20 Day Vegan Culinary Arts Program/ Discount!

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20 Day Vegan Culinary Arts Program

July 5-29, 2005

Portland, Oregon

The Institute for Culinary Awakening still has slots open for its 20

Day Vegan Culinary Arts Program. Learn how to prepare and present

such healthy, delicious dishes as Pacific Rim Veggie Slaw, Turmeric

Scented Phyllo with A Roasted Onion, Corn and Shiitake Fumet and

Chocolate Raspberry Torte to Live For! Have fun in the kitchen while

learning all about Organic, Plant-based Cuisine. Tuition has been

reduced and there is an additional 5% discount for Members!

Visit www.chefal.org; e-mail chefal or call 541.686.8443.

 

TESTIMONIAL FROM A RECENT STUDENT:

 

To all the skeptics,

" I am an island local boy. Born and raised in Kauai, Hawaii.

I'm a lover of all kinds of good food. Unfortunately, most of the

dishes I love have meat in them, and that is a problem for my health.

 

You see I am one of the unlucky millions who have high cholesterol.

I have been diagnosed to have risky levels of calcium buildup in my

heart arteries – mostly in my left artery. I have concerns of

this because my father who had high blood pressure died of a heart

attack at age 51 and I am now 50.

 

It's been a challenge to change my eating habits. Fifty years of

eating all these foods and now hearing that all the good tasting

food that I love is not good for my health is tough. My experience

of eating vegetarian foods in my younger years made me to believe

that vegetarian meals had to taste like curry powder, Spike

seasoning and garlic. I also believed that meats had to be used in

meals to be healthy. I also loved the flavor and texture of the meat

and believed it was necessary for good tasting dishes. Boy, was I

ever wrong! My thoughts of eating vegetarian meals have changed

drastically ever since taking Chef Al's class.

 

I thank you Chef Al and Donna.

 

My heart thanks you.

 

Hopefully, my son, daughter and four grandchildren will thank you

one day. My sweetheart, Cynthia, who I truly love, surely thanks

you, especially since she loves me and I do all the cooking at home

in Hawaii. She demanded I leave Kauai and come to a vegan cooking

class. " The cook needs to learn to cook healthy for everyone at

our home. "

 

Chef Al – Mahalo for you delicious vegan dishes. Chef Al's

food is so good I could easily do away with some of my favorite

meat dishes and replace them with Chef Al's wonderful, flavorful,

tasty, and healthy gourmet meals.

 

Chef Al is an amazing teacher and brother. His culinary and teaching

skills have made a difference in my thoughts of eating healthy and

vegetarian. I have also learned the importance of buying organic

and local. "

 

Aloha,

John N.

Kauai, Hawaii

May 21, 2005