someone who calls themself Roy P D'Souza wrote:
> I'm a big fan of the Raw Food restaurant in San Francisco.
> Does anybody know of other similar restaurants in the area?
> (I heard about a place called "keffi" in Santa Cruz, but was
> unable to track it down.)

> Thanks,

aloha roy!
i have eaten at keffi's.  it shut down some time ago.  a new restaurant sprouted in its
place -- green garden.  now green garden has gone out of business.  after my summer of
saunas and wild berries in canada, i returned to santa cruz.  before arriving home, i
happened to go by the ex-keffi/ex-green garden building, to see that a new cafe has
manifested.  i forget the name i read painted on wood.  each incarnation got further
from live foods.  i remember eating a raw lemon-nut pie at keffi's.  every night they
featured a living foods dish, with plenty of cooked fare in the menu.  green garden
served me "living spaghetti", with long white mung bean sprouts as the "pasta."  the
beans must have lead a pressured life.  raw borscht served cold.  nothing to really
compare with _raw_ living foods restaurant in san francisco.  to my knowledge, the new
cafe has no living foods entrees.  just salads like most.
	i'll finish with page 236 from john robbins 1992 book,
		    diet for a new world:
		       may all be fed
				 ^
			keffi's pate'

			makes 2 cups
		 ^
this delectable pate' comes from restaurant keffi in santa cruz.  it is uncooked and is
made from pumpkin and sunflower seeds that are soaked for six to twelve hours to
achieve the desired taste and texture.  more important, soaking starts the sprouting
process, which improves the nutritional value of the seeds.  spread a tortilla with the
pate', top with lettuce and tomato, and roll up.

	1 cup raw pumpkin seeds
	1 cup raw sunflower seeds
	1/2 medium red onion
	2 tablespoons tamari
	1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil
	1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

	put the pumpkin and sunflower seeds in a medium bowl and cover with water.
allow to soak for 6 to 12 hours.  drain, rinse thoroughly, and drain again.

	put the soaked seeds and all the remaining ingredients in a food processor
fitted with the metal blade.  process until smooth.  mound the pate' in the center of a
serving dish, cover, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.
	     ^
	the pate' keeps up to 3 days in the refrigerator.

	amount of u.s. corn consumed by people: 20 percent
	amount of u.s. corn consumed by livestock: 80 percent
	amount of u.s. soybeans consumed by people: 10 percent
	amount of u.s. soybeans consumed by livestock: 90 percent
	how frequently a child on earth dies as a result of malnutrition:
							 every 2.3 seconds

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bodhi's comment:  i would change a few details to make the recipe raw.  if you like
games, feel free to stop reading now, go back and note parts of the recipe i would
change.