Jun
02
2006
Ilanit Tof
Ken had an inkling that this cooking class to which he had been invited by striking yoga teacher and macrobiotic hip chick extraordinaire, Shiitake Jones held more romantic potential than he had been willing to admit to himself. He knocked nervously at the recycled bamboo door of Shiitake’s abode. When he had encountered her while stocking up on macrobiotic staples for his new lifestyle at the local Wild Rice Super Wholefoods store, the electricity that had sparked between them over a box of Quinoa was something he had never felt the likeness of. Organic, locally produced, preservative free chardonnay in hand, Ken waited on the doorstep in anticipation.
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May
28
2006
Ilanit Tof
Deep in the heart of the newly refurbished downtown Wild Rice Super Wholefoods store, self professed macrobiotic hip chick, Shiitake Jones was carefully inspecting a batch of new season biodynamic short grain brown rice in the bulk foods section. It seemed to be of reasonable quality so she filled several brown paper bags with it, collected her chickpeas, adzuki beans and barley and headed off in search of some rare quality wildcrafted kuzu collected under the full moon by Mongolian peasants in the middle of winter. It would be such a relief to cross that off her shopping list.
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May
27
2006
Ilanit Tof
My online friend the inimitable Shiitake Jones is sharing her adventures with us! I will allow Shiitake to introduce herself…
Hello there macro chicks and dudes,
My name is Shiitake Jones. I am a fully fledged modern macro chick.
I am a yoga teacher by trade. I have dabbled with Bikram but these days I find it a little too sweaty - it made my organic mascara run which is not a good look for a modern macrobabe. Continue Reading »
Feb
18
2006
Ilanit Tof
A depressed family-sized jar of full cream mayonnaise was staring despondently at the inside of the closed refrigerator door.
“What’s up, old buddy?” asked his friend, a worried bottle of oily salad dressing.
“I’m being replaced by my low fat and low cholesterol relatives,” sniffed the mayonnaise unhappily. Continue Reading »
