I found out about the box from Matt Amsden's Rawvolution book. The uncookbook has several great pictures that whet anyones appetite for raw food. I ordered The Box this week because the Big Matt w/ Cheese was on the menu, also pictured in his book. It's one recipe I wanted to try, but not make... so, this week was the week for The Box.
We opened four packages for supper today and tried to place them neatly on a dish. Today's supper is Scarborough Fair Soup, Egg-less Egg Salad, Broccoli Salad, and Coconut Haystacks. Our favorite is the egg-less egg salad. And, of course, the dessert. It was all absolutely delicious! Kurt is literally licking the plate!!!
This food is so simple and very much in its natural state... who would have guessed we would be enjoying it this much! ...maybe its because we know just how good whole, natural food is for our bodies. Our maybe our bodies have felt the difference... our minds know... and our taste buds have been 'trained'! Which reminds me... next Wednesday, Dave McNeill invited us to a lecture at Janelia Farms in Ashburn, VA. The lecture is “Common Sense about Taste - from the Tongue to the Brain: How We Transform Sensation into Perception” given by Charles S. Zuker, Ph.D. He discovered the receptors that... detect sweet, sour, bitter, and umami (which is probably spicy receptor). He is working on the "salt receptor". We plan on attending!
Back to the Box... some of the food looks pretty 'sad' in the plastic wrap, but just fix it on the plate with garnish and it's good. I didn't wait for that... so we ate our soup from a cup! Well, at least we used a spoon.
I don't think we'll be doing this often (given the price), but it sure was nice try the food. Click here to order your box.
