Today was the best day yet of my 15-day veg/fruit/juice fast. I had stayed out late and slept little, yet this morning I felt good. I woke up late, but was not immediately hungry. My first glass of juice was at 1 p.m. and although by then I was starting to feel hungry, I wasn’t…
Fusion of Food & Form Give Life to La Figa
Chef & Photographer Join Forces To Envision New Art Form For Tiberio Simone and Matt Freedman, two of the most beautiful things in the world are food and the human body – not necessarily in that order. “Food is not just sustenance to me,” said Simone, a James Beard award-winning chef. “In culinary school, it…
Juice and jokes (Day 8 & 9 of my detox)
Well, I made it through Saturday night with my friends and their cheese, wine, marinated artichokes and some sort of bean that Christina called, “Big Beans.” They made some jokes, such as Jeff when he asked, holding up his bottle of fine red wine, “Want some juice Laura? Isn’t this juice?” Everyone laughed. It was…
French toast and wine denied (Day 7 Juice Detox)
My girlfriend just called me to warn me about tonight. We’re gathering with friends at the Tango Room for a night of dancing. “I just want to let you know that Jeff is bringing a really good bottle of wine,” she said, laughing sympathetically, if that’s possible, “and I’m bringing some crackers and cheese…” Oh…
I smell the pizza…(Day 6 of my juice detox)
It’s almost the end of Day 6 of my juice detox. 6:23 to be exact. And I can smell the pizza that I baked (store-bought) for my youngest son. My mouth is watering and I had the wild vision of tearing off a piece, just a small one, of the pizza with the cheese dripping…





