LA is notorious for fabulous 70 degree weather year around, but this week the weather gods decided to strike us with blistering 105 degree temperatures, which has put much of the valley up in flames.  With smokey cloudy air and sweltering temperatures, the last thing on earth I feel like doing is turning on a stove or, gosh forbid, an oven; really the only effort I feel like exerting is trying to find a creative way to keep cool. I came across this jewel of a recipe a few months ago when I was recovering from two back-to-back flu attacks, and figured it might be a good time to cool it with all of the white sugar and white flour I was constantly consuming.  I turned to a cleanse I saw on Gwenyth Paltrow’s blog, GOOP.  She’s received a ton of criticism about the blog, mainly because people say it’s targeted for the rich, but how many of us can say our personal friend is Mario Batali?  It’s actually kinda fun hearing about what he cooks for private dinners with her and Emeril Lagassee. Anyway, the cleanse on her blog was designed by her doctor in place of the very popular Master …

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