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SeaDream introduces raw food menu

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SEADREAM Yacht Club has introduced an optional raw food (also known as living food) menu on aboard its boutique mega motor-cruisers SeaDream I and SeaDream II.

Raw or living food refers to a style of preparation in which all ingredients are raw, organic and vegan (no fish, meat, eggs or dairy), and nothing is heated above 118 degrees in order to retain all healthy micro nutrients.

SeaDreams Norwegian owners, Linn and Atle Brynestad were excited by the health benefits they personally experienced while eating raw foods during a  stay at the Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI) in West Palm Beach, Florida, and subsequently asked HHIs executive chef, Renate Waller to bring her talents to SeaDreams galley.

Renate worked with SeaDreams corporate chef, Sudesh Kishore to create a special, optional menu of delicious, gourmet raw food dishes.

“Switching to a high percentage of raw, living plant-based foods, enables people to reclaim feeling great and being well,”  Renate said.

SeaDreams Sudesh Kishore said the companys reputation for providing a stellar culinary experience remains of utmost importance, with the raw food menu an added option.

“If you come aboard to enjoy filet mignon and double chocolate mousse, by all means its on the menu.

“One might assume raw food is boring or bland, but guests who choose to try it say it is a tasty surprise.”

SeaDreams raw food dishes include Watercress Tang thats a liquid mélange of watercress, Anjou pear, lime and pineapple while the Blood Apple Blaster is a blend of apple, ginger, red beet, lime juice and agave. Sa

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Guide to Transnistria in photos

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Larissa Olenicoff uses her trusty iPhone to photograph the Eastern European breakaway territory.

ONE OF THOSE countries that isn’t really a country, Transnistria covers 1,607 square miles of eastern Moldova, along the border with Ukraine. Its often described as “one of the last remnants of the Soviet Union,” or even the “North Korea of Europe.” Due to various guidebook/Internet warnings about bribery and corruption at the border, it took me three months to work up the courage to hop on a train from my then-home of Odessa to Tiraspol, Transnistria’s capital.

Did expectations match reality? Soviet and a bit kitschy, yes; authoritarian police state with little to no capitalism, absolutely not. As for gett

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Adidas Outdoor Terrex Feather Shell and Windstopper Hybrid Jacket

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As a family of soccer players, we thought we were quite familiar with the Adidas brand; I’ve been buying their cleats, shorts, and athletic warm-ups for years. But as skiers and winter outdoor enthusiasts, we had no idea Adidas also offers a high quality, high tech line of outdoor apparel.

The women’s GORE-TEX Terrex Feather Shell weighs in at the absolute lightest full-coverage, full-duty outer layer jacket I’ve ever tried. It features a helmet-compatible hood with built-in visor and drawstring adjustment, full-zip closure, zip-ventilation on the sides and under the arms, adjustable cuffs (perfect for fitting over winter gloves), and an adjustable, removable storm skirt. All t

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Snorkelling wonderland

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It was snorkelling nirvana.

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