My Lunch at The Prana Cafe in Newton, MA

Written by Max Goldberg on May 7, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

This past weekend I was in Boston and had lunch with a friend of mine at The Prana Cafe in Newton, MA.

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My Lunch at Earth Matters in NYC

Written by Max Goldberg on April 10, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

After spending a few days in upstate New York for my talk at Herkimer County Community College, I was hungry for some fantastic organic food and decided to head down to Earth Matters in the Lower East Side.

Earth Matters is an organic supermarket in NYC that offers excellent hot and cold prepared foods. Additionally, their raw food chef, Lawrence Goldberg (no relation), is a serious talent. Here’s what I had:

BEET AND SUNFLOWER SPROUT SALAD

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My Dinner at The Madrona Tree in Arlington, MA

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

Recently, I was in Boston to see Bruce Springsteen in concert.  As usual, it was an amazing show and gave me some good inspiration for my book.

While there, I checked out The Madrona Tree, a new organic restaurant in Arlington, a suburb of Boston that is located about 20 minutes outside of the city.

The Madrona Tree focuses on local, organic and sustainable ingredients, and the restaurant’s menu has a slight Lebanese twist to it.

The Madrona Tree also recycles its waste, recycle its cooking oil (which gets made into biofuel), uses as many eco-friendly products as possible, and has its website powered by 100% wind energy.

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My Lunch at Rawvolution in NYC

Written by Max Goldberg on March 22, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

For those people who are immersed in the raw food world, they either know of or have been to the restaurant Euphoria Loves Rawvolution in Santa Monica, CA.

This very popular raw food restaurant has great, great energy and is widely known for The Box, a prepared meal package that can be delivered throughout the country.

Due to his many customers who also reside in New York City, owner Matt Amsden opened up an outpost in the East Village last year. I stopped into Rawvolution for an organic lunch yesterday and here’s what I had.
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Lydia’s Kitchen in Fairfax, California is a Truly Outstanding Organic Restaurant

Written by Max Goldberg on March 5, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

Located about 45 minutes outside of San Francisco in the small town of Fairfax is an organic restaurant called Lydia’s Kitchen.

I had eaten at Lydia’s Kitchen several years ago but after a recent renovation and an upgraded menu, my lunch on Saturday blew me away. Here is what I had:

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