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VOL.3 NO.1
EDITOR’S NOTE
JUNE 2008
8 Healthy Anniversary
F E AT U R E S PERSONALITY
33 A New Leaf: Tea Guru David DeCandia
TABLE TALK
17 The Philosophy of Food: Barroco’s Restaurant
INNOVATION
NESTING
28 The Private War of Glenn Harris 22 60 Miles to Heaven
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D E PA R T M E N T S COMMUNITY
10 15th Annual Garden Party, Ventura
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42 Local Events
COV E R: David DeCandia, Ventura County’s resident tea guru. Photo by Gary Silva. Teapots courtesy of Tea by the Sea (TByTheSea.com).
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Healthy Anniversary This June, Ventana celebrates its second anniversary. Two years. 24 issues. Month after month without fail. When I joined the team 11 issues ago, one of my goals was to keep the editorial content as fresh as possible, to hit you with unexpected stories and different angles. I bore easily—and I know I’m not alone in that respect. We live in a rapid-fire world these days. A reader’s interest turns on and off at 20 Mbps. Flip of the page, click of the mouse and you’re gone. For this issue I was looking for healthrelated stories with a unique edge. To be honest, I was a bit at odds with the whole idea of a June health issue. I mean, really, what could be more predictable? But then I heard about David DeCandia (page 33)—a Ventura guy who puts a modern spin on the 5,000-year-old ritual of tea drinking. DeCandia is the tea buyer and master tea blender for The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. He travels the world buying tea directly from plantations, and then masterminds all of the company’s unique blends in a Camarillo production facility. (By the way, who knew this major league company had a home in Ventura County?) As a whole, Americans generally overlook
the healing powers of tea. I tend to think we’re just too busy to do it right. We take our coffee drinks to go and pound legal stimulants like Red Bull to feel the short-lived illusion of energy. But very few of us take a moment out of each day to relax in the world, to breathe, to sit quietly with a cup of tea. We want the quick pill. Of course we wouldn’t need it quite so badly if we just slowed down. Dr. Cuauhtemoc Montaño, an alternative medicine doctor who owns Barroco’s restaurant (page 17) in Oxnard, has been urging local people to adopt a healthy lifestyle for years. His passion is food, which he boldly believes can cure everything. Literally, everything. My wife and I ate at Barroco’s for the first time recently and found much more than a restaurant. The place is a haven of proper nutrition, complete with healthy cooking classes and an organic bakery. The menu alone offers an education. Of course all of this would be mere window dressing if the food weren’t good—which it is. Perhaps the most unexpected take on health in this issue comes from our story about Camarillo’s Glenn Harris (page 28). Glenn’s no doctor, but he has kept more people alive than most—using skills he acquired from working on racecars. When it comes to my own health, I think I’m like a lot of people: I take it for granted when I feel good, and when I’m down I become an Internet physician—researching, self diagnosing, tracking the cure, doing everything in my power to avoid the morass of our health care system. In certain cases, of course, I turn to the experts. They tend to have a variety of opinions. But at least they agree on a few things: Relax. Eat well. Stay alive. MATT KATZ, EDITOR MattK@VentanaMonthly.com
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF FOOD: PAGE 17
COMMUNITY
1 5T H A N N UA L GA R DE N PA R T Y, P I E R P O N T I N N V E N T U R A The Boys & Gi rls Club of Ventu ra held its 15th Annual Ga rden Pa r ty on May 18 at the historic Pi erpont Inn in Ventura . Su rrounded by a verdant garden and the melodic jazz music of the Wilshire Tr io, community dignitaries and f riends of the Club sampled a va riety of foods and wines f rom local restaurants, b a keries, confec tioners, and wineries while par ticipating in a silent auction. Auctioned items included wo rks by local artists and Club kids. Funds raised will benefit the Boys & Gi rls Club of Ventura and the many p rograms they provide for the community.
( right) Yolanda’s Mexican CafÊ Managers (cloc kwise from below) Lydia and Ben Hopps; Diane Ko randa and Ann Deal; Ta req and Nora Hishmeh; Don Mills, Susanne Lammot, and guest; Helen Yun ker and Jymmye HB.
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Wellness All Around
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From your head to your toes to your mind, body, and soul, wellness is a 360-degree prospect. Here are a few products from around the county to help bring you full circle. BY MAXINE HURT
6. Beautify ammonia free Item Herbatint Hair Color Maker Gentle Beauty Features This permanent hair coloring product has a natural herbal base free of ammonia. It gently colors and protects hair structure while giving hair a deep natural gloss and brilliance. Cost $14.99 Where t o buy Lassen’s Health Food Store 3471 Saviers Rd, Oxnard 805.486.8266
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Item Women’s shirt with UPF 30 Maker Columbia Features Special blend of fabrics and details provide Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) 30, all-weather performance and protection, and moisture management to keep your body comfortable and dry. Cost $29.99 Where to buy Chick’s Sporting Goods 706 Los Angeles Avenue, Moorpark 805.978.4094
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Item Colon Cleanse Herbal Tea Remedy Maker Ema Omanovic Features Unique blend of herbs helps internally cleanse and re-energize the body by releasing debris in the colon that can lead to the absorption of toxins. Ingredients include flax, senna, marshmallow, marigold, fennel, buckthorn, peppermint, and black elder. Cost $20 Where to buy Ema’s Herbs 695 E. Main Street, Ventura 805.648.6426 emasherbs.com
3. Sweat out toxins 4. Nur ture the mind & spirit Item The Power of Stillness: Learn Meditation in 30 Days Writer Tobin Blake Features This book provides access to the mind and spirit by introducing the reader to meditation techniques and providing them with practical tools to begin a new daily habit of meditation. Cost $13.95 Where to buy Akashic Bookshop & Center 1414 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks 805.495.5824
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Item Therapeutic Mustard Bath Maker Dr. Singha Features The warmth of mustard gently opens pores and assists in the elimination of impurities. Ingredients include certified organic mustard seed powder, essential oils of eucalyptus, rosemary, wintergreen, and thyme. Cost $24 Where to buy Online at the Ojai-based website natural-living.com
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The relationship between food and health creates an undeniable conundrum—one that Dr. Cuauhtemoc Montaño, the owner of Barroco’s, a Downtown Oxnard restaurant specializing in organic homemade cuisine and baked goods, sums up simply: “People hate to be sick, but love what makes them sick.” One look at the rising rates of obesity and diabetes in this country confirms that Americans love to eat foods that are bad for us. Fast food, junk food, synthetic food— the foods that gather in the inner aisles of the grocery store and grab our eye as we are speeding past. And the media doesn’t help. It’s difficult to do the right thing when we’re bombarded with advertisements for sumptuous, pleasure-promising foods. Food is a complicated matter. It is solace. It is peace. Food is therapy. Food often fills voids beyond the ones that are the most basic: hunger and the need for nourishment. According to Dr. Montaño, “We don’t know how to eat. We eat because we are hungry. We don’t know how food can be medicine.” A doctor of naturopathy who has
been practicing for eight years, Montaño admits that, like many people, he had been oblivious to the power of food. He was one of the walking ill—people who look relatively healthy but internally are a physiological mess. The doctor suffered from panic attacks, anxiety, and stress, and even after visiting a dozen different doctors he wasn’t getting the answers he needed. Ironically, Montaño, who today has a radio show in Spanish that airs five days a week, was introduced to natural medicine by a radio advertisement for the International College of Healing Arts. After extensive research, the former business consultant decided to attend. While learning about natural forms of healing using disciplines such as nutrition, herbology, aromatherapy, and homeopathy, the doctor not only found the answers to his ailments, he found a new career and food philosophy, which years later led to the creation of a menu and eventually to the opening of Barroco’s. Simply calling the menu at Barroco’s a menu is misleading. This is a collection of 100 recipes that Montaño has been perfecting over the past three years. Meals are JUNE 2008
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The space at Barroco’s is elegant, with a full bar and expansive dining room. Owner Dr. Montaño (preceding page) spent years perfecting recipes for the menu, which reflects his nutritional philosophy.
Food does not have to be an albatross that excites taste buds and pleasures the mind while slowly poisoning the body.
Barroco’s: Organic Homemade Cuisine & Bakery, 529 S. A Street, Oxnard, 805.822.5160, BarrocosRestaurants.com Dr. Montaño Naturally (radio show in Spanish), 1590 AM, M-F, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Dr. Montaño private naturopathy practice, 1.800.454.2829
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cooked with produce that is mostly locally grown, and the bakery products are 99 percent organic. With the exception of five dishes, everything is vegetarian, yet chicken, beef, or salmon can be added to any meal upon request. Perhaps most importantly, the cuisine is transparent—there are no hidden ingredients waiting to clog arteries, spike blood pressure, or encourage unwanted weight gain. “We prepare foods the way they did in the early 1900s. No microwaves, no lard, no cans, no frozen food, no preservatives, no additives,” says Montaño. He sits calmly in a soft yellow button-up shirt tucked into black slacks. His thick, black hair is neatly trimmed. The doctor is diligent. He has organized the menu according to his beliefs on how people should structure their meals. There are three groupings of dishes clearly marked on the menu. The first dishes are salads. “Every time you have your main meal, have a salad,” he recommends. The second dishes include four groups: vegetables, pastas, legumes, and grains. “One day you eat a salad and a vegetable dish; the next day, a salad and pasta dish; and so on so that you rotate your diet.” The third dishes consist of soups, pizzas, hot sandwiches, hamburgers, Mexican dishes, and appetizers, which Dr. Montaño says should be shared. “The first dish is going to nourish your body. The second dishes are body builders. The third dish is going to satisfy your desire for something even more tasty then the first two,” he explains. It’s lunchtime, so I start with the Mexican salad as my first dish and move on to the baked stuffed potato with vegetables for my second. I then satisfy my compulsion for something sweet with an apple tart from the bakery. The ingredients sound almost painfully healthy on the menu, but every bite satisfies my desire for savory cuisine. The menu at Barroco’s is instructional, and its author is the teacher. Montaño is teaching his patrons and his community how to eat. He is doing what he believes is a doctor’s true vocation. “The word doctor means to be a teacher, a guide to a community,” he explains. “But unfortunately, with the rise of commercialized medical health services, most doctors don’t focus on educating you on how to overcome your health issues. They recommend that you take pills.” And pills, according to Montaño, are not the solution to any medical issue. They are a false promise of health. Food, on the other hand, is a solution, he tells me. “Everything can be cured with food—from diabetes to cancer to the flu and arthritis.” I throw a list of illnesses at him, and he quickly repeats, “Everything.” Although a powerful belief, it is now new. Albert Einstein once said, “The doctor of the future will not give medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and the cause and prevention of disease.” Before him, Hippocrates said, “May your food be your medicine and may your medicine be your food.” Both of these quotes are written in the menu at Barroco’s, and the doctor repeats them like a mantra. Montaño does have the look of a doctor of the future, and Barroco’s is clearly ahead of its time (10 to 15 years, according to him). The restaurant shows us that food does not have to be an albatross that excites taste buds and pleasures the mind while slowly poisoning the body. It reminds us of why we need food in the first place: to nourish the human body, allowing it to function optimally and sustain life. Somehow this has become a lost knowledge, hidden away next to the secrets of child rearing and how to care for the land that keeps us alive. v
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It’s Friday evening and Rena and S andy Wellman are making the 90-minute drive from Venice to Ventura along PCH. Married for 45 years, the couple is excited about what husband Sandy calls their “small town getaway from the city.” Soon they’ll be floating in relaxation and the sense of comfort one gets from a long-standing tradition. A sign in the living room of their Ventura beach house—a renovated 1,956-square-foot bungalow in the Pierpont Lanes—says it all: “Heaven’s a little closer in a house by the sea.” The Wellmans bought the property at a pivotal point in their lives. In 2000 the historic Miramar hotel in Santa Barbara, where the Wellmans had vacationed every summer for nearly 30 years, closed its doors. Rena’s mother, Tweety (an eccentric who once painted everything in her home gold, including the toilet seats), passed away that same year. Stripped of its matriarch and long-standing tradition, the family was suddenly without an anchor. “We knew we had to replace the Miramar,” says Rena, “and we were drawn to Ventura because of the friendliness, the beautiful beaches, and the town. We felt it was a place we could bring our children and grandchildren.” The Wellmans decided to buy a small house in the Pierpont Lanes area and create a gathering place for their family and friends. It had to be a place where the five grandchildren could go swimming, make sandcastles on the beach, and frolic freely outdoors—without the adults worrying about sand and sea water marring the décor. When they purchased the house in October of 2000, one of the first things they did was remove the carpet and expose the concrete beneath. They also installed corrugated metal on the kitchen ceiling and the wall in the downstairs bath-
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While corrugated steel (above) protects the exterior against the elements and lends the property a contemporary look, Rena and Sandy Wellman’s bedroom (right) is stocked with family heirlooms and designed for comfort.
room, and installed French doors in the living room. At the time, the house was only 1,318 square feet, with two bedrooms and a bathroom downstairs, and a loft/bedroom upstairs above the garage. For a growing family with an extensive circle of friends the space wasn’t big enough, and after four years the Wellmans were ready to expand. They met with architect David Ferrin, the owner of Arketype Architects Inc. in Ventura, to create a plan. With little room to expand the footprint of the building, developing vertically rather than horizontally was the only option. But Ferrin knew the first floor was incapable of supporting another level without extensive rebuilding, which was not in the Wellman’s budget, so he came up with an idea that would make this the only house of its kind in the neighborhood. The architect expanded the second floor by adding six steel columns that span over the first level roof to support the expansion and maintain the vaulted ceilings found in the first floor rooms. The expansion added 638 square feet of living space to the second level, which now includes two guest bedrooms with a common bathroom as well as a wardrobe, balcony, and bathroom that are attached to the master bedroom. Downstairs, the front bedroom was transformed into a media room that
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opens up into the existing living room. A former interior designer, Rena appreciates the home’s unique structure. “I didn’t want a house that looked similar to everybody else’s,” she says. “And I didn’t want a really big house. I have so many people in my world, yet I don’t need that much space.” The Wellmans and Ferrin were sensitive to the project’s environmental impact, and the architect utilized some of his core design philosophies. “We reused all of the existing building spaces, preventing a large amount of landfill waste, manufacturing energy, and pollution,” explains Ferrin. The architect also mentions that low maintenance, long life materials such as corrugated weathered steel siding, a zincalume carport roof, and Ipe fencing were also put to effective use. Rena, who admittedly has a talent for “making cheap look good,” has tastefully outfitted the home’s interior with a range of affordable yet stylish furnishings, incorporating a spirited medley of colors—soft grays, greens, blues, and oranges—that give the home a fresh, modern appeal. “How can you have a house where everybody feels comfortable if you have a $5,000 dining room table?” asks Rena, pointing out a $300 kitchen table she found at Ikea. In the master bedroom, comfort is a prominent theme. But it comes in the form of used furnishings that, through years of faithful service, have become almost as loved as family members. Rena’s wooden desk and side table, given to her on her sixteenth birthday by Tweety, occupy the room along with a small wooden chest that belonged to her mother. Rena laughs and remembers that it was one of the many things that Tweety had painted gold along with the toilet seats. By the end of a weekend at their beach house, Rena, a real estate agent, and Sandy, the owner of a marketing and advertising agency, have to get back to work. They pack up the few belongings they carried with them and head down the coast to Venice. But there’s always something on the horizon that will bring them back—their granddaughter’s upcoming sweet 16 party, or the family’s annual Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. Or just an ordinary hot summer day when the sound of children playing on the beach calls to them. v Arketype Architects Incorporated 275 San Clemente St, Ventura 805.653.5088, ArketypeArchitects.com
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Glenn Harris proudly displays a bunch of emails on the tidy desk of his Oxnard factory. They come from U.S. troops and top military brass serving in war ravaged Iraq. The message is always the same: “You saved my life.” Army specialist Hector I. Serna writes about a specially built rack that Harris fitted to his Humvee: “When we overturned on a mission, the truck landed on its top. Your rack saved the truck from crushing my skull. I have a two-yearold daughter and want to thank you for giving me the chance to see her again when I’m done here.” Another, from a Master Sergeant in Baghdad, refers to a turret mount that Harris built onto another military vehicle. His message is also simple: “The mount saved the life of a marine who got hit by an IED.” The stack of messages is growing testimony to the value of the work Harris continues to do, making thousands of military vehicles and the men who drive them safe—or at least safer—for the duration of the war in Iraq. Built by Harris and his local team, the extraordinary safeguards continue to save lives and prevent serious injury to American troops caught up in the daily carnage. In fact, although he may not realize it, Iraq’s president, Hamid Karzai, probably owes his life to Harris. Following a sniper attack in Kabul on April 27, Karzai escaped in a Land Rover equipped with a bulletproof armor shield made by Harris’s Ventura County-based company. Harris’s work is especially vital in an era when the U.S. government has been severely criticized for sending men and women to fight an unpopular war with inadequate armor and protection. So in near obscurity, Harris, who has lived in the county since he was two, is happy to wage his own private war. He proudly shows a visitor around his spotless factory off Rice Road, where his meticulously kept machine shop is used to reconfigure standard military vehicles into fortresses on wheels. Step into the reception area of Southern California Gold Products, with its black marble floors and walls covered with framed military insignia, and the first thing you notice is a table piled high with technical and niche magazines not usually found on the corner newsstands. In his office, Harris, 49, wearing blue jeans, a black golf shirt, and matching golf hat, runs his unique operation with his wife, Gina, and a small group of designers and builders who can move into action with the precision and speed of a SWAT team. What initially turned the Harris operation into a general’s delight was the development of what he calls The Gypsy Rack, which radically improved the range a Humvee can travel. “The military knew they had to take their Humvees from Kuwait into Iraq, but they had a limited range for traveling with a full load and they were worried the trucks would run out of fuel,” Harris notes. “If that happened they would become sitting ducks.” So based on his experience streamlining off-track racing cars, Harris devised the Gypsy Rack to add six additional fuel cans on the back of the key transportation, extending the travel range an extra 300 miles. The Marines were ecstatic, particularly as 2,500 vehicles were swiftly shipped from Oxnard to Kuwait. Their lightning speed impressed
the military, which is used to being bogged down in bureaucratic morasses. “Working 24-7 we can get the job finished in six days,” says Harris. “Normal channels can take a year or more. We do it faster—and that means saving lives.” It was his early exposure to off-track car racing that eventually led Harris to hone more militaristic skills. He was barely a toddler when his father, Wes, moved the family—his mother, four sisters, and a brother—to Ventura County, where he opened a paint store in Oxnard and then a fire equipment business. Glenn went to Camarillo High and at 16 began racing with his dad, who, at 77, is still a force on the track. “Glenn had this incredible determination and competitiveness as a teenager,” says his father. “Even as a kid, if he had an idea, nothing in the world would stop him.” For Harris, the transition from fixing all-terrain racing cars to streamlining military vehicles to operate efficiently in the desert was a natural. He said he simply applied his know-how to making sure that military vehicles could be as flexible as racecars. “The more I get challenged the more I go up for it,” he says. “I like being called ‘The Fixer’ or the ‘Go-to Guy.’” In his local factory, Harris is prepared for all contingencies. He has installed an elaborate test lab chamber, rivaling the kind of equipment found in the Army’s legendary Aberdeen Testing Range near Baltimore, where he can fire Army issue bullets to gauge the impact and damage they make on steel. In his bag of tricks he also boasts a gigantic camper, which at a moment’s notice can race off to remote sites to operate as a mobile workshop. Demands for his skills have sky rocketed. Besides the mission patrol vehicles, he installs protection for the $1 million infrared cameras installed on MRAP (Mine Resistant Armored Protection Vehicles), which can film in complete darkness. His company works closely with the Seabees Port Hueneme base, and also builds steel-encased cabs for crane drivers working heavy equipment in Iraq’s hinterland and Baghdad’s Green Zone, where they come under constant attack as cumbersome and easy targets. “The armoring program provides Seabees the latitude to build and renovate facilities and other construction projects in hostile environments as well as protect lives,” notes Linda Wadley, a public affairs officer at the Seabee base. While the military is a big customer, movie stars are also happy to shell out $120,000 for a Humvee and then spend a small fortune to customize it. Arnold Schwarzenegger, whom Harris met while racing cars, has had him personalize his Hummer. “Arnold likes to take it out with his friends and family to play
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paint gun war games,” he says. “But he has also modified it so it runs on bio diesel fuel.” Harris numbers over a dozen other big movie names among his clients, but says he can’t identify them because they insisted he sign a non-disclosure contract. Between them, they have had him add some pretty outlandish things to their trucks: “One famous star was worried about Armageddon—so he wanted me to customize his Humvee with top of the line medical gear.” Harris is proud of the dozens of trophies he’s won on the race course over the past 20 years, and of his lucrative sideliners with the rich and famous, but he insists he gets the most satisfaction from building cars that save the lives of our troops. “That’s where we’re real gung-ho,” he says, “because despite all the silverware and the rest of it, none of it matters nearly as much as the fact that we are making a difference by coming up with solutions that can save so many lives.” v Southern California Gold Products, Inc. 2350 Santiago Court, Oxnard 805.988.0777, CalGoldProducts.com JUNE 2008
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5,000 years of ritualistic tea drinking come to a boil in Camarillo, where David DeCandia masterminds the entire tea output of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
Tucked away in a Camarillo warehouse— surrounded by verdant fields and the buzzing 101—David DeCandia pours piping hot water into a small cup filled with tea leaves. After a few carefully timed minutes, he strains the golden brew, savors its aroma, and with one swift inhale, swirls it over his tongue, detecting the subtle procession of flavors. Delicate jasmine is first, followed by smooth, full-bodied green tea. Known as a “cupping” session, a sensory evaluation similar to a wine tasting, this is a ritual DeCandia has repeated thousands of times with thousands of teas, and his assessments determine what tea-lovers around the world drink every day. Though you may not recognize his name, you’ve most likely sipped his creations. The sole tea buyer and developer for Los Angeles–based chain The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, DeCandia is the creative force behind the company’s entire tea output. In the spice-scented Camarillo factory, he devises recipes, cultivates relationships with growers, and oversees daily tea and coffee production, taste-testing formulations one last time before they are shipped off to more than 500 stores in 15 countries. “All of our teas are hand-plucked at the origin, hand-blended, hand-packaged, hand-flavored, hand-delivered—the whole nine yards,” he says of the process he spent years perfecting. It’s a far cry from how business was done a decade ago, when DeCandia was hired as The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf ’s warehouse manager. At the time, both tea and coffee were purchased from third-party vendors, who sold many of the same products to other shops across the globe. “There wasn’t really anyone here on staff that was fully integrated in tea,” he says. “So, I came across some samples of teas that were sent to the company from wholesalers…and decided to taste on my own,
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just out of curiosity.” Armed with a cupping set he found lying around the warehouse, DeCandia stole away to a back room that was used to repair Vita-Mix blenders and began to school himself—and his palate—on the finer points of Camellia sinensis, the mighty tea plant. Passion ignited, he approached the Sassoons, the family of Singaporean entrepreneurs that still owns the company today, and asked if he could have a go at crafting his own blends. With their blessing, DeCandia began to take, and then teach, classes at the Specialty Tea Institute and quickly became an expert. Over the years, he customized the chain’s entire tea menu—from the patented Ice Blended drinks to flavored lattes and premium loose teas—by replacing each supplied tea with his exclusive recipe. In so doing, he helped revolutionize The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf ’s approach to tea, becoming an unlikely—and influential—tea guru along the way. Not bad for a guy who, a few years earlier, knew next to nothing about the second most popular beverage in the world (topped only by water). Born and raised in the Bronx, DeCandia earned a degree in business and spent more than ten years in the oil industry, working for the poster child of corporate controversy, Halliburton. “It’s pretty far from being a tea guy. An oil guy and a tea guy don’t mix,” DeCandia says, chuckling. But DeCandia and tea did mix, and his business acumen proved crucial to his new role as tea developer. Recognizing that tea production starts in the field, he began visiting the plantations themselves, developing close relationships with a network of international growers. This furthered The Coffee Bean’s commit34
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Loose leaf tea is a familiar sight; less common is green matcha powder, typically used for Japanese tea ceremonies. The “cupping set” is necessary for precise tea tasting, as demonstrated above by David DeCandia.
He strains the golden brew, savors its aroma, and with one swift inhale, swirls it over his tongue, detecting the subtle procession of flavors.
ment to what has since become a major trend in the industry: orthodox teas. Unlike commercial-grade bagged teas, which are often comprised of ground-up bits of tea that form a fine dust, orthodox teas are made from two whole leaves (for body) and a bud (for flavor and aroma). This whole-leaf tea undergoes processes such as withering, rolling, oxidizing, and drying, which create a finer, more complex tea that can stand on its own merit. “Most people grew up drinking those low-grade teas, and you needed lemon, sugar, honey, and milk right away because it tasted like cardboard,” explains DeCandia. “But with orthodox teas, you find that you get the sweetness, the floral, fruity flavors and aromas without having to add anything to it.” The health benefits of tea, which include everything from lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease to blocking LDL (bad) cholesterol while increasing HDL (good) cholesterol, are also more pronounced in orthodox varieties. “If you were to drink five cups of [The Coffee Bean’s] Japanese Cherry a day, you would get far more health benefits than if you went and bought a flavored green tea from the grocery store. Whenever you see tea solids or tea extracts, you’re not dealing with the orthodox types of tea. It has to come from the real deal.” DeCandia’s passion lay not only with the tea itself, but with the people who grow it. Each year he makes several trips abroad, most frequently to Sri Lanka, where he connects with generations of tea-pluckers who live on the plantations. In February 2006, he established Aid Lanka Kids Foundation, a charity-funded orphanage for disabled girls. “You can’t help but embrace the people,” DeCandia says. “How can you go to Sri Lanka and JUNE 2008
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DeCandia travels abroad several times a year, meeting with other tea experts, sampling teas, and working alongside native teapickers in places like Sri Lanka, where he started a charity-funded orphanage for disabled girls.
know what happened there and say, ‘Well, as long as I’m getting my 40,000 pounds of tea, I’m good,’ when you know that every girl in that orphanage lost her entire family?” The cause is, perhaps, particularly close to DeCandia’s heart because he has two schoolage daughters at home. And tea is clearly a central part of their family life. The girls’ tearelated artwork lines the walls of his factory tasting room, and the family makes a point to share at least one pot of tea a day. This ritual of tea time, an integral part of daily life in many countries, is something he would like to see more of in the United States. “It’s a spiritual, communal thing. It bonds people together and it gives people an opportunity to talk,” he explains. “Fortunately, [the U.S.] is gravitating more toward that teapot mentality of slowing down.” For DeCandia, tea is, above all, about the experience. “I think what I love most about it is how it makes me feel. When I’m feeling a little bit grumpy, down, or just not feeling right, I know when I get that cup of tea it makes me feel better.” v
For more info about Aid Lanka Kids Foundation, log onto AidLanka.org.
DeCandia’s Tea Tips
Shelf life Always look for expiration dates.Most tea is sold at auction and is often re-sold and re-packaged many times over.It may be up to two years old by time it reaches consumers.Since tea does have a shelf life, avoid those that don’t list expiration dates.
Steeping time Each variety of tea has its own specific steeping time. To bring out the best flavors, follow these guidelines, keeping in mind that over-steeped tea becomes bitter.
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HEALTH
Why weight?
For Rob Huizenga, losing pounds fast is a big step toward saving lives
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Dr. Rob Huizenga wonders about America’s priorities. As a physician specializing in healthy weight-loss techniques who has a colorful background as the former team doctor for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, Huizenga has seen firsthand the impacts obesity can have on a person’s health. But it is Huizenga’s ability to inspire dramatic and lasting weight loss that has brought him fame as the official on-air physician for the hit NBC reality-TV series “The Biggest Loser.” Today he’s ready to share his years of learning and experience with the nation through his new book, “Where Did All the Fat Go? The WOW! Prescription.” “Obesity in America is an epidemic that is costing 25,000 lives a year, but people still often don’t associate it with a disease while they’re concerned about illnesses that kill one-tenth as many people but sound more dramatic,” says Huizenga.“People need to realize that fat isn’t just an indicator of heart problems, but it also stores the chinines that cause cancers and diabetes to form in the body. “You have to look at your fat as if you had lymphoma in your body,” he continued.“If I told you I knew you could have a 95 percent chance of eliminating the lymphoma within six months, wouldn’t you take it? That’s what I can do for your weight loss and you’ll have the same results: it’s a matter of saving your life.” Huizenga has proven his program’s effectiveness for five seasons now on “The Biggest Loser,” where he has shown that the program he developed over nearly a decade with the Raiders can be applied to regular people of distinctly more average size. The overriding key to anyone’s weight loss success, he says, is the willingness to commit two hours a day to a simple walk-jog exercise program. “When we had the Raiders exercise twice a day, we found that no matter how much they ate of even foods like pizza, they would lose weight while developing and maintaining healthy muscle mass,” says
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Huizenga.“But the average person doesn’t have to worry about lifting tons of weight like the players do. If your goal is to lose weight and maintain a normal healthy level of muscle, all you need to do is walk or jog or a combination of both for an hour in the morning and then an hour in the evening.” Taking that simple approach is what makes the WOW! program both unique and appealing. While many doctors and other health experts say it’s enough for a person to drop five percent of their weight to stay healthy, Huizenga writes that it’s far better to lose enough weight to really make people say “WOW!”—the astonishment of friends and coworkers acting as positive reinforcement for keeping the weight off. The book offers plenty of other advice to keep one motivated, with chapters covering the right foods to eat and fat-loss exercises, including “Push-Pull-Twist” (PPT), which tone the body and accelerate weight loss. With several supplementary chapters on topics such as calorie counting and how to analyze a typical meal’s caloric content, “The WOW! Prescription” provides a roadmap taking participants directly to their destination. As the son of a nuclear physicist who discovered two atomic elements, Huizenga was exposed to science at an early age. He originally planned to be a physicist, but a love for sports and the knowledge he gained about the human body from his years of study drew him into medicine.“I went to Harvard Med and played rugby, so I learned about orthopedics through my own injuries and it just evolved from there,” he recalls. Huizenga landed his position as the Raiders’ team physician at age 33, beating out a field of dozens of candidates because team owner Al Davis wanted to find a doctor who had actual athletic experience. Thus began a wild ride through the go-go ’80s, during the last years before the NFL outlawed steroids as performance enhancers. Of course, Huizenga didn’t prescribe or recommend such drugs to the players, but he knew that many of the athletes under his care were keeping their own personal pursuits of those substances a secret. It took the death of legendary defensive lineman Lyle Alzado from an assortment of brain ailments that were likely induced by steroid use to finally effect official change in the sport, and Huizenga movingly details those hard-learned lessons in his prior book “You’re Okay, It’s Just A Bruise.” That 1994 tome became the inspiration for director Oliver Stone’s controversial 1999 film on the NFL,“Any Given Sunday.” “Eventually I went into private practice, but NBC remembered my time with the Raiders and wanted to find a weight-loss program that could help lose a lot of weight in 10 to 12 weeks while offering concrete ways to keep it off,” says Huizenga.“I just want people to know you’ve got choices: an exercise-based weight loss program that increases muscle and decreases fat, or weight loss surgery. That surgery costs $50,000 with all the follow-up and has a half-percent to two percent risk of death in surgery. So why don’t you just go and make this happen with exercise? Because guess what—part of the program with surgery is to get moving and keep moving anyway.” v Where Did All the Fat Go?” is available at bookstores everywhere and on Amazon.com.
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ANNUAL CLARA BARTON AWARDS DINNER & GALA
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June 7 | Greenfield Ranch, Hidden Valley Seven women will be honored for their contributions to the community during the 5th Annual Clara Barton Awards Dinner & Gala. The event is presented by the American Red Cross of Ventura County and Honorary Chairs, Supervisor Kathy Long and District Attorney Greg Totten. Themed around the Old West of 1917, …Red Boots and Bow Ties will include a silent auction offering over 90 different items, skits, live music, and food cooked over open fires. Participants are encouraged to dress in cowboy formal attire as the country gentry did long ago. 5 p.m. to 12 a.m., Greenfield Ranch, Hidden Valley, 1388 Portrero Road, Thousand Oaks. For tickets and mor e information call 805. 987. 1514 e x t. 316 or visit AR C Ventura . o rg.
THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY June 8 | Call for locations The New West Symphony League is presenting another year of summer gatherings held between June 8 and August 31. The 30 events, designed and underwritten by League members and friends, feature the best in dining, special programs, and music. The first event, held on June 8, will be an idyllic summer afternoon featuring a lawn picnic in a park-like setting where guests can stroll and witness artists painting scenes of the picturesque event. At the end of the event, the paintings will be auctioned. Monies raised from all events will support the symphony and contribute to the educational development and cultural enrichment of the community. $45/person. 12:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Limited to 40 guests. For more information and to buy tic kets call 818.706. 8960 or email aldasews@sb cglobal.net. To see a schedule of futur e events visit N ewWestSymphony. o rg.
SUMMER CONCERTS AT HERITAGE SQUARE June 13 – August 15 | Heritage Square, Oxnard The Friday Night Concerts at Heritage Square (715 South A Street) have been a summertime tradition in Oxnard for 16 years. Held for 10 weeks, the outdoor concerts offer entertainment to suit a variety of musical preferences. Styles range from Caribbean to Swing and from Latin Jazz to Rock. Table seating is 42
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available by reservation at $30-$50 per table with seating for six. General admission plaza seats are $5, and limited lawn seating is free. Box dinners from the onsite restaurant La Dolce Vita are available by calling 805.486.6878. Postconcert entertainment is held at La Dolce Vita Lounge (740 South B Street). Live theater at the Petit Playhouse (730 S. B St.) will immediately follow the concerts. For more information ca l l 805. 483. 7960 or log onto Ox n a rdS a l s a Festiva l. com.
FATHER’S DAY CAR SHOW June 15 | Harborview Park Fathers can celebrate their special day by the water this year at the 2nd Annual Father’s Day Car Show at Channel Islands Harbor. The event features an eclectic mix of custom cars, hot rods, and classics from all over California. Attendees will see classic automobiles like the ’57 Chevy and ’64 T-Bird. In addition to classic cars, guests can enjoy vendor displays, food booths, musical entertainment, and a 50/50 raffle. The event is hosted by the Milestone Car Society of California in association with the Murphy Auto Museum of Oxnard. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Haborview Park. F o r m o r e i n f o rm a t i o n c a l l 8 0 5. 9 85 . 81 4 3 o r v i s i t ChannelI sl andsHa r b or. o r g.
IT’S ONLY LIFE June 19 – July 13 | Rubicon Theatre This musical revue features the talents of recent Broadway discovery John Bucchino, a songwriting sensation whose music and lyrics have been recorded by Art Garfunkel, Michael Feinstein, Judy Collins, and Patti Lupone. Each song is a revelation, an "aha" moment in which viewers discover something elemental about life. According to the New York Times, Bucchino's "flowing, finely made piano ballads describe an urban life in which relationships come and go in cycles of yearning, fulfillment, heartbreak and healing,” where romantic love is anticipated with "high expectations, high anxiety and open hearts." Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main Street, Ventura. For tickets and mor e information visit RubiconTheatre. o rg or ca l l 80 5.6 67 .29 00 .
BARN DANCING HONKY-TONK-STYLE June 22 | Santa Rosa Join the residents of Santa Rosa at a real Western honky-tonk style dancehall for a unique
Ventura County experience. The dancehall is a 1,360-square-foot barn with a 1,000-square-foot dance floor adorned with western antiques and memorabilia. A country western dance is held at 7:30 p.m. the first Saturday of each month, and a ballroom and country style dance takes place on the fourth Saturday at the same time. A $5 contribution is appreciated. Ballroom dance workshops are held at 7 p.m. on the first and fourth Sunday of each month and are $15/person for a two-hour workshop. Refreshments are available. 3320 Chestnut Lane, Santa Rosa Valley. For mor e information ca l l 8 05. 532 . 10 89 . Call b efor e a ttending.
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SHAKESPEARE’S AS YOU LIKE IT June 27 - 29 | Kingsmen Park CLU The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival is one of the area’s most popular outdoor theatrical events. Visitors are immersed in the Shakespeare experience, which includes picnicking and pre-show entertainment with musicians, dancing, juggling, and swordfighting demonstrations. The play “As You Like It” tells the story of two young lovers, two sets of warring brothers, and an out of work stand-up comic who finds himself in the last place he ever imagined. General admission is $15 and free for those under 18. Two tickets or tickets for two shows for $25. Reserved lawn box seating is $75 and $60. Play starts at 8 p.m. Grounds open at 5:30 p.m. 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. F or mor e in f or ma t io n v is i t K ingsMenShakesp e a r e. o rg or cal l 8 05. 4 93. 3 455 .
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LAVENDER FESTIVAL June 28 | Libbey Park The 5th annual Ojai Lavender Festival will bring all things lavender to Ventura County this summer for a one-day event. Guests can listen to speaker Marleen Luckman discuss how to use lavender in a “green” home environment; enjoy bluegrass, new grass, folk, rock, and rhythm & blues instrumental music from Dan Wilson; and shop at a variety of vendors in the “Mediterranean Marketplace,” which will include jewelry, candles, soaps, baked goods, and more. Featured artist and long-time Ojai resident Nancy Horwick will be signing copies of the "Fragrant Read" poster. Free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Libby Park, 200 S. Signal Street, Ojai. For mor e information ca l l 8 0 5 . 7 98 . 12 3 1 o r v i s i t L a v e n d e rF e s t i v a l . n e t .
ON THE HORIZON TASTE OF CAMARILLO FUNDRAISER July 26- July 27 | Camarillo The Meadowlark Service League will host their 21st Annual “A Taste of Camarillo”fundraiser.This event raises funds for local charities and nonprofit organizations.The wine and food festival will be held on July 27 from 1 p.m.to 4 p.m.The cost is $65/ticket in advance and $75 at the gate.Guests will enjoy fine wines poured by more than 100 wineries and gourmet hors d'oeuvres provided by over 50 Ventura County restaurants and caterers. The wine auction gala and dinner will take place the evening prior between 5 p.m.and 9 p.m.Tickets are $50.Tickets for both events are $100. For more detailed information call 805.388.7158. Tickets can be purchased online at MeadowlarkServiceLeague.com.