By Laura Stec
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About this blog: I've been attracted to food for good and bad reasons for many years. From eating disorder to east coast culinary school, food has been my passion, profession & nemesis. I've been a sugar addict, a 17-year vegetarian, a food and en...
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About this blog: I've been attracted to food for good and bad reasons for many years. From eating disorder to east coast culinary school, food has been my passion, profession & nemesis. I've been a sugar addict, a 17-year vegetarian, a food and environment pioneer, macrobiotic, Master Cleanser, ayurvedic, and officially-designated health-nut or party-girl (depending on the year). Professionally, I've worn many industry hats including: line cook, corporate chef, Food Coach, caterer, product developer, restaurant reviewer, culinary school teacher, corporate wellness educator, food co-op clerk, author, and even Cirque-du-Soleil lead popcorn concessioner! For years I managed an outdoor kitchen, deep in the bear-infested woods of Tahoe, and also for hospitals (the most unhealthy kitchen I ever worked in?), Singapore high-rises, mule-pack trips, Canadian catholic rectories, and more events than I could ever recall. Yet I still keep discovering. Actually, I adapt everyday by new lessons learned from teachers, customers and students. However there is one food truth I now hold sacrosanct: Eaters are motivated by pleasure. So no matter what we discuss here - recipes or restaurants, food politics or pairings, local events, food as art, or even as God, I will always come from a high-vibe, party perspective. Oh I do still long to change the world with great tasting food, but know in my heart, "If it ain't fun, it don't get done!" So - wanna come to the Food Party? By the way - it's a potluck.
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We interrupt our regularly scheduled program to bring you something super fun from the hood.
Has anyone been here?
1199 El Camino Real, San Bruno
OMG I was looking for gas off 280/380 when a Putin-eating dinosaur jumps out of nowhere - El Camino Real at Sneath Lane, across from Chase.
Turns out this station has got a hellava lot more than gas and shriveled hotdogs rounding metal rollers. Fellow citizens, meet the future! Introducing
The Hangry Planet – North America’s first plant-based mart.
A Shell station with affordable gas (that's newsworthy in itself) offering a free soft serve cone made from oat milk with every fillup!
All the same crappy gas station food, just a little less crappy and 100% veg. Organic potato chips and faux-egg breakfast sandwiches in a hot box.
Vegan buffalo wings and "chicken" taquitos in the freezer.
Or maybe it’s jerky you’re craving?
Even the car wash has soul.
Don’t forget your free ice cream on the way out. :)
The Hangry Planet
North America’s first plant-based mart
1199 El Camino Real, San Bruno
- photos by LSIC