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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 m...
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 stuf...
As fate would have it, our Freshtopia kitchen got a mini-makeover featuring Ikea furnishings courtesy of the show Dream Home with the lovely host Lisa Quinn! It?s now super organized and has some nice new accoutrements that we?re perhaps...
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 sis...
Despite dire warnings that they may be disappearing, bees just seem like they?re everywhere lately, from the news to our neighbor?s chimney. Freshtopia went on a field trip to learn more about the secret lives of these busy little critter...
Taking a savory break from our sweet escape to ice cream land, we’ve concocted a great antidote to those pesky taco cravings. Crunchy, flavorful, and packed with delicious whole-food nutrition:
Behold, The Perfect Taco!!!
Thanks to J...
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...
Welcome to the Freshtopian Garden! Tanja has a longstanding obsession with sun-dried heirloom tomatoes, and she’s finally taking action! Barb Finnin, Freshtopia.net’s resident Master Composter and garden guru shows us how to pl...
Look out Blutos of the world ? spinach is getting the Freshtopia treatment! After all the explosiveness of our last installment, Flaxploitation, we’re smoothing things out with a deliciously simple rendition of a party staple; spinac...
In one of our most explosive episodes ever, we merge Flax and Action, for Flaxploitation! Tanja’s delicious flax crackers have a plan to stick it to the man, while providing heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids and a fiber-packed punch!...
A little different episode than perhaps you’ve become accustomed to from Freshtopia.net. We went to Oakland’s Lake Merritt to relax a bit, and reflect on the craziness of the last month-and-a-half.
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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 star is really shini...
Yoga is an increasingly popular practice for health and well-being, but many yoga mats, the most common accessory to the practice, have a dirty secret. Our friend Kate Schox, of SchoxYoga, reviews 5 green yoga mats, so you can find the bes...
We’re back at long last with an all new show, and what a show it is!
You know carrots are great for your eyes (your mom wasn’t just saying that to make you eat ‘em), but did you know this familiar vegetable has a history ...
Olives!
Making this show has been such indulgent torture. We?ve been eating, breathing, and [not] sleeping olives for a few days now, and still each time I see the O word I?m struck with desire. I had to laugh today when remembering that o...
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A new beginning…now I’m going to go get some sleep. WML, BFF
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So here it is, the third, and what will prove to be the last, installment of Freshtopia.net’s mid-move reporting. Finally we’re all moving in, and the new studio is shaping up nicely.
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Deepest apologies for the tardiness, the Move got us.We’re hip-deep in boxes over here, but wanted to drop by and keep you appraised of the situation.Â
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There is much afoot.With less than a week to pack, Tanja and I will soon be saying goodbye to our home sweet factory, and heading for new digs better suited to the videographer lifestyle (read: more...
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Sweet Sorrow - According to a recent study undertake...
QuickTime 7 Player - download here free.Subscribe! - click the subscription button of your choice at right to make sure you don't miss an episode.Thanks to Steelee Faltis for his wonderful animation of Sina and the Eel, and thanks...
QuickTime 7 Player - download here free! Whooo! It was a late night, but we made it! Monday morning, as promised; our first installment of what turned out to be a two-part series on Pago Pago and Ame...
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A little late for Christmas, but just in time for boxing day and kwanzaa.A quick note to wish all of you a very happy holiday!We had only barely recovered from Tanja's birthday, and already we find ourselves on the party wagon again.&...
mmmmmm...nog.I was surprised to learn that cashews actually have less fat, when compared to many of its nut-cousins, as well as a healthy dose of nerve-soothing copper. Mmmm...copper. For the scoop on all ...
What a week.Here's a wonderful green curry recipe that fixed our little red wagon but good. It's one of my favorites, and the first entree we've featured in a while. Raw Green Curry3 Cups chopped vegetables of your choice(...
At a cost of $10-$20 per bulb, some people may think you mad for choosing compact flourescents (CFLs) over conventional $0.50 incandescent lights. Tell them to do the math.September's issue of Business 2.0 tells...
Ok, Pumpkin Pie Soup, it sounds a little crazy but you should give it a shot. We're in the kitchen again today, this time making Butternut Squash Soup base with a Macadamia cream sauce and pumpkin pie seasoning. Butte...
Hark! It's our first rerun!Alas, Tanja has caught a bit of a cold, and didn't feel up to filming today.We hope you'll enjoy the old-timey stylings of one of our very first episodes, Chocolate Part I, while we recoup and prepare ...
Prepare yourself for the Freshtopian Fixtini! Last week Daniel McVicar, host of the Late Night Mash, gave us a call because he needed a little help. He'd had a late night of chasing pink elephants, and wasn't feeling s...
Welcome to all of our new viewers! Thanks for the vote of confidence, we shall do our best to not disappoint. We love comments at Freshtopia.net, so please do drop us a line. Let us know what you like, and what you d...
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QuickTime 7 Player - download here freeHark! We've been gone a long time, but we're back and ready to please!We took a train from Oakland, CA to Chicago, IL, and traveled on to Ann Arbor MI visiting family, friends and clients a...
QuickTime 7 - Download here free.We stopped by Berkeley's Women in Sustainable Agriculture lecture series. This 11-part series is intended to provide a window to learn more about organic and sustainable farming practices, as wel...
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Saturday was the fall equinox, one of 2 times in the year when the day and night are the same length. Celebrated by pagans, and acknowledged by the calendar as the first day of...
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QuickTime 7 Player - Download here free.If there's one dish we've made so far that you simly MUST try, it's this one. It's quite easy to make, though the recipe may require a trip to the grocery store. We ho...
QuickTime 7 Player - Download here free.So a couple of our viewers, Steelee and Jessica, tried the 'Crocodile Hunter' green smoothie from episode #0021.Hmm... turns out green smoothies are an aquired taste, much like wheat grass....
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QuickTime 7 Player - download free here We had a great time at Knoll Farms. Kristie and Rick Knoll were generous with their time and information, and their farm is a verdant wonderland full of beautiful plants and trees....
The biographical short on Dr. Johannes Geiss that we've been putting together has been eating up all of our time the last several days. That said, it's coming along nicely. It will be finished this weekend, and we'll be ba...
Alas, we have been forced to temporarily don our secret identities and reenter the work world. Rent calls, and there is a documentary to be finished. As such, there will be no blogging today. Oh how we long for...
Be sure to check out the follow up entry below for the full details on how to start your own worm composting station at home.
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For our field trip today we ended up straying not too far from home. We visited SOL, a cooperative garden promoting sustainable living and food production in the heart of East Oakland. SOL works with various community orga...
Well, it's official. Pluto is out.This one falls outside of the realm of environmentalism... hell, it's not even terrestrial, but it's too important to pass up. Apparently 424 guys in Prague get to decide for the rest of t...
Back to the basics. Pie.Or, tart as the case may be. Today Tanja shows us how to make a raw plum tart, with almond crust and a coconut creme filling. And, it's Oscar's Birthday!! Tune in Friday, when Tanja ...
We at Freshtopia aren't generally a sarcastic lot, but today's news of dna-mutating hotdogs got the best of us. Sit down, buckle up, and get ready to learn about the unsettling contents of hotdogs, and their dangerous side effec...
Well, it’s taken us some time, but we’ve finally put together a review of our trip to Robert Scoble’s Off The Grid. We had a great time in Montana at OTG and were priveledged enough to learn from the video blog...
It's been a long time in the making, but without further ado...Off The Grid!!!We review our trip to Montana for off the grid, and recap our food workshop "Afternoon of the Living Food". Thanks to all of you who helped us...
Working for a living. The fine folks at off the grid and the Node101 BBQ taught us a lot over the last week or so. We've been scrambling to include all of upgrades and so far I think we're doing a bang up job. We're ...
Durian Part II - Durian in, cleaver out. We go the to kitchen today to make Durian pudding. We ruin and stink our way to a rare and cosmopolitan treat, then Tanja goes crazy. *Note - Many of you will notice that we're...
Durian Part I - We go to Oakland's China town to buy a durian. The rich, complex flavor of this spiney, exotic tropical fruit is best enjoyed from 407' foot distance. Today will give you the background. Go out a...
Bloody hell. It ain't easy being an urban video blogger. Amid planes, trains and automobiles we attempt to review our debut party and give thanks to all those that attended.
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Conneticut gets a green clean. Brazil makes mad biofuel. The great green vicar of England.
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Washington State University unveils their new organic agriculture program.? UPS teaches us that two left don't make right, but two rights make a green.??..?? And cucumbers, they're not just for breakfast anymore!
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Chocolate Part II - we take chocolate out of antiquity and into the kitchen.? We'll make aphrodisiac maca balls, and the most simple, decadent, healthy discovery yet to come out of the Freshtopia laboratories... raw vegan chocolate ch...
Chocolate Part I - A brief and?fun history of our most sinful blessing, chocolate.? It's an action-packed tale involving aztecs, spaniards, plunder, intelligencia, human sacrifice and corn.? enjoy.
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Walmart puts on a greener face, is it only?skin deep, or deep?in the soul?? Tanja makes the raw marinara sauce to match the spaginni from episode 0001.?
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Freshtopia's first tech day!? We geek out a bit and poke a little fun at Vista.? Oh, and Australia bans free plastic bags.? Happy Birthday Melissa!
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