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Aunt Emilienne writes with more dispatches from the raw food scene in Montreal. Looks like these ladies know how to have fun!

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Salad and whole pattypans, served in halved grapegruit cups. Raw chocolate cake in the back. This is so pretty and colorful, I feel like it could be the theme of a high school prom. (True story: I wanted our senior prom to be themed "Eggplant Promesan" and had the hardest time convincing the rest of the planning committee I wasn't joking.)

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Seaweed fennel salad, cucumber slices like synchronized swimmers ready to dive. 

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I'd like to see this monster salad served somewhere in New York so I can devour it after the gym. Isn't it so joyous? Like a punchbowl or a tower of ice cream (in the parallel world of vice).

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Raw burrito, wrapped in pliant cabbage. This is such a good idea. I find so much raw food precious (ack! not a degree above 114!!), but this looks easy and effortless. Though raw food can get a little pricey with the nuts, time, labor, and organic ingredients, this particular dish shouldn't cost too much.

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Raw sushi -- party time!