The holistic approach with Sippin’ Live
Jody-Anne Lawrence/ Staff Reporter
SIPPIN’ LIVE is what Sherece Cowan calls “eco-cuisine”. She defines it as a fusion of raw and gently cooked plantbased dishes with organic and sustainably sourced ingredients. She has recently added their Sippin’ Live Garden, which provides more than 50 per cent of their ingredients.
“We also have a line of products including vegan cheeses, kombucha, sauces and dressings,” she added.
Her brand deals with more than food. It is a holositic experience including consultancy services, which include staff training, food styling, creating menus, gardening or permaculture advice and design. Their events include yoga, art and music.
Cowan did not start out as a vegan chef, but rather a pastry chef but she believes in authenticity and integrity, so when her lifestyle changed, so did the foods she prepared.
INTEGRITY
“Integrity is very important to me, therefore, as I evolved and became aware of the relationship between food and the body I began serving others the way I would serve myself,” she told Food.
She has a genuine love and passion for creating food. Cowan compares it to meditation, and explains that it is like going on a journey. She is fully immersed in her foodie creations.
“I’ve spent my whole life seeing my family in the food business. Having that experience showed me, that the hectic everyday cooking and serving on a line is not for me and I want to preserve the love for what I do. I like to journey with people and my food, working with smaller groups and helping to create a domino effect of lifestyle shifts,” she explains.
She would like to clear up the misconception that living healthy is expensive. She notes that we live in a tropical environment where vegetables and fruits of some sort are available to us. It took her travelling to Africa and working