This is a fantastic opportunity to take a wonderful living foods class in Los Angeles from Elaina Love and Chaya-Rvyka, two Raw Food Master Chefs. Elaina

Elaina Love is a raw master chef who is doing a West Coast tour giving classes in Nuevo Mexican cuisine. She will accompanied by Chaya-Ryvka, pastry chef at Cafe Gratitude, who will be teaching Elegant Raw Food Desserts. (I've taken classes from both of them and highly recommend them ... not that you need my endorsement considering Elaina's standing in the raw community.)

The cost is $99 which includes a 4- to 5-hour class and a full meal and dessert. Yum. (This class is also offered in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.)

RSVP here, then register on Elaina's website: www. purejoyplanet.com

Prefer to pay by check? Call ([masked]) or email me (Diana).

Note: I need four assistants at this class (who will receive the class free).

Here is the menu for the class and also biographies of Elaina and Chaya-Ryvka:

Nuevo Mexican
with Chef Elaina Love

Corn Tortillas – These corn tortillas will quickly become a favorite in your house. Made from raw corn, hemp & flax seeds, they are dehydrated & can be stored for months in your refrigerator or freezer.

Enchilada Spirals- These very special enchiladas will be made using raw corn tortillas & wrapping them around a veggie taco filling like a spiral then topping them with enchilada sauce, pine nut sour cream & avocado slices. These are so flavorful, satisfying & unique.

Mexican-Spanish Rice –It tastes like the best Spanish rice you’ve ever eaten, only there’s no rice! Elaina will show you how to use vegetables and spices to recreate all the flavors & comfort of rice.

Taco Filling – Again, keeping with her low to no nut agenda, Elaina will demonstrate how to take root vegetables & turn them into the most flavorful, juicy, mouthwatering taco filling that can be eaten in a “taco”, on your salad, in your Enchilada Spirals or dehydrated into crunchy snacks or burgers.

Enchilada Sauce - A light & flavorful sauce that can be used in a variety of dishes.

Pine Nut Sour Cream-A light & fluffy version of sour cream with Irish moss, pine nuts & more flavors to make this a raw food staple.

Elegant Raw Desserts Class
with Chef Chaya-Ryvka

Inspired by the flavors of Elaina’s menu, we will be creating some classic desserts that will pair beautifully with her fresh take on Mexican or any meal you may choose.

Crème Caramel – Experience the sensuous elegance of this melt in your mouth heavenly flan treat while learning the secrets of successfully working with Irish moss.

Hazelnut/Cacao Ganache Truffles – These are real Cacao confections; we will be stepping into the world of a chocolate lovers dreams, I’m talking Willie Wonka goes Raw/Vegan.

White Chocolate-Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake – One of the most popular cheesecakes at Café Gratitude & a must have in anyone’s black book of raw desserts. As well as learning to create a truly heavenly cheesecake you will learn the art of swirling, which can turn any plain pie, cheesecake or frosting into a stunning work of art!

About the Chefs

Elaina Love is a professional Raw Food Chef, Instructor, Restaurant Consultant & Lifestyle Counselor whose unique style of creating the best raw food cuisine ever has her highly sought after. She travels worldwide to bring raw, living foods to Spas, Exotic Retreats, Festivals & Individuals. Elaina is the Owner & Director of PureJoyPlanet.com, which features certification courses, raw food recipe books, super foods and kitchen & health equipment. She is the co-owner & recipe developer for her new Café in the Bay Area, Café Soulstice, the author of Elaina's Pure Joy Kitchen recipe books & the creator of The Amazing Nut Milk Bag. She has 3 raw food DVD’s currently on the market. Elaina has been an Instructor at Living Light Culinary Arts Institute since 2000 where she teaches specialty classes on an ongoing basis.

Chaya-Ryvka has been a practicing Raw Food Chef for over 3 yrs. She spent 2 yrs apprenticing & working side by side as personal assistant with Master Raw Food Chef Elaina Love catering retreats, serving private catered events, teaching classes, running purejoyplanet.com, & opening a raw food café (Café Soulstice). She also apprenticed with cutting edge raw pastry chefs & creators of the desserts for Café Gratitude. Chaya is now apprenticing in the art of raw chocolate confections; she works in a newly opened raw chocolate company, Coracao Confections. Currently Chaya is expressing her live creativity as a raw pastry chef at Café Gratitude, catering private events, teaching group classes, creating specialty gourmet raw desserts, wedding cakes and providing private raw lifestyle/kitchen consultations.