Whole Earth - Vegan bakery-The search for a smoothie

I wanted a smoothie and a smoothie i got -

Thursday night, in the east village and the search for a smoothie begun. I didn't have to look very far as I remembered the sign for smoothies in the window of Whole Earth. One does not have to look to far in the city of New York to find a smoothie, they're almost like Starbucks.

Peter is the owner of Whole Earth and he was in the back baking. He came out to listen to my pitch and and started talking a little bit about the bakery. "Mom and I opened the door back on 11th August 1978, she was the guiding light. " I noticed in an article from a ways back in the Villager a headline: ' Filomena Silvestri - St Mark's Place earth mother dies at 94.'

He explained a little bit about vegan baking and handed me a sheet: the art of vegan baking. " We use certified organic flour. No brown or white sugar. We use alternative sweeteners." Indeed I saw a sign for Agave syrup (which made me think of Gwyneth Paltrow).

No dairy is used. No eggs. There are also wheat free, sugar free and gluten free pastries. There are soups and sandwiches. The smoothies are made with with either soy milk or rice milk which i like because i really like my smoothies with soy milk - they're really frothy.

"What would you like?" he asked. "A smoothie and a pastry." He ordered the banana berry. "It's high in antioxidants." The berries are cranberries and blueberries. Indeed my smoothie was very blueish and thick. Other smoothie names included: Protein blast, energy boost, Himalayan goziberry and like many health food stores you can add a supplement like wheatgrass, spirulina, vitamin c, ginseng, echinacea... (what they call a booster).

I noticed the coconut corn bread (2$). "I'll have a slice of that, " pointing to it. A little salty, a little sweet. Very good.

Smoothies: 6.50$ - 7.50$

Whole Earth on St Marks near Avenue A.