The Present Moment Cafe

YOU are invited! Collaborative On site Holistic Nutritional Consulting

Yvette — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:26:08 +0000

PRESENT MOMENT CAFE

April 1-April 14 for
Collaborative On site Holistic Nutritional Consulting

Kerry Ford, R.H.N.
International Consultant, Educator/Life Strategist/Spiritual & Environmental Nutrition

Kerry is an accomplished alternative Health strategist with a background in raw food alchemy, yoga, meditational sciences, TCM and Ayurveda, environmental wellness and women’s health; travelling and educating through intimate workshops and seminars.
Her approach and technique for healing Body, Mind, Spirit is unique to each individual, with a constant focus on healing from the root, allowing the innate ability for self healing to be reestablished in our minds, as the powerful and empowering force that truly heals us. Knowledge is power and sovereign power over our own health is our divine right.
The seed of life carries in it, the potential for everything we have ever wanted. This seed lies dormant in us until we are ready.
Are you ready?

Let’s Plant some seeds!

~ Kerry Ford.

To Book a Private or Family Consult with Kerry
Contact:
The Seed
386-986-7524
seedmentor@gmail.com

“Live Simply So That Others may Simply Live:::”

Calling for Feedback!

Yvette — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:59:32 +0000

Spring is upon us here in the Oldest City! West King Street is finally and officially open to traffic in both directions and we are Super Excited about what the rest of 2010 has to bring!

We here at The Present Moment Cafe want to know, from you – our awesome patrons! – What you favorite dish is, as we are running a “Specials Promo” to give back to you for being a part of the Present Moment Experience!

So Here’s the Question for Spring?

Have you had a special at the cafe which you would like to order again?

like…

Give us 48 hour notice and we will run it as a lunch or dinner special!

Just shoot us an email: yvette@thepresentmomentcafe.com and we’ll get back to you. You can invite your friends for a special lunch or dinner per your request.

Thanks! We look forward to seeing all your smiling faces this spring!!

Kindest regards,
The RAWk Stars of The Present Moment Cafe

Sign Up Now for NEW, unCooking Classes!!

Yvette — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:04:47 +0000

Learn to Prepare and Serve your own Living Foods!

*Vegetarian Options Available Upon Request

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**Small Group Instruction with the RawkStar Chefs of The Present Moment**

We are offering this unique opportunity to learn from our chefs in a hands on learning enviroment.

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Below you will find a sign up form to complete. Enter your information and let us know what YOU want to learn! We will customize a specially tailored class designed to meet your needs, whether you have prepared vegetarian or raw, living foods before or if this will be your first exciting experience.
Regardless of your knowledge or skill, you will leave our kitchen with the confidence and vision to prepare and serve the finest Living Foods in Northeast Florida!

We Welcome You to Our Kitchen!

“Words can not express fully enough how much I enjoyed my private lesson with you today. You are a wonderful teacher, chef, and a delight. I didn’t expect to learn so much and taste and enjoy so many samples. They were all delectable. Thank you very much. The education I received this afternoon will remain with me forever and I am eager to try out the knowledge gained today on the recipes given and other raw food recipes”. ~ A.L.

*Classes will be held in a small group setting limited to four students per session
*These intimate sessions will be carefully and skillfully designed to meet your interests
*Classes are in Blocks of 3 Hours @ $225 per student

*Individual Instruction Available Upon request

Join us in our Live Foods Kitchen & Become a Raw Food Apprentice!

Each participant may request a specific dish of interest in which you will learn how to prepare as well as serve. Please be specific in regards to what you would like to learn and days available when filling out the form above.
We look forward to UNcooking with You!!

First Friday Artwalk – April 2nd – Live Music!

Yvette — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:47:44 +0000

LIVE FOLK & FUN WITH ASLYN & THE NAYSAYERS 10PM-12MIDNIGHT

Band Interview – Aslyn and The Naysayers
* Feb 9, 2009 in Drift Magazine

By Ant Perrucci

Aslyn and the Naysayers is one of the most noteworthy bands in St. Augustine’s folk scene. Fueled by two guitars (Matt Armstrong, Jim Johnston) and the hauntingly distinctive voice of Aslyn Barringer, the trio – formerly a weekly fixture at the now-closed Rockin’ Bean downtown – have a monthly presence playing First Friday at Present Moment Café.

Drift: How did the band form?
Matt Armstrong: It was very organic. [We] just kind of ended up becoming the band it is now.
Aslyn Barringer: I don’t really know how it happened. I met them when I came [to Flagler]. They were really nice and it kind of just worked out.
Jim Johnston: In high school me and Matt played, we did bands and played acoustically like we do now, we kept doing it through college.

D: What are your musical influences, personally?
JJ: I listen to all sorts of jazz. A lot of different influences. We cover a lot of different styles, we go from old-timey jazz to bluegrass to pop. We do a cover of a techno song. MA: My dad’s been a big influence, because he plays in a bluegrass band, [but I’m] really influenced by the Florida folk scene.
AB: In high school, I was actually in a punk band. But I love bluegrass. We all have different passions but it all comes together really well.

D: How did you come up with the name?
AB: Naming your band is always trouble. One night we were making the most ridiculous names ever and they were nay saying.
JJ: It just kind of stuck.
MA: We’re mean to Aslyn, supposedly. But she’s a really good sport about it.

D: Aslyn has a distinctive, almost smokey voice. How has it influenced your sound?
MA: She’s a very charismatic singer. When Aslyn does a cover, she does a really good job of making it distinct. She doesn’t have to imitate anybody.
JJ: She’s [got] a really, you know, versatile voice, she can go from kind of breathy jazz to good bluegrass harmonies.
AB: I get a lot of influence from blues singers. Nina Simone’s my favorite … Etta [James], Billie [Holiday]. I think the reason that, especially Matt and I, work together is because I sing low harmony, and Matt can hit those high notes. Matt has this sweet voice, and I have this raspy thing. [But we] complement each other really well.

Happy Hour Social – 1st Tuesday of Every Month 5 – 7pm

Yvette — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:24:34 +0000

Have a difficult time meeting others who “get” what you are into? Are the social scenes for healthy living at the First Coast bereft of activity? Then behold!

Jaxraw and the Present Moment have decided to hold a Social Mixer & Happy Hour for those people looking to meet others into healthy living and cuisine, yet cannot find the time to do so on their own.

The Present Moment Cafe will be offering $1.00 off Drinks, and Tapas Specials! Our Happy Hour pricing/event will run from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Normally, “mixers” sometimes indicate events for those whom are “single”. Here at The Present Moment Cafe ALL are welcome to join.

Please stop by and join us for our Happy Hour!

Present Moment Gift Cards

Yvette — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:10:57 +0000

Give a special gift to your loved ones, the gift of great tasting, healthy food!

Gift cards are available in $25, $50, and $100 increments. When you purchase a $100 gift card you receive an extra $10 to use on that card!

As you place your purchase, if you need the gift certificate mailed to a friend, please be sure to include their shipping address during the check-out process.

Shipping Rate: F

Any Occasion Pies!

Yvette — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:18:22 +0000

We are glad to offer a new variety of pies! Please visit for an ever evolving selection of rAwesome pies!

Present Moment Cafe Reviewed in Folio Weekly

Yvette — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:24:35 +0000

August 11-17, 2009 FOLIO WEEKLY p39

RAW DEAL

written by Anne Schindler – (No relation)

YVETTE SCHINDLER

Executive Chef, Present Moment Café

“One of my favorite things to do is eat.”

Seated in a sunlit corner of her organic, vegan, raw-food restaurant, Yvette Schindler talks food like some people eat it: with passion, focus and gusto. She regards food as both spiritual and medicinal, and takes pleasure in exploring all of its symbolic and societal permutations — from the lessons a little girl takes from watching her mother prepare food to the wrenching environmental impacts of the modern-day industrial food complex. But, despite a gift for interpreting and talking about food, Schindler’s passion is eating — and sharing — it.

The fact that her St. Augustine restaurant serves cuisine most people have never eaten, and some willfully misunderstand, doesn’t discourage her. Her goal is not to convince people of the benefits of eating raw, but to seduce them with the idea.

“I didn’t just want to open a restaurant. I’d done that,” says Schindler, who ran a macrobiotic restaurant in Santa Fe, N.M., for four years, among other culinary endeavors. “It had to be really good. It had to be delicious.”

The concept behind the raw food movement is that the enzymes contained in whole foods are physically, even psychologically transformative. Those enzymes are destroyed when food is cooked or even heated above 130 degrees. In order to preserve the socalled “life force” of the food, raw food devotees eat only meals prepared with uncooked fruits and vegetables.

The diet can seem extreme, especially to a culture raised on processed foods. Even Schindler admits she initially found the rawfood mantra somewhat radical. But after “going raw” for a three-month trial, Schindler says, she was a believer. For one, her longtime arthritis disappeared. And she was suffused with a feeling of joy and empathy that she describes as “a high — an altered consciousness.”

Schindler and her son Nathan were so transformed by the diet, they decided to open a restaurant to share that they’d learned. Before doing so, Schindler visited every raw-food restaurant she could find on both coasts. She also trained alongside gourmet raw-food gourmet chef Chad Sarno, who’s been featured in magazines from GQ to Cosmo.

The café’s menu reflects Schindler’s international palate, as well as her passion for gourmet preparation. Among her favorites items are the Sunlight Burger ($12, made from walnuts, sunflower seeds, almonds, carrots and zucchini, and topped with vegan “provolone” and caramelized onions) and the Creamy White

Truffle Pesto Pasta ($11, made from zucchini pasta, sun-dried tomatoes and pine nuts.) The menu also features Pad Thai, tacos, even a Brownie Sunday (prepared with a coconut base and cashew vanilla “ice cream”).

“I don’t want people to feel like, ‘I gotta go eat this food because it’s healthy,” she says. “I want them to come because it makes them feel good to eat it.” Though Schindler is a dedicated raw foodie, she’s not rigid. Her diet is about “95 percent raw,” and she reserves that remaining 5 percent for those situations when she

can’t avoid conventional food. If her aunt offers her a homemade chocolate chip cookie, she says, or if someone prepares her a meal in their home, she won’t refuse. Food is, above all, an expression of love, she says.

For Northeast Florida, Schindler’s love of eating — and feeding — is everyone’s gain.

Anne Schindler

(No relation)

Past Events in The Present Moment!

Yvette — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:28:43 +0000

The Present Moment Cafe presents Viktoras Kulvinskas, Sunday November 1st from 3 to 5pm.
THIS EVENT WAS A FULLY BOOKED SUCCESS!.

You can prevent disease and heal your life by following health principles of the Essene Tradition and the Living Food Lifestyle.

Probably the single more important choice you make every day is what food you choose to consume. Research shows that food influences your thoughts and feelings. The food you devour turns specific genes on and off, determining your resulting level of health and well being…

Rev. Viktoras P Kulvinskas MS of the First Christian Essene Church. Who in ’08 Rawed on 20/20 ABC news as well as suprememastertv.com with over billion in audience. He has been covered recently in SPIN, USA Today and just appeared in international Yoga journal and British Fresh. On 5/17/ at karynraw.com he gave a seminar to 50 MDs on Enzymatic Therapies.

Viktoras is, now in his 70’s, a Lithuanian World War II survivor who retired from College Mathematics & Computer Systems where he worked with Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Appolo, MIT, Harvard, US Military , at 29, to pursue holistic lifestyles. During the last 40 years, Viktoras co-founded The Hippocrates Health Institute Ann Wigmore where he acted as director of research for 5 years. He published the best seller (Over ½ million in print), one of the first wholistic lifestyle manuals. The book documents from science with anecdotal clients, the successful treatment of cancer, leukemia, obesity, arthritis, diabetes. He is the discoverer of the now popular 7-day instant salad ‘sunflower and buckwheat greens’ as well as ‘seed & nut Cheeses.’ All his work is dedicated to his ascended teacher and beloved www.youkta.org.

Viktoras is noted as a mentor to many authors and scientists in the field of functional nutrition such as Gabriel Cousins, M.D., Dick Gregory, Dr. Smokey Santillo, Karyn Calabrese, Dr Brian Clement, Dr Edward Howell, and many others. Viktoras is a well-known, charismatic, inspiring speaker, you will enjoy.

Get tapped in to Rev. Vik. and his wealth of experience!

Private Consultations with Viktoras Available by Appointment. Contact Viktoras4u@gmail.com 1-800-927-2527 X202#

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Raw Food Talk & lunch W/ Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Saint Augustine, FL
1:00 tp 4:00 pm.

Matt Monarch, author of ‘Raw Spirit’ and Raw Food Educator has been eating 100% raw for nearly 6 years now. You can learn more about him at www.rawspirit.org.

In this talk Matt discussed:

Is the Raw Food Diet for you?

Overcoming Health Challenges

Why some diets work and some don’t

Difficulties that may arise on your journey

Benefits of eating Raw Foods, juicing and colonics

Angela Stokes lost over 150lbs and overcame morbid obesity with a raw food lifestyle. She runs www.rawreform.com and is visiting from the UK to share her message of natural recovery.

Angela spoke about:

Healthy, rapid weight loss

How to break overeating patterns

Balancing detox with slimming

Taking care of the body naturally

Addressing the underlying issues

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David Wolfe – Raw Food Expert @ The Present Moment Café

A Weekend with David Wolfe

Friday, January 15th &
Saturday, January 16th
2009

THIS EVENT WAS YET ANOTHER SOLD OUT SUCCESS. THANK YOU FRIENDS AND THANK YOU DAVID!!

FRIDAY’S TOPIC: All-Natural Weight Loss Without the Wait and Without the Denial

Nutrition Basics: Water, Enzymes, Antioxidants, Minerals

Acid and Alkaline Balance: What Does It Mean? How To Apply These Principles Immediately

The Basics of Raw Food Nutrition and Physical Rejuvenation:

How to use Fruits, Roots, Shoots, Sprouts, Green Vegetables, Nuts, Seeds, Flowers, Sea Vegetables, Herbs, Superfoods and Supplements in your daily program.

Detoxification and Cleansing: How To Start, What To Do

SATURDAY’S TOPIC: Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future

The Superfoods: Goji berries, Cacao beans (raw chocolate), Maca, Marine Phytoplankton, Aloe Vera, Noni, Spirulina, Blue-Green Algae, Bee Pollen, Kelp, Hempseeds

The Superherbs: Mangosteen, Medicinal Mushrooms, Pau D’Arco, Una da Gato, and much more.

How to take advantage of the greatest abundance of delicious natural foods in human history.

Discover how, with a simple blender, you can get the best nutrition ever while having fun.

Conquer candida, inflammation, restore bone health, create healthy joints, lose weight, and reverse aging with superfoods and superherbs!

David Wolfe — Health, Eco, Nutrition, and Natural Beauty Expert
CO-FOUNDER: TheBestDayEver.com Online Health Magazine
PRESIDENT: The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (www.ftpf.org)

“With a masters degree in nutrition, and a background in science and mechanical engineering, David Wolfe is considered one of the world’s top authorities on natural health, beauty nutrition, herbalism, chocolate, and organic superfoods. Leading the field with his vision, mission, education, and business, David has over 15 years of dedicated experience and understanding of the inner workings, the delicate chemistry, and hardcore mechanics of the human body and how the body is affected by the modern-day stressors of today’s fast-paced, over-worked, and unbalanced lifestyle, which is literally a “killer” to our beauty, health, and longevity.
Through his down-to-earth and simple approach, David shows us that no problem is created without a solution and that we DO have the opportunity, right at our fingertips, to make new choices about our lifestyle and take our health back into the power of our own hands.”

Visit David Wolfe’s Website Here

David Wolfe is the man who inspired the owners of The Present Moment Cafe Yvette and Nathan to try raw foods.

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THE PRESENT MOMENT CAFE BELIEVES THAT WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE IN THIS WORLD! AND WE THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT EVENT, BLESSINGS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL!!!!

THE EVENING BEGAN WITH A YOGA CLASS BY CRYSTAL STAFFORD,

FOLLOWED BY AFRICAN DANCE, LIVE MUSIC, AND A RAFFLE.

VISIT CRYSTAL STAFFORD’S WEBSITE : WWW.CRYSTALSTAFFORD.COM

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The Raw Gourmet
Sunday January 18 2009
3:00-5:30 PM
The Three Secret Fail- Safe Steps to Success
on Starting and Continuing your Raw Food Lifestyle

About Nomi Shannon, the author of The Raw Gourmet

Nomi is a well-known proponent of natural health and healing. An author, a chef, and a Certified Hippocrates Health Educator, Nomi’s first book The Raw Gourmet (©1999) is considered to be the premier raw food recipe and resource book in the world. Her second book, Raw Food Celebrations is becoming the most popular Party Menus book for every occasion.

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Suffering: A Path of Awakening

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Shellee Rae’s Book Signing @ The Present Moment Cafe

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Saturday ~ February 20, 2010 ~ 3pm – 5pm

Click Here to view Enlarged Flyer & MAP

“Shellee’s vegan/rawfood lifestyle has augmented her healing and spiritual journey. She has her own rawfood line on her website and teaches people how to transition from the S.A.D (standard American diet) to a healthier lifestyle.”

You can visit Author, Shellee Rae’s “AbSOULute Health” Website @ WWW.ShelleeRae.Com

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Testimonial: Vegan for Two

Yvette — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:32:28 +0000

“After being so skeptical of the whole raw foods thing, the kicker is that when we left we both felt so great. Unlike when you usually eat and feel kind of weighed down and sleepy and sometimes bloated. Not with this food, it must be true that raw foods really make you feel good, because I felt like I could do anything after we ate, I wasn’t dragging and ready to sit down like usual, I wanted to walk and enjoy the evening.

I highly highly recommend The Present Moment Café, check out their menu online, and if you live nearby or somewhat close, it’s worth the drive. I look forward to our next trip there!!!”

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