Some days it just doesn't pay to wake up and get out of bed.  Today was NOT one of those days.  Today, I am just a little closer to my dream of opening the first "eat smart" bar and restaurant serving anti-aging (anti-inflammatory) food to be located near the AnMed Medical campus on Rte. 81 in Anderson, SC.  If you are anxiously awaiting the opening, you still have a little more waiting to do.  I am hoping to open in September this year in order to participate in the Clemson football season, and we are still on schedule for doing that with just one small obstacle, funding.  However, I am still $ 20,000 away from the funding needed to open, but I am not to be deterred.

This idea of mine that we can eradicate age related chronic disease by getting Americans to change to a diet of anti aging (anti inflammatory) foods from the current popular diet of meat, bread and soda, is catching on.  The change to embracing the anti-aging diet also known as the anti inflammation and diabetic diet, is not going to happen over night, but already since I have been blogging here about anti aging gastronomy, the number of views has exponentially increased, and the concept is being blogged and written about all over the web.  

If we can change the American palate to accept and even like or, wow, CRAVE anti inflammatory foods, we can change the entire medical industry.  It is possible.  My recipes are to die for and no one will ever miss the french fries, fried chicken, pizza with pepperoni or burgers on white buns (yuk!)  Imagine our kitchens as the key to real healthcare reform.  Image how much the cost of caring for the elderly would be reduced if there were no diabetes II, heart disease, pain of arthritis or immunological diseases.  Imagine children growing up without the fear of obesity and all the chronic diseases associated.  Imagine taking that first step, here in the upstate, here at Beyond the Bull in Anderson, SC.  Here is where it will happen.  We have a lot of work to do.

Hop on the "eat smart" bandwagon, America.  I need investors at $ 2500 per share, I need 8 more to make this happen.  Better return than a bank and what a great feeling knowing you were there to take the first step for the next generation. I am positive that this venture will be profitable as well as worthy, so much so that I am investing $ 20,000 of my own, hard earned savings that I have been able to scrape together.  I will not be deterred.  To read more go to http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/97093?a=559839  .  Don't pledge but do think about investing.

Buon Appetito and Buona Salute, Chef Angela B.

This is my first in a series of books written to teach young adults and homemakers how to cook and is now available on Amazon.  As Good As It Gets, Cooking Skills For Life, Volume 1 teaches the skills the same as I have taught them to students in the past, the same methods I learned as a professional.  It is not a book of recipes, but rather a how to for the person who wants to know how to set up a kitchen, learn about food safety and sanitation in the kitchen, and the basic methods of cooking from scratch.  When you are done, you will have the basic skills on which you can build your own family food legacy as I have built mine, thanks to my parents who showed me that it is around the dining table that good friends are made and families unite. At the end of the day, good food and good people coming together is as good as it gets. Perfect life skills gift for any celebration and part of an ongoing collectible series.

I am currently working on Volume 2, Good Food Bad Food which teaches more about cooking methods and ingredients, but more importantly concentrates on ingredients that are anti aging and therefore reduce the risk of adult onset chronic disease.  Volume 2 should be on Amazon before September, both in time for the holidays.

Buon Appetito and Buona Salute, Chef AngelaB