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Lu i s e Vin dah l & Dav id Fr enk iel Dav id : magazine art d ir ecto r Luis e : w r ite r
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‘ve been an art director for a food magazine and worked very closely with many food photographers and stylists. The photographers taught me the importance of good light and nice, simple presentations. I think it was the photos rather than the recipes that brought us attention in the beginning. Today we focus a lot more on perfecting the recipes, since we’ve realized that people actually try them. I’ve been a vegetarian almost my whole life, and healthy food has always been a very central part in Luise’s life, so when we met our two worlds collided and we both learned to adjust to each other’s food habits. I cut back on refined sugar and started using more whole grains, nuts and seeds, and Luise almost stopped eating meat (sometimes she cheats though). We learned to cook food healthy and green and felt that it was a waste keeping it to ourselves, so we started the blog. Obviously it’s good for our bodies to eat more clean and unprocessed food. You leave the table after a big dinner feeling great, rather than nauseous. And even if I’m not a fanatic follower
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of the animal rights movement, it also feels good not being a part of the cruel treatment of animals and the environment. SInce our daughter was born, it has also been fantastic being able to give her a healthy start. It’s nothing orthodox. We have just tried to give her vegetables and home baked goods, rather than candy and soda. Although sometimes I wonder if we are raising a monster. We say beans and she comes running like it is Christmas Eve. — David Frenkiel