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Visiting Raw Food Chef Makes Healthy Food Delicious

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5 years ago

December 12, 2018

Owner of Atlanta’s Raw Reality Restaurant Brings Punany Wrap to Oakland

Tassili Maat, the raw food chef from Atlanta, Ga., will present “Let’s Get Raw,” on Sunday at the Alena Museum in West Oakland.

Tassili Maat holds a huge bowl of raw kale and other ingredients often used in her recipes. (Photo courtesy of Tassili Maat)

The event will run from 1-5 p.m. at 2527 Magnolia St. to learn about her journey to a vegan/raw food diet and how viewing food as medicine can help you get the health you want.
“Oakland has shown me so much love,” Maat said, who has held a pop-up and some lectures since her arrival to help with the impending birth of her sixth grandchild.
Love drives Maat’s vision as an entrepreneur and restaurateur. Of her famous Punany Wrap –kale, corn, karamu, goji berries, raisins and coconut- wrapped in seaweed or a wheat tortilla – love is the main ingredient, she says.
Free and open to the public Sunday’s pop-up will include entertainment and wares from local vendors. The plates range in price from $5-$15. “I want people to get in where they fit in.”
An Atlanta resident for more than 30 years, Maat is the owner and chef at Tassili’s Raw Reality Restaurant, the vegan and raw food restaurant located in a big yellow house in Atlanta’s Historic West End. Since 2011, it has been one of Atlanta’s premier vegan and raw food restaurants and the “go to” spot for healthy, fresh food and positive eclectic vibrations.
“I want people to experience food as medicine deliciously, people who don’t like kale are blown away,” Maat said.

Chef Tassili Maat’s signature plate, the Punany Wrap features avocado, tomato, kale, corn, coconut and berries. (Photo courtesy of Tassili Maat.)

After catering and vending for years, Maat opened Raw Reality’s doors on Jan. 1, 2011. That was the seventh day of Kwanzaa, Imani. The Swahili word for “faith,” this was the starting principle for the restaurant and continues to permeate the spirit of Tassili’s Raw Reality, as well as her other business endeavors.
She not only owns a restaurant that nourishes peoples’ bodies, but also provides natural hair care and henna body art services which she has done since 1978. She also offers spiritual counseling services, Kundalini Yoga Instruction, and massage therapy. Her knowledge of nutrition and history makes her an advocate for a healthier lifestyle and people really enjoy her informative Raw Food classes and demos. Tassili’s first “un-cook book,” “Passion on a Plate,” a delightful medley of Raw Alchemy is available.
For more information, please call (678) 886-5929 / Email ~ tassili@tassilisraw.com
Website: www.tassilisrawreality.com
Love is the main ingredient. Consists of organic whole wheat tortilla or seaweed famous original kale, karamu couscous (soaked not cooked) raisins, coconut, goji berries, sweet coconut corn, (organic non-gmo corn, sweetened with agave, topped with tomato and avocado.

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Oakland Post: Week of April 24 – 30, 2024

The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of April 24 – 30, 2024

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6 days ago

April 26, 2024

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DA Pamela Price Stands by Mom Who Lost Son to Gun Violence in Oakland

Last week, The Post published a photo showing Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price with Carol Jones, whose son, Patrick DeMarco Scott, was gunned down by an unknown assailant in 2018.

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1 week ago

April 22, 2024

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District Attorney Pamela Price with Carol Jones

Publisher’s note: Last week, The Post published a photo showing Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price with Carol Jones, whose son, Patrick DeMarco Scott, was gunned down by an unknown assailant in 2018. The photo was too small for readers to see where the women were and what they were doing. Here we show Price and Jones as they complete a walk in memory of Scott. For more information and to contribute, please contact Carol Jones at 510-978-5517 at morefoundation.help@gmail.com. Courtesy photo.

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Vallejo Welcomes Interim City Manager Beverli Marshall

At Tuesday night’s Council meeting, the Vallejo City Council appointed Beverli Marshall as the interim city manager. Her tenure in the City Manager’s Office began today, Wednesday, April 10. Mayor Robert McConnell praised Marshall’s extensive background, noting her “wide breadth of experience in many areas that will assist the City and its citizens in understanding the complexity of the many issues that must be solved” in Vallejo.

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1 week ago

April 22, 2024

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Beverli Marshall began her first day with the City on April 10. ICMA image.

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At Tuesday night’s Council meeting, the Vallejo City Council appointed Beverli Marshall as the interim city manager. Her tenure in the City Manager’s Office began today, Wednesday, April 10.

Mayor Robert McConnell praised Marshall’s extensive background, noting her “wide breadth of experience in many areas that will assist the City and its citizens in understanding the complexity of the many issues that must be solved” in Vallejo.

Current City Manager Michael Malone, whose official departure is slated for April 18, expressed his well wishes. “I wish the City of Vallejo and Interim City Manager Marshall all the best in moving forward on the progress we’ve made to improve service to residents.” Malone expressed his hope that the staff and Council will work closely with ICM Marshall to “ensure success and prosperity for the City.”

According to the Vallejo Sun, Malone stepped into the role of interim city manager in 2021 and became permanent in 2022. Previously, Malone served as the city’s water director and decided to retire from city service e at the end of his contract which is April 18.

“I hope the excellent work of City staff will continue for years to come in Vallejo,” he said. “However, recent developments have led me to this decision to announce my retirement.”

When Malone was appointed, Vallejo was awash in scandals involving the housing division and the police department. A third of the city’s jobs went unfilled during most of his tenure, making for a rocky road for getting things done, the Vallejo Sun reported.

At last night’s council meeting, McConnell explained the selection process, highlighting the council’s confidence in achieving positive outcomes through a collaborative effort, and said this afternoon, “The Council is confident that by working closely together, positive results will be obtained.”

While the search for a permanent city manager is ongoing, an announcement is expected in the coming months.

On behalf of the City Council, Mayor McConnell extended gratitude to the staff, citizen groups, and recruitment firm.

“The Council wishes to thank the staff, the citizens’ group, and the recruitment firm for their diligent work and careful consideration for the selection of what is possibly the most important decision a Council can make on behalf of the betterment of our City,” McConnell said.

The Vallejo Sun contributed to this report.