World Fusion Weekly

Our World Fusion Weekly newsletter will now be called '7 Minute Chef Newsletter - Recipe for Inspired Living' as we distill the best nutritional, health preparation and wisdom of the vegan food movement. Please look for this new name in our future emails. The 7 Minute Chef Newsletter features all the latest from our Blossoming Lotus Restaurants, free recipes, contest information, chef advice, entertainment calendars and non profit activities.

Portland VegFest 2007
this years must attend event features

Friday and Saturday May 11-12 2007
Benson High School Auditorium
546 NE 12th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

If you change your diet you can dramatically reduce the risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity. This is the central message of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Portland VegFest. A Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University, Dr. Campbell has received more than 70 grant-years of peer-reviewed research funding and authored more than 300 research papers.

His recent book, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health, is the culmination of a 20-year partnership of Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine.

In The China Study, Dr. Campbell details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, and also its ability to reduce or reverse the risk or effects of these deadly illnesses. The China Study also examines the source of nutritional confusion produced by powerful lobbies, government entities, and irresponsible scientists.

The findings? “People who ate the most animal-based foods got the most chronic disease … People who ate the most plant-based foods were the healthiest and tended to avoid chronic disease. These results could not be ignored,” said Dr. Campbell. “I propose to do nothing less than redefine what we think of as good nutrition. You need to know the truth about food, and why eating the right way can save your life.”

The Secrets to a long and healthy life are revealed in our latest cookbook,
7 MINUTE CHEF Volume 1. The book is a comprehensive manual for everyone who loves to eat healthfully, wants to save money and learn more great tips from the chefs of the Blossoming Lotus.

For those who love Vegan World Fusion Cuisine, 7 MINUTE CHEF is a must have follow up that awakens the joy of natural food preparation. Whether you are just beginning to cook or are an experienced chef, you are sure to discover many treasures within its pages. By learning simple 7 minute techniques, you will have all the tools you need to create boundless culinary creations and a lifetime of healthy cuisine.

... all this plus cooking charts, the perfect pantry, ingredient log, comprehensive natural food glossary, our secret popcorn recipe and an ancient Himalayan recipe for longevity and more!

For only $12.95 you will have the tools to create
healthy and delicious food for a lifetime.

Our schedule is beginning to fill up. Blossoming Lotus chefs, Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray are coming to the Mainland and will be available for private or group cooking classes, or for private consultations. Please see below for the current schedule and contact information.

There are still some dates available, so please get in touch with us at mark@veganfusion.com if you are interested in hosting a class, or receiving a private consultation. This is a great opportunity to have any culinary questions answered and to connect one on one with founding members of Blossoming Lotus.

Jennifer and Mark's Mainland schedule:
SPACES ARE LIMIITED, PLEASE CALL THE CONTACT NUMBER
TO MAKE A RESERVATION.

Sunday, June 10th - Albuquerque, NM- Details coming soon

Tuesday June 12th - Sedona, AZ - Date still available

Friday June 15th - San Diego, CA
Location:1048 Hermes Avenue, Encinitas
Time: Noon- 2pm
Cost: $40/person
Contact info: Susan Fairbrother 619.846.8206

Saturday June 16th- San Diego, CA
Live food demo and feast with musical performance by Marya Stark
Location:Universal Temple of Higher Consciousness,16512 Old Guejito Grade Road, Escondido
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $50/person
Contact info: Kennedy 760.749.9749

Sunday June 17th Thursday June 21st- San Diego, CA
Book Signing - 9AM - Noon
Hillcrest Farmer's Market
DMV parking lot (Lincoln Street between Cleveland and Normal)

Thursday June 21st - Portland, OR
Location: To be announced
Time: 6-8PM
Cost: $40/person
Contact info: Mark Reinfeld info@veganfusion.com

Thursday July 12th - Boulder, CO
Location: 5545 Homestead Way, Boulder
Time: 6-8PM
Cost: $40/person
Contact info: Roberta Reinfeld 303.818.9273

We are receiving recipes from all around the country for our contest. Our top choices will be included in our 7 MINUTE CHEF e-book series. From these, we will be selection 50 RUNNER UP PRIZES and ONE Grand Prize winner. The Grand Prize includes an awesome, all expense paid trip for two to Kaua'i, Hawaii.

These recipes are from people just like you. Recipes can cover any topic in plant based natural food preparation including your favorite college recipe or family treasure, soups, salads, sandwiches, spreads, entrees, desserts, casseroles, live food creations, juices, smoothies and elixirs, nut and seed milks and cheeses, breakfast items, your grandmother’s recipes, complete with tips and tricks and special techniques. Please see below to read the story of one of our contestants.

Please remember that there is no limit to the amount of recipes you can enter as each one we select is a separate entry to our contest. The more entries you submit, the greater the chances one will be selected for inclusion in our 7 MINUTE CHEF e-books and the greater your chance of winning one of prizes.

Click here to enter your recipe. Good Luck!

We would like to extend a warm welcome to HappyCow.net and VegWeb.com, the newest companies to join our 7 MINUTE CHEF affiliate program. Check out Happy Cow for the most comprehensive Vegetarian Restaurant and Health Food store guide on the web. Visit VegWeb for its great collection of vegan recipes, active VegFriends pen pal area and restaurant and product reviews.

Please visit here to sign up for a free Clickbank affiliate account and follow the simple steps to become part of our growing family. 7 MINUTE CHEF affiliates receive a generous 50% commission for all sales they direct towards our site.

Once you have signed up for your affiliate account, email info@7minutechef.com to request a free banner ad. You can use the banner and this link to place on your website and in your newsletters and blogs: http://7minchef.jmap.clickbank.net

It is with great joy we announce that our first cookbook, Vegan World Fusion Cuisine, just received its 9th National Award. The book is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Cookbook Category of the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Awards. Honoring the best of independent publishing, the Indie Excellence Awards are sponsored by PubInsider.com - one of the most respected and economical sources for publishing PR & marketing products, industry news, events and consulting. Please visit HERE to order your copy.

Come and experience the joys of World Fusion Cuisine. For the entire month of May Blossoming Lotus Kaua'i is offering a 'Buy 1 Dinner, receive 2nd free' special from 5-6pm every evening. We do this to invite our community to the restaurant to show just how incredible vegan cuisine can be.

Click here to listen to part 2 of Debra Gehrke of Earth Harmony Home interview Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray of Blossoming Lotus, Kaua'i. In this episode Jennifer reveals some of the secrets of her world famous popcorn recipe and they continue to discuss the making of 7 MINUTE CHEF - Simple tools for a lifetime of health.

Please check out the new
7 MINUTE CHEF Blog for a continual update on all things related to our 7 MINUTE CHEF e-book series.

The blog highlights our favorite recipes and foods, archived articles, book and product reviews, chef's tips and tricks, the latest news and links to many of our friends. Feel free to reprint our articles in your favorite groups and blogs.

Mahalo to Lily Julow of Gainesville, Florida for her incredible Cape Malay Madras Curry recipe.

Lily's recipe is included in 7 MINUTE CHEF Volume 1. She received a free copy of the e-book and the recipe will be entered into the Grand Prize drawing for the free trip to Kaua'i. Lily also qualifies to win one of the 50 runner up prizes.

Please read below in Lily's own words as she tells of her culinary journey that led her to our recipe contest.

"Cooking is a passion, I suppose, because my mother was so very talented at it, an artist really. I guess it's in our genes because my daughter has turned out to be just as passionate about it.

I became a vegetarian about 16 years ago after reading an investigative report in Mother Jones magazine that followed a McD burger back through every stage, including the "processing plant" and finally, the animal.

If that wasn't enough, I read Ruth Oseki's prize-winning book, My Year of Meats. Need I say more? I confess I'm not scrupulous about being a vegan; I love cheese and butter too much for that. But meat, poultry and fish are still a no-no.

As for my bio, I'm a retired newspaper features and lifestyle writer, puff really, not Pulitzer material. I was staff on many Southeastern dailies. My children are grown and in the throes of child-rearing as I sit back, at last, and read, travel, and just have a heck of a good time."

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Portland VegFest 2007 this years must attend event features

Friday and Saturday May 11-12 2007 Benson High School Auditorium 546 NE 12th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

Portland VegFest 2007
this years must attend event features

Friday and Saturday May 11-12 2007
Benson High School Auditorium
546 NE 12th Avenue, Portland, Oregon