Oasis Living Cuisine
Serving the Main Line, a Philadelphia suburb 20 minutes west of the city, Oasis creates a raw enchilada out of pumpkin seed pate and cashew crème in a flax wrap, and a zucchini "parfait" topped with marinara and cashew dressing. Raw food proponents say that cooking any food over 116 degrees F kills enzymes that are essential for digesting and absorbing food. Furthermore, cooked foods have a drastically decreased amount of vitamins and nutrients than the food in its original state. Raw foodies also believe in eating only unprocessed and organic foods, and Oasis prides itself on delivering what the customers want.
Oasis Living Cuisine
134 Lancaster Ave.
Frazer, PA 19355
(610) 647-9797
oasislivingcuisine.com
Kind Cafe
The café owners have closed the dine-in portion of their business while they search for a new location as of 2009. However, the owner, a former critical care nurse with a master's degree in nutrition education, still operates a catering and personal chef service, as well as a mobile kitchen that has previously supplied the raw food needs of campground music festival attendees and the fans of the music band Phish at their concerts. The Kind Café also organizes raw food "cooking" classes that feature recipes such as raw sweet potato pie, raw pizza with a sundried tomato sauce on a sprouted buckwheat and flax crust, and pates made with brazil nuts. All dishes are made fresh daily with ingredients from organic suppliers. Personal nutritional coaching is also offered, starting with a complimentary 10-minute phone consultation.
Kind Café
724 N. 3rd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19123
(215) 922-5463
kindcafe.com
Arnold's Way Raw Food Cafe
Another raw food option that has left the city is Arnold's. After serving the Philadelphia neighborhood of Manayunk for 10 years, Arnold's is now located in Lansdale, a suburb 15 miles north of the city limits. Arnold serves his loyal client base spaghetti made of thin slices of zucchini, carrots and beets, and a "steak" made of carrots, apples, cashews, beets and red peppers. While in the neighborhood, stop by the historic Peter Wentz Farmstead three miles down the road. Established in 1744, George Washington used the farm as his headquarters in 1777, where he planned his strategy to prevent the British from occupying Philadelphia. Today, it is open to the public to observe a working farm that still uses 18th-century techniques.
Arnold's Way
319 W. Main St.
Lansdale, PA 19446-2026
(215) 361-0116
arnoldsway.com
