Cook creates artistic cuisine
Rachel McMath
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Can you imagine a new place to cat in Eugene?
Somewhere that serves organic vegetarian food
with flavor? I found it on the corner of West 13th
Avenue and Lawrence Street — the Van Gogh
Cafe.
This place was sassy in a subtle way with yellow
walls, orange
marigolds and
blue trim
around the
windows I felt
as if 1 had just
walked into one of Van Gogh's paintings, except
the oil paints smelled like fresh herbs and the
artist was owner and food preparer. Julio Slander.
it was nil evening of lighted candles on every
table ns Slander sat down with mo while 1 ate pota
to-lentil soup anil my favorite selection. Van
Gogh's Her. n fat roll with melted line, petto and a
tomato on top.
Slander was as colorful ns her green salad made
of everything found in a garden as well as raw
cashews, raisins and Parmesan cheese. A 1993
University graduate with a bachelor’s degree in
fine arts. Slander wanted to extend her talents to
the mouth's palate
“I 'vo alwoys loved food, and I can lie creative
with It," Slander said.
Creating carrot-ginger soup, pizza bread, stuffed
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pepper*, quiches, raspberry custard and marinat
ed tempeh. Stander experiments in flavor with an
artist's intuition.
Slander, who runs the cafe mostly by herself,
begins making bread at 7;30 each morning She
keeps the cafe open from It a ni to 9 pm, Mon
day through Friday. She prepares all of her food
from scratch and grows oregano, thyme and dill in
her outside planter.
"I rook ns if I'm at home and I never will bo able
to cut comers when preparing food." Slander said
"It takes time to (.reate something quality, and eat
ing healthy food makes people find good
Stander buys only local organic food, but you
wouldn't be aide to tell by her cheap prices
Why the Van (iogh Cafe' "1 knew that I didn't
want to enter a rrary work force, and this way I
can create food in the manner I would create a
painting." Stander said, adding the name conies
from the colors of the cafe
Stander. 49, who remembers painting her tricy
cle a different c olor every two weeks as a child,
works with other media besides food Some of her
paintings are displayed on the walls of the cafe
I would like to see art become more natural in
our everyday lives, not something that is difficult
to find," said Stander, who values community
more after opening the cafe last January
The place was cozy. I could imagine putting on
something different from my usual Eugene garb
and pretending I was in a big city
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■ POLICE BEAT
The following incidents
were reported to the Universi
ty Office of Public Safety and
the Eugene police department
Oct. 5 through Oct U).
• A 21-year-old male student
was cited for shoplifting at the
University Bookstore on Oct.
5 The student attempted to
steal a University coffee mug
• Two men went observed
pouring a liquid substance into
a vending machine Oct. fi on
the 1400 block of Kincaid
Street. According to police, the
liquid suhstancn i-Buses a vend
ing machine to release its
coins. Hie suspects fled before
police responded.
• Two 20-year-old rnttn were
cited Oct. fi on the 1000 block
of High Street for minor in pos
session of alcohol.
• A 23-year-old woman was
cited Oct. 7 for having an open
container of alcohol in public.
• A 20-year-old man was di
ed for minor in possession of
alcohol Oct. H on the 1700
block of Hilyard Street.
• A 20-year-old man was at
ed for possession of less then
one ounce of marijuana and for
presenting fake identification
to police Oct. 8 on the 1300
block of Alder Street.
• A 36-year-old man was
arrested for driving under the
influence of intoxicants Oct. 9
on the 1300 block of Ferry
Street.
• A male student reported
his $400 bicycle stolen Oct. 10
from the Westmoreland Hous
ing complex.
• A 40-year-old man was
arrested for disorderly conduct
and harassment Oct. 10 at the
EMU. According to police
reports, the subject was roam
ing through the Fishbowl eat
ing food he had no money to
pay for A student recognized
the subject as a person who
had previously followed her
around Skinner's Hutto Park
asking her to go to dinner and
then marry him.
— Compiled by Joe Harwood
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