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, $5-10 donation suggested for after-dinner

presentation (usually once per month)

 

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!

 

 

GOURMET VEGETARIAN DINNER MENU, JUNE 9, 6:30 PM

 

Chickpea-Veggie Broth with Pesto

Cracked Wheat, Parsley and Toasted Almond Salad

Baba Ghanoush with Whole Wheat Pitas

Warm, Marinated Summer Veggies

Greek Salad

Lemon Squares

Mint Tea

 

Dinner Details:

- Monday, June 9, 6:30 pm

- $15 for Dinner

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

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

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

Station

- for more Monday dinner menus, visit http://peninsulamacro.org

 

 

JUNE 30 PRESENTATION: THE BASICS OF HEALTHY EATING

 

On Monday, June 30, Holistic Nutritionist (Diet Counselor, Nutrition

Educator) and Cookbook Author Meredith McCarty will speak on The

Basics of Healthy Eating. Healthy eating is one of the four aspects of

a healthy lifestyle (along with exercise, stress management and group

support). This enjoyable practice contributes to both disease

prevention and recovery. Do you know:

 

• Which food groups contribute to maximum health?

• Which nutrients are most important: protein, minerals, vitamins,

fats or carbohydrates?

• Which kind of carbohydrates are best?

• Where fiber comes from and what its purpose is?

• What the difference is between animal and plant proteins?

• What staples you need to have on hand to create a sense of ease

when time is of the essence and you're hungry for really good food?

 

To make getting started easy, you'll take home a shopping list of

healing foods, a week's worth of quick and easy menu plans for

breakfast, lunch and dinner, and a resource list for more support.

 

Meredith became involved in macrobiotics in the 1970s, and worked as

an Associate Editor for Natural Health magazine and a co-Director of

the East-West Center for Macrobiotics in Eureka. She has written three

very popular cookbooks: American Macrobiotic Cuisine, Fresh From a

Vegetarian Kitchen, and the award-winning dessert cookbook Sweet and

Natural. Meredith started Healing Cuisine in 1995 to offer teaching,

consulting, lectures and related services; visit

http://www.healingcuisine.com.

 

Lecture Details:

- Monday, June 30, 8 pm (no reservation necessary)

- $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

- before the lecture, enjoy a Gourmet Vegetarian Dinner at 6:30 pm

(dinner reservations: call 650 599-3320 by 9:30 am)

 

 

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