A few days ago I got my hands on a brand new book, The art of blending. What an inspirational book! Ever since I started with raw food almost ten years ago, I have dreamt about getting a Vitamixer. A high-speed blender. The Ferrari of blenders with so much horsepower that they can crush nuts into butter in a split of a second. Unfortunately the price tag is also like a Ferrari almost… Well, I’m not there yet but some months ago I could lay my hands on a second-hand high-speed blender. I love to make my smoothies, raw tomato sauces, pesto, soups and so much more in it. I share almost the same story as the author in the book, thought I was doing rather ok with my kitchen blender for some years. It also blends, chop things up and grate right? But since the high-speed blender is in my kitchen, I actually understand what they mean with tasty green smoothies filled with green cabbage. I don’t have to chew the hard stalks anymore, I just slurp …