Betty's Sunday Supper and Brunch Club

about me

I live in Seattle over the summer, and teach in the Dominican Republic over the school year. I have a restaurant out of my home that serves breakfast and dinner to the expatriates of Santo Dominigo every Sunday. The dishes I look for are meant to summon up nostalgia for the food my clientelle ate growing up, as well as that of their travels around the world. I prefer the rustic and traditional, but am always looking for ways to lighten them up so people can leave feeling good.

Favorite Foods:

My personal favorite is the food I eat myself--which is never what I cook. I am a near fruitarian, following the 80/10/10 diet by Doug Graham. I only eat raw fruit, lettuce and a few vegetables, with the exception of miniscule amounts of nuts or seeds. I'm in my 5th year of eating raw food, and I've retired from elaborate raw recipes. Now I just cook for others. People ask, "How can you cook all this great food and not eat it?" My reply: "People who love arranging flowers or who do other art forms don't necessarily eat their work." I love to eat the simplest, most human-nourishing foods on our planet, but I also love to pressure cook a roast and turn it into tamales for 30.

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