bolani – delicious Afghani food by bolaniandsauce

Today, after a bike ride, I stopped and walked my bike past the farmer’s

market in Brentwood, Los Angeles. There were two guys who stopped me and offered a few samples of food to eat. Apparently, it

www.bolaniandsauce.com/

was there first day at that Farmer’s market. The food was tasty and I wanted to know more about them. I was told it was the product was Bolani, an Afghani food, and these two vendors were representing a business “BolnaniandSauce”.

BolaniAndSauce AKA East and West Gourmet Afghan Foodwww.bolaniandsauce.com/), based in Concord, California, was founded by an Afghan family. Their home made Afghan food was initially sold at a few of the Bay Area’s farmers’ markets. However, this healthy and tasty food rapidly became popular mainly through word of mouth. Now they are known as "Ambassador of Love" in most of the San Francisco Bay Area's Farmers' Markets and even beyond, including Southern California. (

PRODUCTS by BolaniAndSauce

These products are tasty and healthy and will be great addition of your meal

Bolanis

Bolani is a traditional Afghani flatbread stuffed and baked with either spinach, pumpkin, red potato, or green lentil filling. Bolani is usually served warm. It is all natural, fresh, healthy, made with organic ingredients and contains no trans fats, additives or preservatives. It handmade daily and absolutely delicious and healthy. The company makes following types of bolanis, inclucding the most popular with spanich:

  Spinach Bolani

  Pumpkin Bolani

  Potato Bolani

  Lentil Bolani

           

Sauces and Spreads

Sauces and spreads are ideally used for complimenting the Bolanis, but they can also be used to accompany or cook your own dishes. All the spreads are vegan with the exception of Garlic Mint Cheese. They are all preserved with natural ingredients such as garlic, lemon juice, vinegar, citric acid. They are all low in calories, fat, carbohydrates, and sodium – but packed with nutrition. The company provides the following varieties ofSauces and Spreads:

  Garlic Mint Cheese

  Cilantro Pesto

  Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

  Lentil Curry

  Eggplant Pesto

  Hummus

  Sun-Dried Tomato Hummus

  Basil Pesto

           

Dips and Pepper Jellies

  Sweet Jalapeno

  Sweet and Sour Carrot

LOCATIONS - where to find

Today East and West Gourmet Afghan Food participates in up to 100 farmers’ markets every week. The product is also found in a number of stores.

Whole Foods markets

Andronico’s Market

Mollie Stone’s Market

Northern California Farmers' Markets – a number of locations

Southern California Farmers' Markets

BRENTWOOD  FARMERS MARKET (West Los Angles)

741 S. Gretna Green Way, L.A., 90049

Sundays 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Brea    

Birch Stree at Walnut Avenue  

4 PM to 8 PM Year Round       

Manhattan Beach         

Noon to 4 PM Year Round

13th Street between Valley and Morningside Drive

Torrance         

8 AM to 1 PM Year Round

Wilson Park on Crenshaw Boulevard, between Carson

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For more information:

http://www.bolaniandsauce.com/home.php

info@bolaniandsauce.com

(925) 687-0817
(877) 687-0817

Bicycling ban in City of Black Hawk, Colorado

Bicycling ban, Black Hawk, Colorado

Bicycling is healthy and fun but, apparently, not everybody thinks so.

Black Hawk, population 100, "The City of Mills," is one of Colorado's oldest cities. It is one of a number of towns that grew up in "Gregory's Gulch," the narrow ravine where Georgia prospector John H. Gregory first discovered lode gold in the western part of Kansas Territory in 1859.

Well the times have changed. Now, this small casino town in Colorado is cracking the whip on “pedaling.”  Yes, you read it right, the city is cracking down on bicycling because the casinos complain that cyclists get in the way of buses used to bring gamblers in and out of town.

In January, 2010, the town approved the ordinance banning biking on nearly every street and only paved thoroughfare in town.  Cyclists may still pass through town, though they are now required to walk their bicycles.  According to the City of  Black Hawk Ordinances 2009-20 and 2010-3 “bicycles are prohibited within the City on certain streets.”  If you want to buck the ban, be willing to pay a hefty $68 fine as police are already issuing tickets.

According to the Denver Post, The City Manager Mike Copp said that due to an increase in traffic, the city has taken a proactive approach.  The new ordinance, enacted in January, ”is best for its citizens, for its businesses, which in this case are casinos, and its visitors.” 


The Black Hawk Bike Ban issue got a lot of international press and led to many campaigns to challenge this ban to prove that Colorado is a great state for bicycling:

Rally to End Bike Bans

Dismount Black Hawk

Bicyclists and Tourist Boycott Black Hawk Colorado

http://cityofblackhawk.org/