September 2004 NW Palate Magazine - Raw Dinners August 2004 Willamette Week - Naked Lunch Portland Mercury - Baby, I Like it Raw May 2004 Herbivore Magazine - The Art of Raw Healing Lifestyles and Spas - Vibrant Living Foods February 2004 Portland Mercury - The Best Vegan Desert Ever December 2003 OPB - SmartMonkey Foods Radio Interview November 2003 SMF Press - Carnival Cruise Lines Features SMF SMF Press - SuperSet Tennis Nervy Girl - Green Cuisine SMF Press - Food Front's Living Foods Section October 2003 SMF Press - SMF Caters STOMP Event September 2003 Willamette Week - Raw Power Portland Tribune - Trendy Chefs Turning Off Fire March 2003 Daily PDX - Raw Foods Are Making a Revival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SmartMonkey Foods Press Contact: Ani Phyo Phone: 503-236-7878 Email: smartmonkeyfoods@yahoo.com URL: www.smartmonkeyfoods.com Article appeared in Northwest Palate Magazine, Sept/Oct 2004. SMARTMONKEY RAW DINNERS Three Friends Coffee House in Portland, Oregon. September/October, 2004 PORTLAND, Ore. - While gourmet raw cuisine has enjoyed favor with the Hollywood hip for years, the controversial un-cooking style has remained a fringe element in Northwest culinary circles. Upscale raw restaurants along the lines of Juliano's Raw in Los Angeles and Roxanne's in Larkspur, California are conspicuously absent even in Portland, home of the International Raw and Living Foods Association. But chefs Ani Phyo and Ede Schweizer of Portland's SmartMonkey Foods aim to change all that. Having apprenticed under Juliano, raw chef to the stars, Phyo and Schweizer create innovative dishes that defy the raw stereotype. "It takes some people a while to figure out it's not actually made from fish," says Phyo of her Save-the-Salmon Cake, which combines nuts, seeds and carrots in an animal-free version of an old favorite. Now SmartMonkey Foods is offering a three-course raw dinner with drink and dessert every Wednesday at Three Friends coffee House (2-1 SE 12th Avenue, Portland, OR). Three Friends wonder Randy Rapaport, who describes the neighborhood coffeehouse as "an alternative, kind of radical, organic place,:" sees the partnership as a natural. "I think what they're doing with the high-quality, gourmet, vegan foods is revolutionary," he says. Menu options, which are always organic, vegan, and wheat/gluten-free, range from tom khai and spicy butternut squash soup to seven-layer lasagna and Euro Nutz loaf with sun-dried tomato sauce. For the complete gourmet raw dining experience, top dinner off with decadent (but unbaked and dairy-free) summer berry cobbler or Deep Forest carob cake. The dinners are served Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm, dine in or take out; call 503-236-7878. Article written by Emily Puro. For more information on SmartMonkey Foods Gourmet Raw Cuisine: Ani Phyo Phone: 503-236-7878 Email: smartmonkeyfoods@yahoo.com www.smartmonkeyfoods.com