Dandelion Communitea Cafe

Listen up fans of probiotics and coconut water!!! KeVita has arrived – a probiotic beverage made with coconut water and apple cider vinegar. I about freaked out when I saw the marriage between kefir and coconut as I love cultured anything almost as much as I love coconut water. Then, I wondered if it would [...]

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[This article appears in the March/April 2011 edition of Velocity Magazine with the theme of “Velocity.” Read the article online in it's original format here. Or pick it up outside of Dandelion now.] Authenticity Resonates! by Julie Norris We are just into the new year and it feels like someone hit the fast forward button…big shifts [...]

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This speech makes my heart sing with joy. Mr Oliver, thank you for saving lives. I’ve never been so bold as to suggest that Dandelion’s role in our community is to do this, but the reason we serve REAL food at the cafe is because, quite frankly, we couldn’t knowingly served you stuff we knew [...]

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Intro To Flexitarianism Facilitated by Julie Norris, Co-Owner of Dandelion Tuesday, November 17th // 6:30 to 8:30pm Includes dinner & wine or beer. Julie answers your questions about sustainable, organic, local and ethical eating while exploring the concepts of Flexitarianism with open discussion amongst participants who want to share their own knowledge with each other. [...]

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Featuring the the documentary “Food Fight” by Chris Taylor and food by Chef Josh Oakley. Tickets: $18, includes hors d’oeuvre, beer, coffee and tea. Durng last year’s Florida Film Festival, I watched the film Food Fight with a couple of other sassy ladies in the local food movement & we immediately began planning this “Farm [...]

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By Michelle Gienow For the past three years, following the typical Michael Pollan–fueled, now-I’ve-seen-the-locavore-light conversion experience, I’ve been trying hard to feed my family good food. It’s more difficult than it sounds; the supermarkets are full of tempting, affordable, food-like products that ultimately owe more to industry than agriculture, once you start reading the labels. [...]

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Jack sends us this tip: “Simply make everything on the food menu $5.00. People will be lining up down the street. People will return over and over again. Everybody likes a bargain.” Interesting suggestion, unfortunately, doing that would be the quickest way to put us out of business as we would be selling below cost [...]

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I’m curious to see when the connection to eating locally & seasonally and living within strong community cultures are linked to reductions in health issues. – Julie “There is a universal wisdom to healthy eating. Pile on the fruits, vegetables and whole grains and skip the meat and saturated fat. Consume everything in moderation, especially [...]

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