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12 Spoons

A Restaurant Rating Guide based on the dietary principles of the Weston A. Price Foundation

A Restaurant Rating Guide
Based on the dietary principles of
the Weston A. Price Foundation
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How We Rate Our Restaurants

Restaurants can earn up to 12 spoons; one spoon for each of the following criteria that are met.

  1. Serves mostly fresh food prepared on site from scratch.
  2. Offers some local, organic, or wild-caught food.
  3. Offers some pastured meat, eggs, or dairy.
  4. Serves some organ meats (liver, pate, sweetbreads, etc.).
  5. Uses natural fats for cooking (butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, olive oil, etc.).
  6. Makes bone broths/stocks for soups, stews, gravies, sauces.
  7. Makes own seasoning mixes (no MSG or flavoring packets).
  8. Makes own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
  9. Offers genuine sourdough bread.
  10. Offers lacto-fermented beverages such as kombucha or kvass.
  11. Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
  12. Serves naturally sweetened desserts (using raw honey, maple syrup, date sugar, etc.).

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