Health-Conscious Chef: Matthew Kenney

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Restaurateur Matthew Kenney is a renowned raw food chef and author, and the creator of the first licensed raw food academy. His groundbreaking restaurant/shop/school 105degrees incorporates communal dining, an open kitchen, the “glass box” 105degrees Shop where an array of products related to the raw/living foods lifestyle can be purchased, as well as the 105degrees Academy, with classes for the layperson and the professional interested in raw food techniques to learn from an innovative team.

We Skyped with Matthew while he was in New York, where he was opening yet another restaurant, Bar Paya, concentrating on Peruvian food this time. This is not a raw foods spot, but Matthew assured us that there are vegetarian dishes on the menu, inspired by traditional foods of our South American birthplace. We chatted with him about raw food and health (including what he eats on a typical day), the Academy, and his next book, Everyday Raw Express. Read More…


Featured Interview: Gabrielle Bernstein

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Motivational speaker, life coach and author Gabrielle Bernstein was in Los Angeles doing a lecture based on her book, Add More ~ing to Your Life, A hip guide to happiness – and we just had to sit down for a chat.

Gabrielle is the founder of Women’s Entrepreneurial Network as well as HerFuture.com, a mentoring network for women, and through her lectures helps a new generation of women to shift their search for happiness from the outside to the inside. Since HLife is all about the inside, we met with the multi-talented beauty and talked about the book and the personal journey that led her to discover herself as a messenger of the steps to a happier life. Read More…