AÇAÍ BOWL DISPATCH

     The man gave me, oh, I had requested for, three chances to guess the origin of the flag draped in the kitchen while he was preparing my açaí topped with toasted coconut flakes under a heap of diced seasonal fruits with palm honey. (The little shop on trendy Market St. is celebrated...

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GREENS FIGS AND WHEAT SOBA

 The combination is deliberate, but the enjoyment is individual. Coming back from my hike and swim in the valley, I have preconceived this menu on the road and luckily I had a mile to go on foot when hitchhiking worked again and got a faster ride home for this food! Folks, let's define "home" for...

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NON-STICK POPSICLE

     The idea is not to make a mess. And this is how you do it. The red ice is hibiscus-ginger-turmeric tea and the yellow layer is frozen dole pineapple chunks (from the can), and I will bring all these flavors together tart-sweet-spicy with grapefruit juice fresh squeezed with agave...

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UNDER THE PLANTS

 And it’s raining inside my head…David Sedaris, his occupation as the funniest writer in America, has once again affected my life through a street poet collecting money in exchange for a spoken word show. Give me any title of a book, he boasted, and I’ll give you an impromptu poem. “When You Are...

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