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From Big Sur's killer cliff-clinging eateries to Salinas' unparalleled produce, this blog aims to sniff out all things Monterey County can stomach, via picture and prose, curiosity and appetite, hand and mouth.

Monday, July 12, 2010

How to Eat Nothing and Love It (and Other Things I Have in Common With Demi Moore and Aston

Suddenly the Lemonade Diet, the time-honored regimen where the cleanser takes in only a blend of fresh lemon juice, purified water, cayenne pepper and maple syrup (and some teas), is trending near the top of Yahoo! topics.

Turns out our favorite self-absorbed celebrities, Demi Moore and Aston Kucher, are rinsing their intestines with the uniquely purifying-and-energizing juice.

It was a year ago next week that the Weekly ran a cover story exploring the odyssey, one that for this cleanser represented a cultural experience to rank right up there with chewing coco leaves in the Andes and sharing a moped with a Spanish man, a Cambodian woman and a moped-taxi driver named Charlie in Phnom Penh.

You suddenly study your scat like a tracker. You spend hours squeezing lemons. And you learn lessons you didn't neccessarily anticipate. I unearther 10 across 10 days without eating. Check those out here.