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Table Talk: 'Raw food' hits the Middlebury market

Posted on June 24, 2009 | Blog Category:

• Andrea Suozzo
• Table Talk

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If you’ve been to the Middlebury farmer’s market recently, you might have noticed the small tent draped in blue and pink tulle, with a chalked sign proclaiming “Love Bites” at the entrance. Perhaps your eye was drawn by the platter of truffles and plates of smooth, shining cakes. Or maybe you noticed, instead, the woman behind the table.

Her name is Elcin (pronounced El-chin) Oflaz, and this Wednesday morning she sports a crocheted green dress and a Mad Hatter-esque top hat made of yellow straw. As people walk by and eye the decadent desserts, she calls out to them in a strong Turkish accent, suggesting that they try some. Some approach curiously. More shake their heads.

“But I haven’t eaten lunch yet,” is a common refrain. More common: “I don’t need any more calories.”

Oflaz with a tray of truffles Independent photo / Angela Evancie

Oflaz shakes her head. “Maybe we need some other way to explain it.”

The whiteboard at the front of Oflaz’s tent advertises homemade truffles, zucchini pasta and cheesecake. Not advertised, however, is that the chocolate cake contains no sugar, the cheesecake contains no cheese, and that every one of the foods is raw, made with produce, nuts and plant-based extracts.

Raw foodists eat nothing that has been heated beyond 118 degrees. The heat, they say, breaks down enzymes that are essential to your body’s digestive health. Many raw foodists attribute increased health and energy levels to the diet. But others argue that it may not be possible to obtain all necessary nutrients, such as vitamin B12, from a raw foods diet, and that it is difficult to obtain all of the calories necessary to survive.