Eat Well Lakewood 2012

Photos at Eat Well Lakewood, at Lakewood High School 03.10.2012. This is Live Well Lakewood's premier event, and always fun, informative, and pretty tasty!

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  • Darnell and Mike show off the apples they got inside Eat Well Lakewood.

  • Malina who handles marketing for Nature's Bin, sharing several kinds of apples with attendees

  • Lakewood residents Sue Grimberg (Community Outreach Lakewood Hospital) and Dottie Buckon (Director of Lakewood's Health and Human Services) form a wall getting me to check my blood sugars.

  • Michael Bowan, executive assistant to the Mayor of Lakewood , tasting some great samples!

  • Cooking Demo #1:"Eat Well with Great Grains"-Nature's Bin's executive chef Ernie Longsdon.  Josie Duennes assisting

  • Natalie from The Root Café watches as Maggie Fraley (Lakewood Observer) board member of LWL trying agave, natural sweetener in her tea from Root Cafe

  • (left to right) Norma Collins (founding member of LWL), and board members-Sue Grimberg (Lakewood Hospital) and Dottie Buckon (Director of Human Services, City of Lakewood) and Bonnie Sikes (founding member) having fun and sharing info about healthy portion sizes

  • Free pizza from Zappitelli's Pizza on Madison Ave. recently judged best pizza in Lakewood.

  • Zappitelli's flat vegetarian pizza.

  • Mike, the manager of Buckeye Beer Engine serving their amazing black bean burgers!

  • Aladdin's sharing their fantastic hummus and tabouli

  • Jeffrey Laubmeier, D.M.D long-time supporter of LWL

  • Display exhibit for "The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life"  now in Lakewood for 2012 on June 15!  See our website for more details: http://www.livewelllakewood.org

  • Rachel Anzalone owner of Holistic Lakewood

  • Julie Hutchinson, from Root serving up vegan pudding and tea, and Lakewood Library checking out books 'remotely' in the background

  • The Root Café represented by the owner Julie, Stephanie, and Natalie, serving up great tea and treats.

  • Pam Smith trying one of the 6 types of bread Breadsmith shared

  • Cooking Demo #2: "Eat Well with grass-fed beef"-Jammy Buggar's executive chef Robert Geul

  • Jammy Buggar's head chef talks about cooking beef. One of the great features of Jammy Buggar's has always been locally raised gras fed beef. The owner Jim has always said he can tell me the name of the cow the burger came from. Well here is the proof. That is the farmer that raises their beef to the right.

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