Here’s Part 2 of the crazy cacao Christmas madness, where me and Galactic Yoga Teacher Yoga Dan concoct the most expansive, explosive and ecstatic raw vegan chocolate fudge to heal you, reveal you and be real with you! Superfoods, songs and salubrious wisdom abound. That’s how Detroit does raw food… with an attitude! You dig? Maca, Crystal Manna, Spirulina, Raw Cacao, Cacao Nibs, Cacao Butter, Lucuma, Himalayan Salt, Coconut Palm Nectar… now THAT’S an erector set! Time to get on up like James Brown!

Hey, that’s a great name for this fudge… The James Brown!!!

Happy New Year, Earth Lings!

Speaking of Ling, if you guys haven’t tried the MOST AMAZING NEW BEVERAGE to hit the market since Kombucha… you NEED to order a CASE from Michael Shulkin… stat!

They’re starting production full-time in Los Angeles… and I have a prediction: You will NEVER be the same after you get your hands on this drink. Yes, it’s THAT freakin’ good.

Check out the NoniLand shoot with David Wolfe and get a full download on the Ling:

Yes, my darlings, it was a VERY happy holiday in Detroit this past Christmas… this past Chanukah… this past Kwanzaa… this past Festivus. I celebrate them all!

I was whisked away to Yoga Dan’s infamous laboratory in Birmingham to co-create some pretty ridiculous improvised Raw Vegan Superfood Fudge.

There’s no recipe, so don’t ask. Just pay very close attention, Grasshopper! You will learn the secrets of the Ancients…

Hint: They traded cacao beans as currency. Sounds like a great revamp to our current financial meltdown.

Watch for the petition soon. We’ll walk it to Capitol Hill together.

Okay, cacao rant over. Enjoy Part 1 of this ridiculously activated chocolate demo! Part 2 coming soon…

To jumpstart your New Year’s resolution to be more VIBRANT, HEALTHY and AMAZING than ever, my dear friend David “Avocado” Wolfe has just released a series of EXCLUSIVE new videos featuring the latest insights for Longevity and secrets to extend your life to age 100… and beyond!

David Wolfe, John Robbins (author of “Healthy at 100″), Dr. Mercola, Daniel Vitalis and other health and longevity luminaries will share their most up-to-date findings for ultra-health and mega-vitality!

I know it’s probably my inner Polish Grandmother coming out… but there’s nothing quite like feeding a whole crowd of people the most amazing raw vegan food on the planet. It just warms the cockles of my heart.

Thanks to Earth Circle Organics, Raw Sangha and Erewhon Natural Market in West Hollywood, I fed a few dozen hungry people this past Sunday at the first Raw Sangha Living Foods Demo & Symposium.

People sampled my Superfood Fudge Brownies and Chia Seed Porridge, featured in my brand-new DVD, Simple Vegan Classics, available now!

I’ve already received e-mails from many people saying they are making these super easy recipes at home… yes… the master plan is coming together! Mwah ha haaaa!

Check out all the action from Erewhon and don’t miss the next installment of the Symposium this coming weekend.

For more information on this fantastic FREE series of events, click here:

http://www.rawsangha.com/magic

Sometimes the most amazing raw food recipes are the ones that you improvise after being whisked away from the market by good friends!

Brother Echo (Raw Sangha), Compton Rom and Toni O’ Bryan from Ascended Health and the super-amazing Dee Charboneau from Rawalicious all partook in a Sunday afternoon of heart-opening, mind-expanding, belly-filling bliss!

Oh yeah, that’s three… count ‘em… THREE Detroit raw foodists holdin’ it down in L.A. like their ain’t nothin’ but today! You dig?

Under pressure like David Bowie, I pulled out the most fantastic Baby Bok Choy Salad with Spicy Tahini Dressing to rave reviews… and made some interesting discoveries in the process! Check it out:

So, I recently got sick for the first time in over 6 years. A final-round showdown in the ring with bronchitis and a viral infection.

Thanks to my fantastic Naturopathic Doctor, Stephen Steitler, lots of chinese herbs and organic raw food – I scored a TKO!

This recipe – the Bronchitis Bromelain Buster Smoothie – really helped to break up my congestion and mucus.

Pretty rad that it tastes amazing and is loaded with super-potent digestive enzymes, too!

Check it out:

Adam Yasmin (www.adamyasmin.com) and I bought 40 lbs. of avocados recently.

If you’ve never seen what 40 lbs. of avos looks like, take a gander.

Let’s just say that guacamole was on the menu for about 10 days straight!

Check out all 192 of these bad boys from a little organic farm in Malibu:

40 lbs. of Malibu Avocados

I guess you really do get what you ask for. This year is shaping up to be the busiest yet. From festivals, conferences and classes to speaking appearances and TV pilots, I’m a busy little bee.

Or beaver… or some other busy animal… maybe a platypus? They seem like active!

Yet, I digress! My absolute favorite music/art/performance/food/sustainability/debauchery festival, Lightning in a Bottle – produced by the DoLab, dropped it’s funkiness on Irvine over Memorial Day Weekend and I was lucky enough to be a featured presenter at the Sustainability Stage on Friday night.

Everyday Superfood Alchemy was the title of my presentation. I rocked some Superfood Chia Porridge and Maca Mama Malt Shakes for the hungry crowd of 30-40. They said it would be an hour lecture… turned into a 3 hour extravaganza! So much fun… even without a microphone. Theatre training and voice projection techniques coming to the rescue yet again.

Raw Chocolate Alchemy Bar at LIB

Straight up, the whole weekend was filled with amazing music, friends, raw food, dancing, super hot weather (and people!) and steampunk Burning Man rainbow unicorn fetish fantasies.

In a nutshell: it’s like Burning Man in the forest… albeit much more forgiving with the weather and the elements.

So, in typical fashion, I consumed copious amounts of various raw chocolates, elixirs, superfoods and herbal remedies… and made a lot of fantastic new friends in the process. Amazing how buckets of fudge, trance dancing and giant bathtubs can bring people together.

BTW – ff you haven’t tried LuLu’s Raw Chocolate Bars… do yourself a favor and buy some from this beautiful Goddess’ website. Especially the Maca Love Bar!!! Good Lord!

http://www.luluschocolate.com

There’s nothing quite like Lightning in a Bottle to help kick off the summertime vibe in style… even if it is a month early!

Oh, and you can dig my whole 2010 and 2011 event schedule here:

http://www.jasonwrobel.com/jw/events-3/

Coming up on the Wrobeliving Tour:

BhaktiFest – Longevity Conference – Bimini Dolphin Retreat – Monday Night Live at Cafe Gratitude – San Francisco Green Festival… the list keeps growin’ and flowin’, y’all!

See you soon, my lovelies!

So, I admit it. We’re pretty gosh darn spoiled here in Los Angeles when it comes to good organic vegan and raw foods. From ferociously decadent haunts like Planet Raw or Madeleine Bistro to insanely super-health-conscious buyers clubs like Essential Living Foods or Rawesome, you can fill your body with the most cutting-edge, amazing foods known to humankind.

Raw Vegan Chocolate Banana
Parfait

Recently, I checked out the newest kids on the block – KindKreme in Studio City (formerly known as NiceCream) and Mooifood in Echo Park. My palate has been getting a serious workout lately.

KindKreme is dropping all kinds of ice cream madness on the world. Not only do they have over 20 flavors of scoop ice cream – (my personal favorite being the pistachio ice cream) – they also have raw vegan soft serve. Let me say that again so you can hear me clearly… RAW VEGAN SOFT SERVE! Do you know how long I’ve waited for that to come to fruition? Holy Sugarcones! Yes, in both chocolate and vanilla. My personal favorite is the banana parfait with a chocolate and vanilla swirl, organic bananas, maple pecans, Cafe Gratitude Granola, fudge sauce and macadamia caramel. Truly the breakfast of champions. These ladies are rockin’ it like a hurricane, fo’ sho’! Do yourself a favor and get your tastbuds to Studio City… stat! You ain’t never had ice cream like this before. When your inner three-year-old comes out to play with Shelley, Mollie and Mimi – tell ‘em Jason sent you.

http://www.kindkreme.com

After a pretty radical Grand Opening party at Mooifood last month, I finally went there this evening for a proper sit-down dinner on the elegant tip. I ordered a variety of goodies, starting with the Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Ice Cream and Pralines N’ Cream Ice Cream. Great start! The consistency and flavor were both fantastic. What really rocked my socks off was the Orange Jackfruit Chicken! First of all, it tasted like a traditional Chinese takeout sweet n’ sour chicken… but way lighter and much more flavorful. It was comfort food to the max! The sauce was sheer perfection. Hats off to Stephen Hauptfuhr for nailing this one. I topped it off with a sugary and salty Snickers pie. The decor is totally funktafied, with many thoughtful touches of classy, vintage 1920′s Los Angeles. The Iggy and the Stooges and New Order soundtrack was the icing on the cake, though. Playlist par excellence. Kudos, kids!

http://www.mooifood.com

Next on the list? Lesa Carlson’s brand-spanking-new Summer menu at LifeFood Organic in Hollywood. Rumor has it that she’s got a pretty insane raw vegan tuna melt on the menu coming next week.

Raw vegan cheese that actually melts? That will be a game-changer, y’all.

See you on the other side of the fork!

First things first, y’all. Let’s get to the poop and paperclips:

CAFE GRATITUDE IS OFFICIALLY COMING TO LOS ANGELES!!!

If there was a way I could make those words explode with rainbow sprinkles, fireworks and baby dinosaurs, believe me, I would do it!

This past weekend, I went to Cafe Gratitude’s workshop, Fulfilling Love’s Promise, at the Rose Temple in Venice, California. To be simple and direct, it was nothing short of a life-changing experience.

Matthew and Terces Engelhart moderated the workshop by balancing a delicate line between parental archetypes, comedians, gurus and everyday people who just want to share their chocolate chip cookies with you. I am always inspired and moved by the opportunity to connect with them and co-create the vision of a open, honest, accountable, inspired and love-filled community. There were over 200 people at the workshop from all over Los Angeles – and, let me tell you, the room was bristling and crackling with an infectious energy. And then… the best part…

They announced they’re coming to Los Angeles this year!

Now, I may get spanked 33 times for saying this in my blog post – but the buzz needs to start somewhere, doesn’t it? Seriously, since they opened in San Francisco in 2004, I’ve been DREAMING about the day that they would arrive in Los Angeles. So, they’ve signed a lease in Los Angeles (Larchmont/Melrose area) with construction starting this summer and plans for a winter grand opening! My heart fills with so much excitement and joy, I feel like a pile of pop rocks on a teenagers tongue!

If I were a menu item, I would be “I am Supercalafragalistic”.

Jason's First Bathroom Affirmation at Cafe Gratitude in 2005!

For real!

As a delicious indication of things to come, Matthew and Terces’ daughter, Mollie, is opening her organic, raw and vegan ice cream parlour in Studio City this coming Saturday – May 15 – with a bevy of splendid superfood scoops that make you want to shoop! Like the Salt n’ Pepa song.

http://www.rawnicecream.com/

I am beyond grateful – borderline overjoyed – that we are being blessed here in Los Angeles with so much love, so much innovation and so much community synergy. Cafe Gratitude

has opened me up to the possibilities that business and relationship can be a path to true awakening. And if their continued success and presence in the San Francisco Bay Area is any indication, we are in for some amazing surprises as they spread their empire of raw vegan goodness down to Southern California.

Stay tuned, y’all… oh… and may I ask you the question of the day?

What makes the chlid inside you come ALIVE?