Article: In the raw: Matthew Kenney

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In the raw: Matthew Kenney's vegetable cuisine comes to Darien

 

By Meghan Flynn

May 17. 2006

 

Mention vegetarian dishes and labels such as rabbit food, bland or not

satisfying often come to mind. But if one chef has his way, gourmet

will be the new vegetarian mindset.

 

" People think of vegetarian food as side dishes trying to be a meal, "

says Chef Matthew Kenney, who just opened a Blue/Green juice cafe in

Darien. " Vegetarian food has gotten a bad rap because many times it is

prepared by people who are not culinary professionals. I think like a

chef. What influences me is twofold. I like to eat food that is good

for me and good for the environment. And I do not like to do things

that have already been done by someone else. I like to do it better. "

 

" I am a chef who has tried everything, " says Kenney. " You name it -- I

have prepared and eaten it. Yet what has fulfilled me the most is

eating vegetarian, mostly raw. It has changed my life. "

 

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