This Valentine’s day, we’ve gone buck-rogers with a racy show about aphrodesiacs! For the occasion we’ve concocted a pulse-punding chocolate sauce chock-full of sensuous spices like maca, cayenne, and cinnamon to get you in the mood for love. Treat your sweetie, (or yourself!) and use it to ...

This recipe was inspired by Anthony, aka the Raw Model, and his nifty list of 5 things to eat every day for health and beauty. It was a well-intentioned soup, simple and unassuming, comprised of some of my very favorite things to eat, all in one convenient bowl. What ...

This episode would probably be better titled “Sage-Pistachio Pesto”, but the allure and onomatopoeia possibilities of the word squash were too many to avoid. This recipe is another winner. We originally shot this episode before we left on our cross-country train trip, but we had the dish again ...

Why is it that when raw-food health gurus go on national television, talking about all the wonderful soups, rich entrees, and magical desserts you can have on a raw food diet, so often they end up handing over to the excited and anticipating host a glass full of green glop? ...

Living a fresh and healthy lifestyle? Missing things like decadent candy? Here’s a recipe that will make you forget all about those high-fructose corn syrup-laden bars in their tacky plastic packaging. We’ve taken candy to a whole other place with the addition of powerful superfoods like maca, he shou wu, ...

Coté speaks with Dave “KirinDave” Fayram about a week of iPhone use. As Dave is a developer (at PowerSet) and an Apple fanboy, in addition to talking about the pure user experience, he gives us a developers’ perspective and wish-list. We talk about using the maps features, Dave’s ...

Today I can’t concentrate, because the BOT house is under a massive attack by six-legged flying invaders. So, in order to go to a happy place, I’m hitting the couch to talk about cats. Lolcats may be so two months ago, but I’m not quite sick of it yet, ...

I’m delving into an unfortunate part of my food history here: My brief love affair with store-bought poppy seed dressing. Maybe I just fell for the wrong one, but the romance came to an abrupt end when I came to my senses and read the label. Hydrogenated soybean oil?

We’re back in the kitchen, turning up the heat on raw foods with South of the Border Tomatillo Rawvioli! I wanted to do a dish that showcased the delightful flavor of tomatillos, the husky green cousin of the tomato. The resulting creation is a lively celebration of Mexican-inspired flavor, beauty ...

We spent the weekend at the Get Tough or Die Farm (a.k.a. Tanja’s mother’s house). When neighborhood cats and children aren’t disappearing in the “Tomato Triangle,” they’re dodging the assault of the trained attack rabbits, and let’s not even mention the sunflowers. It was a most relaxing weekend, filled with ...

BOT house, the morning after…

Barb, Oscar and Tanja are tired after a big weekend of partying. All the dip has been eaten, but there’s still flax crackers and nice raw veggies left! What’s a fresh chef to do? Make more of the most popular dip, of course! Even though she’s ...

Freshtopia.net has much to celebrate, so the BOT house is having a party! Tanja is making some appetizers, (and raw chocolate, and tarts, and a raw birthday cake… Whew)! Today’s recipe is a consummate crowd-pleaser: rich, savory pesto stuffed into tender marinated mushrooms. It’s a quick and easy crowd pleaser, ...

Our kitchen got a surprise mini-makeover featuring Ikea furnishings courtesy of the show Dream Home with the wonderful Lisa Quinn! It’s now supra-organized and has some nice new accoutrements we’re perhaps a little too stoked about….

We’ve had bees on the brain! Freshtopia.net dove into the sad tale of Colony Collapse Disorder, or “CCD,” and its grim implications, to emerge on the other side with some words of wisdom on how to show our busy little sisters some love, and a sweet recipe to cheer us ...

Tired of chasing the Good Humor truck? Gotta get that ice cream monkey off your back? Here’s an ice cream with all the things we love: creaminess, beautiful flavors, and sweet surrender, without the things that don’t necessarily love us back, like dairy and white sugar!

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Inspired by our new friends in Luarca, Spain, Tanja tried her hand at creating a raw analog to the favorite Spanish national dish, paella. I must say, her improv skills are really shining in this one. The dish ended up ...