Whole Foods

I consider myself lucky to live within walking distance to a Whole Foods Market. Earlier this evening, Marc and I went there to get some groceries for a little gathering we're having tomorrow. To our surprise, there was a huge crowd. Turns out, they had just opened a new food station called "Raw" and there was a little mixer taking place. There was live music, free-flowing pomegranate drinks and plenty of tray-passed hor douvres. To add to that, there were plenty of samples all throughout the store. I guess you can say that we pretty much ate dinner for free. Thank you, Whole Foods! Back to "Raw." We sampled a number of things including organic apple pie and 'green tacos.' To me, the food literally tasted like it had just been pulled out of the ground or picked from a tree. I seriously think I tasted mud in my lettuce. It was a little too fresh or I guess, raw. It's kind of sad how our taste buds are so used to the flavor of preservatives and when we taste something so natural, we find something lacking. Maybe thats just me. Don't get me wrong because I love my veggies but I am a flavor-whore and do not like anything plain. So I didn't fancy some of the stuff we sampled but I have to say that fresh beet juice is something that I'll be adding to my diet. It sure is pretty tasty.

Wishing you all a happy weekend!