(AP) — In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, owner, founder and CEO Sarma Melngailis holds a plate featuring her restaurant's most popular dish, a local heirloom tomato lasagna featuring basil pistachio pesto, sun-dried tomato marinara, macadamia pumpkin seed ricotta and zucchini, in front of Pure Food and Wine in New York.
The restaurant, which counts well-known celebrities, sports figures and politicians among it's clientele, serves only vegan and raw food. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
