Every Thursday

:: Let's Cook with Hideki! ::

Students will learn to cook with leftover ingredients sitting in your refrigerator and/or pantry. This is a Kushi Institute (KI) kitchen style cooking class. Each student must bring at least one ingredient and your own knife.

Read the blog about this class!

The ingredients we use are all organic or non-sprayed brought at farmers markets or local natural food stores.

Place: studio mugen
2610-A 23rd St. Santa Monica, CA 90405
Date: Every Thursday
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm (start eating from 1:00-1:30pm to 3:00-3:30pm)

Fee: $35 per person

RSVP: Email us your name and phone number by Tuesday before the class.

What to Bring: Please bring at least one ingredient (preferably organic produce/product) and your own knife (Hideki will examine it!). Also, please bring warm socks or indoor slippers as we ask everyone to take off shoes at the door, a pen and paper to take some notes, and a dinner plate and chopsticks or utensils of your choice (if you are planning to leave before we finish eating, bring tupperware so that you can take it home).

*Hideki Kawai had taught macrobiotics as a head chef at Kushi Institute, Becket, Massachusetts for 22 years. Joined Eric and Sanae's project in Santa Monica and North Fork in August 2009. Enjoy to cook and teach from his experience.

:: Vegan Macrobiotic Lunch with Sanae & Hideki! ::

We are offering Vegan Macrobiotic full meal lunch by reservation only. This is the great opportunity for you to try the macrobiotic food outside deck when weather is nice and have chance to ask macrobiotics questions to Sanae and Hideki. If you just want to pick up the food as “take out meal”, please bring your containers.

Typical seasonal menu is:
1. Soup
2. Whole grains/products
3. Vegetables dishes
(included Root vegetables, Land vegetables, Green leafy vegetables)
4. Bean/products
5. Sea vegetable
and more

Date: Every Thursday
Time: from 1:00-1:30pm to 3:00-3:30pm
Location: Studio mugen 2610A 23rd St. Santa Monica, Ca, 90405

Fee: $25 per person

Cancellation Policy:
(for both "Let's Cook with Hideki" & "Macrobiotic Lunch with Sanae & Hideki")
Full refund can only be given if a cancellation notice is received by 6 pm on Wednesday (a day before the class/lunch). However, only 50% of the fee will be refunded for a missed class/lunch or if a notice is received after 6 pm on Wednesday (a day before the class/lunch). If the payment has not been yet submitted, please mail us a $17.50/$12.50 (50% of the fee) check payable to mugen LLC to:

mugen LLC
2610-A 23rd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405

Saturday, July 10

:: Pet Cooking Class::

Sanae will be speaking about how to help your pet be happy and healthy through natural homemade foods, lifestyle suggestions, and a loving atmosphere. She will share some wonderful recipes on how to make your own food and snacks to help you pet be its best.

Sanae Suzuki is a Whole Health Macrobiotic Counselor, Flower Essences Practitioner and Certified Therapeutic Massage Therapist for people and pets. She is a long time student of Michio Kushi, world leader of macrobiotic education, and completed all four levels of training at Kushi Institute in Becket, MA. She also holds a certificate of recognition from Kushi Institute International for macrobiotic teaching.

She has raised therapy and service dogs since 1996 and has created homemade natural pet food for dogs and cats to help them heal various health challenges such as skin allergies, arthritis, and excess weight gain. Sanae is dedicated to helping pets live longer healthier lives, making for happy pets.

Sanae was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1993, which inspired her to learn about macrobiotics as a path to healing. Eight years later, she suffered a near fatal car accident in the Arizona desert. She was able to overcome both of these extreme life challenges through practicing and embracing the philosophy of macrobiotics. Sanae has taught and cooked extensively throughout California, at places such as Williams Sonoma, California Sushi Academy, Southern California Culinary School and Erewhon Natural Foods Market. She has taught internationally at Health Classic, A Taste of Health Cruise, Kushi Institute International Macrobiotic Summer Conference, Kushi Institute of Japan, as well as in the Caribbean, UK and Europe. It is her desire to help plant a seed of physical, intellectual and spiritual well being and happiness that will flourish within each person that she meets.

Sanae and her husband Eric Lechasseur, chef and restaurateur of the Venice vegan organic macrobiotic cafe “seed,” have collaborated on a cookbook, Love, Eric & Sanae. They live with three Golden Retrievers for whom Sanae cooks macrobiotically, of course!

Please consider submitting questions in advance by sending us an email at info@mypetnaturally.com

Please RSVP for this event at info@mypetnaturally.com in order to reserve a space. We look forward to seeing you here!

Place: "Natural Organic Food for Your Pets"
12001 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone: 1-877-4MY-PET1 / 310-477-3030
www.mypetnaturally.com
Date: Saturday, July 10
Time: 2 pm - 3 pm

Sunday, July 11

:: Quick & Easy: Summer Cooking for an Active Lifestyle
With Sanae Suzuki and Eric Lechasseur::

Place: studio mugen 2610 23rd St. Santa Monica, CA 90405 Date: Sunday, July 11 Time: 10 am - 1 pm Cancellation Policy: Cancellation Policy: Refunds can only be given if a cancellation notice is received by 6 pm on July 8, 2010. You may take a credit for another class (within 3 months) if a notice is received between 6 pm on July 8 and 6 pm on July 10. However, a refund or credit will not be given for a missed class or if a notice is received after July 10th. Also, we can cancel the class due to low registration which a full refund wil be given.
	Example of what we cook
Early Registration Fee : $50 (RSVP by 6 pm on July 6) Standard Fee: $65 RSVP: Email us your name and phone number by 10 am on the day before the event. What to Bring: Please bring warm socks or indoor slippers as we ask everyone to take off shoes at the door, a pen and paper to take some notes, and a dinner plate and chopsticks or utensils of your choice (if you are planning to leave before we finish eating, bring tupperware so that you can take it home).

Tuesday, July 13

:: Macrobiotic Vegan Potluck Party::

Join us for a healthy and delicious potluck where you can get to know other macrobians! Please bring a dish to share with others and bring your own serving utensils, plate, cutlery, cup, etc.

Also, please be mindful to not bring anything with meat, dairy, fish, refined sugar, cane juice, honey, agave, or molasses.

RSVP to this Meetup event by emailing events@loveericinc.com with your name, phone number, and what you are planning to bring. (You can change your mind, but it would be nice to know what kind of food you will bring, i.e. desserts? main dish? etc.) Thank you and hope to see you there for the food and the fun!

Place: studio mugen
2610 23rd St. Santa Monica, CA 90405
Date: Tuesday, July 13
Time: 6 pm - 9 pm

RSVP: Email us with your name and phone and what you are planning to bring

What to Bring: Please bring warm socks or indoor slippers as we ask everyone to take off shoes at the door, a pen and paper to take some notes, and a dinner plate and chopsticks or utensils of your choice (if you are planning to leave before we finish eating, bring tupperware so that you can take it home).

Sunday, July 18

:: Seed Community Clean-up (SCC) ::

Sanae has started Seed Community Clean-up (SCC) which will be held once a month, to help beautify the neighborhood and get the Venice community involved in something special. You will get 10% off your lunch or free organic tea or coffee at seed or a Remedy Drink Mini-Lecture/Tasting for free if you join us for SCC! Our goal is to clean up the beach as well when we have more people to join us. In the meantime, let’s cleanup the neighborhood before the trash gets to the ocean!

Place: SEED Kitchen
1604 Pacific Avenue, Venice, CA 90291
Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010
Time: 10 am - 11 pm (ish)

What to bring: Trash bag, gloves, broom, dustpan, sunscreen, hat, etc.

Note: if it is raining steadily at the start time, the cleanup will be cancelled.

Sunday, July 26

:: Vegan Macrobiotic Community Event with Sanae Suzuki::

Subject: Summer Cooking: Let's Get Personal

This is a lecture class for people to learn about how to cook for the Summer season. This class is SPECIAL for all people who attend, to get tailored advice for their specific needs.

For registration, please visit:
http://www.meetup.com/Vegan-Macrobiotic-Community-Meetup-Group

Place: seed
1604 Pacific Avenue, Venice, CA 90291
Time : 7pm - 8pm

Fee: $5.00 Donation for Sanae's time and help with answering your personal questions.