Article (US-mo): Uncooked ideals not half-baked

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Uncooked ideals not half-baked

 

By Marcia Vanderlip

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

 

The other day I brought home a bag of freshly dug sweet potatoes and

thought about roasting them. Then I remembered I could eat them raw,

an idea I wouldn’t have considered until a little more than a week

ago, when I met Blazin’ Jane Smith.

 

The 67-year-old grandmother of 21 is blazing a trail for local vegans

who enjoy the health benefits of uncooked foods. Her nickname is a

tongue-in-cheek term of endearment introduced by family and friends

years ago when she was running long distances - at a very slow pace.

 

" I’m not fast, but I have great endurance, " she told me. In any event,

Smith’s current daily pace seems pretty quick.

 

I first learned about her support group from a flier with tear-off

tabs that read, " Columbia Raw Food Meetup " group and a Web address. A

friend had torn one off at a health-food store and then passed it

along to me. I didn’t take it seriously at first, mostly because a

" raw-food meet-up " seemed a good deal less inviting than, say, a " hot

apple pie meet-up. "

 

Full story:

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Oct/20081022Food015.asp