having Studied at the CaliFOrnia Culinary aCademy and cooked at acclaimed restaurants in both the U.S. and France, it’s no surprise that when she was urged to adopt a raw diet, Roxanne Klein was skeptical. “I said, ‘Are you kidding, eat raw? I’m a chef!’”
It was actor Woody Harrelson who encouraged Roxanne to give raw a try. “We were traveling together with some other people in Thailand,” she says.
“Woody was eating 100 percent raw, and he was very energetic, an amazing guy. He said ‘ Try it for a month, then give me call.’” Roxanne gave it a shot and was suitably impressed by the results. “I found myself waking up completely rested after five hours of sleep, instead of eight or nine. And I didn’t need my morning cup of coffee,” Roxanne recalls. “The more I read, the more I realized my reaction was typical of people who switched to a raw diet.”
not just nuts and berries Raw needn’t mean monotonous, as anyone who has sampled Roxanne’s food knows. Roxanne’s, her former restaurant in Larkspur,
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