The Two Best Organic Salads in New York City

Written by Max Goldberg on May 2, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

While there are many great organic restaurants in New York City, the quality of the salad varies from place to place.

For me, the key factors that determine whether an organic salad is noteworthy or not are freshness, taste, uniqueness of ingredients, presentation, and value.

At the end of the day, however, there is one dominant reason that these two are listed below – these are the ones that I think about and crave on a regular basis.

SUN IN BLOOM’S BELLA DIVINE

Sun in Bloom in Brooklyn is the absolute hidden gem of the New York City organic restaurant scene. This may be the only restaurant I go to where I have a strong desire to order the entire menu and everything in the refrigerator case.

Given that I do have to limit myself, I never fail to order the Bella Divine. Read More »

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MAY I BE FRANK is a Beautiful, Beautiful Movie

Written by Max Goldberg on March 15, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

Frank Ferrante walks into Cafe Gratitude, one of my absolute favorite organic restaurants in the country, and is asked by the server, Ryland, “What is one thing that you want to do before you die?”

He responds “I want to fall in love one more time, but no one will love me looking the way I do.”

Ryland, his brother Cary, and his best friend Conor, feel inspired to help Frank change his situation and decide to take him on a 42-day journey of raw food, a practice of gratitude, weekly colonics, and visits to holistic doctors. Read More »

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A Tour of the Farmers Market in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

Written by Max Goldberg on February 28, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

[SORRY IN ADVANCE FOR THE AUDIO QUALITY]

On the last few days of my trip to Costa Rica, I was in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica.

Populated by many European and American ex-pats, Puerto Viejo is a really cool surfing town on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

As someone who is always looking for organic food, it was no exception when I was in Puerto Viejo. I was told that the farmers market each Saturday sells organic food, so I stopped by to take a look around. Read More »

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My Dinner at Home the Other Night

Written by Max Goldberg on February 15, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

A few days ago I had a very late lunch, so I only wanted to eat a light dinner.

As you can see it was nothing more than organic tomatoes, avocado, walnuts and black sesame seeds. For a dressing, I took a biodynamic lime and squeezed it all around.

After having gone to see Dr. Joel Fuhrman recently, I have started to eat more nuts with my salads because he claims that they enhance absorption of micronutrients. Plus, nuts add a whole new dimension to the taste of a salad. Read More »

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10 Organic Foods You’ll Always Find in My Kitchen

Written by Max Goldberg on February 9, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

For someone who loves organic food so much and cooks so often, my refrigerator is surprisingly empty. How could this be?

Well, I go food shopping A LOT and pretty much only buy whatever I need for the next meal that I’ll be eating. I have the good fortune of being able to do this because an amazing organic market is literally less a one minute walk from my apartment

Plus, I LOVE going food shopping and making multiple trips to the market in one day is not exactly a burden. Staring at all of the amazing fruits and vegetables in the produce section is one of my favorite things to do.

Even though I do tend to “buy on demand”, you’ll pretty much always find these 10 organic foods in my kitchen:

COCONUT OIL I am a huge fan of coconut oil.  Not only is it high in lauric acid and great to use after a workout but it is one of the few oils that you can safely heat and cook with. (Olive oil is not one of them.)

Aside from using organic coconut oil in my smoothies, I use it as a moisturizer as well. Read More »

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