““... the way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world. Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body of the world into our bodies and minds.”
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Breakfast today is inspired by one of my favorite restaurants of all time, Casa de Luz. I have been eating there for 20 years and it has never let me down. It’s got this peaceful urban jungle vibe with hammocks hanging in the canopy and condos looking down from above. Every meal is fully macrobiotic, organic and vegan. It is impossible to make any poor eating decisions there. Actually, you don’t make any decisions there. Whatever they are making that day is what you are eating. Take it or leave it. I fucking love that. There are no waiters who come by and ask you how your meal is or try to upsell you a dessert. There is no booze. No TV’s. No struggling to hear what your dinner companion is saying. It’s just peaceful. Everything about it feels nourishing. Over the years it helped shift the way I think about food. The way I feel about going out for a meal. It is where I bought my first copy of Michael Pollan’s Omnivor’s Delimma. I am forever grateful. In the past year Casa became the home of Austin’s’ Bridge Club chapter, a monthly women’s sobriety group I am honored to be a member of. It was started by the same women who created The Temper and meetings happen all over the country (they are currently meeting virtually). So if you are sober or sober curious and looking for new friends I can’t recommend Bridge Club enough. When this is all behind us and we are able to move about freely, Casa will most likely be my first meal away from home. Fingers crossed that day isn’t too far away.
Day 88: Forbidden rice, kale & bok choy tops with carrots, beets, lentils, broccoli and tahini. And would you look at that?! Grapefruit! I haven’t been able to grab them out of my neighbors trees because everyone is home!
Wearing: What do you call this? It feels so unlike me.. I can’t imagine what kind of mood I was in when I bought it but.. it’s not terrible. Maybe I should throw it in the mix.. it makes me feel like the Chiquita banana lady… I can’t tell if that feels good or not.