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Many years ago, when I was travelling the world, interviewing expatriate Australian Hare Krishna devotees for my historical book, 'The Great Transcendental Adventure', I found myself in Colorado. I had tracked down some old friends, Vidyaranya and Dipak, who lived in Boulder and Basalt respectively.

My home base was in Denver, at the Hare Krishna Temple, and everyday I would have lunch at Govinda's on Cherry Street. It's still there, by the way, and highly recommended.

I picked up quite a few recipes on the road, and some of them made their way into my subsequent cookbooks.

Yesterday I received this letter from Pamela in California, and it got my culinary memory juices flowing:

"I am asked to make Almond salad dressing for our next home program. Would you please give me the recipe. Thank you."

Here's my reply:

DYNAMITE DRESSING

The Hare Krishnas of Denver, Colorado, run a very popular restaurant, Govinda's, on Cherry Street. One of their salad dressings particularly appeals to me; as the name suggests, it's packed with strong flavours. Nutritional or brewers yeast is available at health food stores.

PREPARATION TIME: a few minutes
YIELD: 2 cups

1 cup blanched almonds
1 cup cold water
1 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons freshly-squeezed lemon juice
3 tablespoons tamari or soy sauce
3 tablespoons nutritional yeast or brewers yeast

Place all the ingredients in a blender and process until completely smooth. That's it.

It's a great dressing, especially on 'big salads'.

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