SHIRT ON THE RIGHT.

THE CLASS BEFORE THE MEAL IS SERVED WRITING OUT THEIR CLASS EVALUATIONS.

MONDAY EVENING, I DECIDED TO WALK UP TO 145TH AND 8TH AVE, TO RAW SOUL FOOD RESTAURANT, AND GET ME A SLICE OF LIVE FRUIT CHEESE CAKE MADE WITH CASHEWS AND COCONUT MEAT TO MAKE IT CREAMY... WHEN I GOT TO THE DOOR, I NOTICED THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE RESTAURANT WAS NOT OPEN FOR DINNING,... THERE WAS A LIVE FOOD PREPARATION CLASS IN SESSION.

LILLIAN BUTLER SAW ME LOOKING IN THE DOOR AND SIGNALED FOR ME TO COME ON IN,... I DID,... THE AROMA OF ALL THE CHOPPED INGRIENDANTS MADE MY MOUTH WATER AS SOON AS I WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR WAY.

I ASK IF THERE WAS ANY SLICES OF PIE LEFT,... I DID'NT EVEN ASK FOR A SPECIFIC PIE, I WAS WELLING TO SETTLE FOR WHAT EVER PIE I COULD GET. LILLIAN BROUGHT OUT MY SLICE OF BANANA CREME PIE,... I PAID FOR IT, AND SHE INVITED ME TO STAY FOR A WHILE.

AND AM I HAPPY I DID... I REMEBERED HOW I WAS PLANNING TO GET MY DIET BACK TOGETHER AND TAKE SOME MORE COURSES WITH LILLIAN AND EDDY. THEY HAVE THE WIDEST VARIETY OF THEIR ORIGINAL MENU'S OF INTERNATIONAL DELICOUS LIVE FOOD RECIPES I HAVE EVER TASTED.

THEY HAVE DONE ALL OF THE HARD WORK IN PREPARING THE RECIPES, THE STUDENTS ARE FREE TO ADD ANY CHANGES TO THE BASIC RECIPE TO MEET THEIR PERSONAL TASTE.

I WAS INVITED TO SAMPLE THE FOOD WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW DELICOUSE THE FOOD WAS. ESPECIALLY THE HOMEMAKE ICE CREAM, OVER A PEAR CRISP, THIS WAS THE MOST DIVINE DESERT I HAVE EVER TASTED. YOU CAN SEE, I DID'NT EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE FOOD BECAUSE I WAS CONSCINTRATING ON WHAT WAS ON MY PLATE.

EDDY WAS DEMONSTRATING THE PREPARATION OF THE ICE CREAM WHEN I WALKED IN, I GOT THE RAW SOUL FOOD PREPARATION BOOK WITH THE RECIPE IN IT, NOW I HAVE TO MAKE THIS ICE CREAM MYSELF.

THE MENU THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH WAS

PEAR COBBLER
VANILLA BEAN ICE CREAM
MOCK SALMON PATE
GARDEN VEGETABLE PILAF

RAW SOUL IS GOING TO BE HAVING ANOTHER RAW FOOD PREPARATION DEMONSTRATION ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2008 6:00-9:00

THEY WILL BE PREPARING A HOLIDAY FEAST MENU

APPLE CRANBERRY CHUTNEY
MARINATED GREEN BEANS
DIRTY RICE LIFAF
CAJUN CROQUETTES WITH HOLIDAY SAUCE
LOUISIANA YAM PIE

ENJOY THE ABUNDANT BOUNTY OF THANKSGIVING THAT IS HEALTHY AND DELICIOUS.... ORGANIC INGREDIENTS USED IN PREPARATION OF ALL DISHES.RECIPES AND AMPLE SAMPLES PROVIDED.

FOR MORE INFORMAITON VISIT THE WEBSITE WWW.RAWSOUL.COM OR CALL 212 491-5859.

RAW SOUL
348 W. 145TH STREET.
NYC 10039

212 491-5859

THIS IS A LIFE ENHANCING EXPERIENCE IN FINE LIVE FOOD CUISINE... YOU CAN TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.