Guest guest Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 [California] Eating vegetarian, vegan raw By Janice De Jesus, Correspondent 02/03/2010 in the raw PLEASANT HILL — Sisters Carol Brotman and Valerie Brotman-Loe have worked side by side in the kitchen almost since childhood. Raised in Chicago and Las Vegas, the sisters grew up around the herbs, spices and rich sauces that were part of the Italian cuisine served in their father's Italian restaurant. " We have been cooking and chopping garlic our whole lives, " said Brotman-Loe. While they garnered daily experience in the restaurant business, the siblings didn't particularly care for the heavy, meat dishes. Instead, a love of animals and the environment inspired the siblings to turn to a vegetarian lifestyle and the rest, as they say, is history — Planet Raw history, that is. " We combined Mom's healthy, homemade style of cuisine with Dad's herbs and spices, " said Brotman-Loe. " We've always wanted to open a healthy, vegetarian restaurant in Contra Costa County. " Taking the lead from their brother, Juliano, whose reputation earned him a place in the pantheon of the vegetarian raw food movement by catering to such celebrities as Cybill Shepherd and Lisa Marie Presley, the Brotman sisters opened a Pleasant Hill branch of their brother's popular Santa Monica restaurant. Full story: http://www.contracostatimes.com/concord-transcript/ci_14325615?source=rss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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