Seeking your advice on how to eat raw at a black tie party

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

 

I'd appreciate your advice and ideas.

 

I'm invited to a black tie party in NYC in a few weeks. (I live in

Florida.) There will be hors d'oeuvres, appetizers, entrees and desserts. I'm

a

foodie who loves recipes, and I don't want to feel deprived by having to eat

just salad and raw vegs and fruits.

 

I called the nightclub's catering chef and explained that I'm on a special

diet and wondered if he could accommodate me. He asked me to fax him a bunch

of recipes.

 

It took me a long time to come up with recipes that I thought would be easy

enough for him to make. I sent him a bunch. He finally had a chance to look

at them and told me today that he would only be able to make one of them,

the waldorf salad, because he doesn't have the right ingredients for the

others. I offered to bring him the ingredients, but he said he wouldn't have

the

time to make my food.

 

I asked if I could bring my own food, and he said to speak with the banquet

manager.

I left her a message a little while ago.

 

Maybe I should I ask a raw foods restaurant to taxi a bunch of food for me

to the nightclub's kitchen? It will cost me a fortune (a hardship, as I have

no job right now), for the cab (the nightclub is very out of the way) and the

food.

 

The people who invited me to the party (my sister and her ex-husband) will

be paying a lot of money per person, and I won't be drinking or eating any of

the party's food, so it seems like the nightclub should wave all or most of

the fee they're paying for me to attend. I wish that would happen and that my

sister would then cover the cost of my raw restaurant food, but I guess I'm

dreaming if I hope for that to happen.

 

Judy

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello Judy,

 

This is a situation where I would eat before hand and enjoy a nice simple

salad at the dinner. I think we sometimes go overboard because of our

emotional attachment to needing a 'perfect' meal when the reality is an

event like this is more about the company and surroundings.

 

I would highly recommend not making a fuss and just eat any gourmet foods

you want ahead of time - whenever I travel, I carry apples, nectarines, or

whatever is in season and Larabars - yeah, it would be fun to have a GREAT

raw meal, but the energy around trying to find that perfect meal, transport

it there, train the chef, etc, etc is sometimes more mentally draining than

just enjoying a simple salad. The chef has already agreed to a recipe you

provided so I would just go with that.

 

Again, you have to do whatever you have to do - but I would recommend

letting it go and just having a great time. Anyone who has ever planned

such a large event knows/expects that the people count will not be perfect -

some people won't eat, some will eat more than their share, some kids may be

there skewing the number, etc, etc - this is all taken into consideration by

the chef/event planner.

 

Another note - I have also found that the more difficult I make my eating

'appear', the less SAD people are interested in learning more...IMO, part of

our role as 'pioneers' is to attract people to the raw-way!

 

Again, this is ONLY my own opinion - neither right or wrong - I would say

let go of the need to have a gourmet raw meal and just have a great time

instead!!

 

Take care,

Joy

 

 

vegwriter [vegwriter]

Monday, November 07, 2005 10:10 AM

RawSeattle

[RawSeattle] Seeking your advice on how to eat raw at a black tie

party

 

 

Hi all,

 

I'd appreciate your advice and ideas.

 

I'm invited to a black tie party in NYC in a few weeks. (I live in

Florida.) There will be hors d'oeuvres, appetizers, entrees and desserts.

I'm a

foodie who loves recipes, and I don't want to feel deprived by having to

eat

just salad and raw vegs and fruits.

 

I called the nightclub's catering chef and explained that I'm on a special

diet and wondered if he could accommodate me. He asked me to fax him a

bunch

of recipes.

 

It took me a long time to come up with recipes that I thought would be easy

enough for him to make. I sent him a bunch. He finally had a chance to

look

at them and told me today that he would only be able to make one of them,

the waldorf salad, because he doesn't have the right ingredients for the

others. I offered to bring him the ingredients, but he said he wouldn't

have the

time to make my food.

 

I asked if I could bring my own food, and he said to speak with the banquet

manager.

I left her a message a little while ago.

 

Maybe I should I ask a raw foods restaurant to taxi a bunch of food for me

to the nightclub's kitchen? It will cost me a fortune (a hardship, as I

have

no job right now), for the cab (the nightclub is very out of the way) and

the

food.

 

The people who invited me to the party (my sister and her ex-husband) will

be paying a lot of money per person, and I won't be drinking or eating any

of

the party's food, so it seems like the nightclub should wave all or most of

the fee they're paying for me to attend. I wish that would happen and that

my

sister would then cover the cost of my raw restaurant food, but I guess I'm

dreaming if I hope for that to happen.

 

Judy

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Judy,

 

If I were in a similar situation I think that I would eat a very

large, special, and satisfying raw foods meal (on my own or at one of

those great NYC raw restaurants) before attending the event. And then

I would arrive at the party ready to celebrate the happy occasion

with the folks who so graciously invited me. I could socialize in a

much more present and relaxed way because I wouldn't be preoccupied

with interrupting a conversation to take my next bite, or balancing a

tiny plate of food on my lap, or getting onion dip on my chin. :-)

 

Gael

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/8/2005 9:27:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,

gaelfoord writes:

 

Hi Judy,

 

If I were in a similar situation I think that I would eat a very

large, special, and satisfying raw foods meal (on my own or at one of

those great NYC raw restaurants) before attending the event. And then

I would arrive at the party ready to celebrate the happy occasion

with the folks who so graciously invited me.

It's my own sister who invited me to her party.

 

 

 

I could socialize in a

much more present and relaxed way because I wouldn't be preoccupied

with interrupting a conversation to take my next bite, or balancing a

tiny plate of food on my lap, or getting onion dip on my chin. :-)

 

Gael