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Let people worship kale, let them put avocados on everything, let them drink beet juice, I say. Me? I will take cabbage. The humble, hearty, and healthy heads are nature’s closest things to magic.
This month while you are soaking up your umpteenth Guinness with braised Irish cabbage, remember, these overgrown brussels sprouts do a lot more than accompany potatoes.
Entrepreneur Akin Olokun grew up on a farm in Poland, where the notion of food as a natural product of the earth was assumed. Since moving to the US at the age of 16, Olokun has maintained an appreciation of fresh, wholesome foods.
He established Earth's Healing Cafe in 2011 after spending time living in California where he was surrounded by juice bars and raw, living food cafes. He identified a niche in Chicago's dining scene and opened up shop in Ravenswood, one of the few organic cafes in the city at the time.
In a recent conversation, which has been condensed and edited, Okolun shared his ideas on food as means for optimal nutrition and wellbeing.
Wooden crates filled with butternut squash, red-skinned potatoes, and Empire apples are the center pieces of Alex Curatolo’s juice bar and local market, Belli’s.
The winter frost that permeates the Midwest keeps the produce selection at the store succinct.
But the pickings are ample enough for Curatolo to create a myriad of soups, flavors of which rotate on a daily basis.
