A Food Revolution

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 [...]

Intro to Flexitarianism

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.
Limited space available. [...]

Farm To Table, Ourlando Style

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 To Table” event, [...]

SOLE food: Eating organically and responsibly on a food-stamp budget

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. It [...]

Good Question: What do you value?

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 (also [...]

The World's Diet Secrets

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 alcohol.
But [...]

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