This was a funny picture when we were out west.
This guy is standing on the corner dancing around in his apron and chef's hat.
He's also got a big fat fake mustache on top of his real one and big round glasses/googles on his face.
He is working hard to attract people to come into his restaurant.
This "chef" calls over to us jumping around--doing anything to get our attention.
So we had already eaten lunch, but he did get us to stop and say hello--this picture captures the moment. ;-)
(Source Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)
That's Good Cookin'
So lately, passing by Sweet Greens in the morning has not been so sweet.
The tables outside are being used by those unfortunately with no place to sleep.
When I see the homeless people under the Sweet Green awning lying on the tables wrapped in ripped clothes and blankets trying to get some much needed sleep, it is completely heart breaking.
At the same time, I wonder about the health and safety for people who come later to eat on those tables that only hours earlier were somebody's bed for the night.
Not a good situation all around...and can never understand why a wealthy society such as ours can't feed, cloth, and shelter ALL its citizens--so they don't have to sleep at Sweet Greens anymore.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Bittersweet Green
Peace comes in many shapes and sizes--peace talks, peace negotiations, peace treaties, and now even peace trucks.
Reminiscent of the peace marches and brightly painted VW peace vans of the 1970's, The Washington Post (26 January 2013) reports on a 76-year old retired Energy Department staffer with a PhD in mechanical engineering who for his second career is starting a peace food truck in DC.
The food truck will have two windows for selling kosher food from one and for selling halal food from the other.
The owner-activist who is an Egyptian American hopes that "it will bring people from different backgrounds, who are waiting on line, to talk together."
He says: "I think it will work because, well, everyone likes food," and he hopes to fund additional food trucks in Chicago, New York, Israel, and the West Bank.
The truck has both the Jewish Star of David and Islamic Crescent painted on it--it is truly a truck for representing diversity of people, but with a common taste in good Mediterranean food.
It's amazing what a falafel can do--perhaps, even help bring peace and security to the Middle East. ;-)
(Source Photo: here with attribution to Shoshanah)
A Falafel A Day
