Natural foods, natural healing, raw foods, living foods, veganism, vegetarianism, ecology, environmentalism, organic agriculture, cooperative living, sustainable food production.
Music
Here is some music of a very dear friend from New York, whose love of fantastic world vegetarian cuisine has been a great inspiration. (I miss you, Ekayani. Looking forward to you visiting PR and sharing some delicious vegetarian food. Thanks for your help with our Indian Food Night. Tell Ponchita, I think of our New York outings with great warmth.)
Movies
The Fever, The Story of Stuff, The Corporation, Eating, Diet for a New America.
About me:
Tom Spontelli and Jodi Mardesich came to Puerto Rico
to explore natural healing at the Ann Wigmore Institute in Aguada PR.
They taught and worked at AWI for four years before opening Natural High.
They were amazed at the bounty of riches that grow from the soil of the island.
Fresh coconuts, ginger, pineapple, lemongrass, tamarind, citrus of every kind,
wild cacao (raw chocolate beans) growing in abandoned fields...!
Here were all of the fresh ingredients for making some of the world's
greatest tropical cuisines (Thai, Filipino, Japanese...) from scratch.
Yet, Puerto Rico had become a land of fast food chains and pizza joints.
95% of the ingredients used in restaurants in PR comes from off island.
We are dedicated to using local organic produce, sustainably harvested,
to create fresh and exciting world class cuisine. We are pioneers in the use
of composting kitchen scraps to feed the soil of local farms, biodegradable
take-out containers, recycling, re-using and growing from scratch.
Who I'd like to meet: We are interested in meeting people who interested in making a positive impact on the world around us, those who can see how our smaller choices impact the larger world.
We are interested in meeting those who love Puerto Rico and are interested in maintaining the natural beauty of the island and the health and well-being of its inhabitants.
We are interested in meeting people who are excited about new ideas and new ways of being; those who seek to live outside of their own comfort zone, moving to something greater; people who know that the best ideas have yet to be found.
Ubicado en el hermoso pueblo de Rincón y reconocido como el mejor restaurante vegetariano de la Isla, Natural High, es una alternativa saludable y orgánica al momento de comer fuera con la familia. Su dueño Tom Spontelli, llegó a Puerto Rico a explorar los procesos de sanación natural que se ofrecen en el Instituto Ann Wigmore. Luego, fascinado por la diversidad de frutos de la agricultura isleña, se propuso llevar la comida saludable a un nivel más alto...con un estilo único y excitante.
Apoyando los agricultores orgánicos locales, Natural High utiliza los ingredientes más frescos para crear comida tailandesa, filipina y japonesa, entre otros manjares...Como si fuera poco, mientras esperas tu plato puedes compartir en familia jugando el juego de mesa Puerto Rico. Uno de los juegos de tablero más famosos, por su combinación de estrategia, pensamiento rápido y por su falta del elemento azar.
Para esa salida diferente, visítalos en la Carr. 115 km. 14.3, Rincón. Más detalles llamando al 787-823-1772.
