Monday Gourmet Vegetarian Dinners in Palo Alto

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The Peninsula Macrobiotic Community serves a Gourmet Vegetarian Dinner

every Monday (except major holidays) in Palo Alto. This is a full

vegan dinner which includes soup, grain, beans or bean products,

vegetables, dessert, and beverage, prepared by expert natural foods

Chef Gary Alinder, our Chef since our inception in 1987.

 

WEBSITE: http://peninsulamacro.org - featuring newsletter, dinner

menus, and related information.

 

DINNER RESERVATIONS: please try to make your Dinner reservations by

Monday morning, 9:30 AM; call 650 599-3320. If it's after 9:30 and

you're still interested in coming, call and leave a number for the

manager to call you back if there is space. It is not necessary to

reserve for the After-Dinner presentation.

 

TIME: dinner is served at 6:30 PM every Monday except major holidays;

the after-dinner presentation (once per month) starts at 8 pm.

 

PRICE: $15 for Dinner (increase effective February 4), $5-10 donation

suggested for after-dinner presentation

 

LOCATION: The First Baptist Church, 305 North California Avenue at

Bryant, Palo Alto, 1/4 mile East of Alma and the California Avenue

Caltrain Station.

 

AFTER-DINNER PRESENTATION: each month we feature an After-Dinner

Lecture or Event, described in the newsletter and website. Lectures

are usually on macrobiotic or other health related topics, by a

variety of speakers including macrobiotic counselors, medical doctors,

cooking teachers, and people who have dealt successfully with serious

diseases using macrobiotic or similar approaches. Other events have

included performances by folk singers and vegetarian Chinese acrobats.

We have a pass-the-hat policy for our events; we suggest a donation of

$5-10.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: all are welcome at our Dinners, vegetarian or not.

The Dinners are particularly helpful for those who want to eat in

healthy ways, but may not know how to get started. Many who attend may

have the same health concerns you have. Also, choosing locally grown,

vegetarian foods is one of the best ways to reduce your carbon

footprint on the planet.

 

Dinner attendance ranges from 40 to 100, with a full spectrum of ages

spanning newborns to grandparents, including quite a few interesting

singles. Come with a friend or by yourself; singles easily integrate

into our friendly group, where seating is communal. Many long-term

friendships have started at a Monday Dinner, and are renewed every week!

 

 

FEBRUARY 25 PRESENTATION: MEET THE HEALER WITHIN

 

Be sure to join us on Monday, February 25 at 8 pm, when Clinical

Hypnotherapist Elka Vera will speak on Meet the Healer Within: Using

Hypnosis to Access Inner Resources for Wellness. The macrobiotic

perspective believes in the body's natural ability to heal itself.

Similarly, hypnosis helps us access our own inner resources for change

and wellness.

 

You may have heard of hypnotherapy for weight loss, stress reduction

and smoking cessation. As a means for connecting with the subconscious

mind, hypnotherapy is so much more. The subconscious--often called the

" other 90% of the mind " --is the seat of emotions, dreams, creativity,

and intuition. It also rules gut reaction, the patterned response, and

the autonomic nervous system and its functions, including digestion,

heart rate and respiration. As the host to your core beliefs, habitual

thoughts and conditioned behaviors, the subconscious holds the key to

personal evolution.

 

The transformational power of hypnotherapy is centered on the hypnotic

trance -- a deeply relaxed state of mind that we move naturally into

and out of when we daydream, watch television, meditate, even

exercise. This natural state of mind becomes a fertile garden for

positive change when approached with a specific intention and with the

depth of hypnotic induction.

 

Join clinical hypnotherapist Elka Vera on an after-dinner excursion

into the realm of the subconscious. Elka will introduce us to the

foundations of self-hypnosis and lead us on a hypnotic trance journey

to meet our own Inner Healer and Macrobiotic Guide. Through hypnosis,

we'll explore the " middle path " and deepen our subconscious connection

with making healthy food choices that promote harmony and holistic

wellness.

 

Elka Vera is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, spiritual coach and

transformational facilitator. For the past ten years, Elka has been

guiding people on the path of personal transformation. She believes

that the change you seek can become a process you enjoy. For more

information, visit http://www.elkavera.com.

 

Lecture Details:

- Monday, February 25, 8 pm

- $5-10 donation suggested for lecture

- The First Baptist Church, 305 North California Avenue at Bryant,

Palo Alto, 1/4 mile East of Alma and the California Avenue Caltrain

Station

 

 

GOURMET VEGETARIAN DINNER MENU, FEBRUARY 25, 6:30 PM

 

Sea Vegetable Celebration II

Rich Vegetable Broth with Farro and Spinach

Wild Mushroom Risotto Croquettes

Lentil Casserole with Caramelized Leeks, Kombu and Dulse *

Roasted Winter Veggie Melange

Broccoli Rabe Sauté

Trail Mix Cookies

Chicory Grain Coffee

 

*includes sea vegetables; other Dinners featuring sea vegetables will

be served on March 10 and 24

 

Dinner Details:

- Monday, February 25, 6:30 pm

- $15 for Dinner

- please reserve for Dinner by Monday morning, 9:30 AM (650 599-3320);

reservations not needed for lecture

 

 

We hope to see you at a Monday Dinner! Please forward this message to

friends who may be interested.

 

Gerard T. Lum, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster

Peninsula Macrobiotic Community, http://peninsulamacro.org