Wisconsin—The building is completed, the chef has arrived, and preparations are finalized for the new Country Life Garden Vegetarian Restaurant in Portage, Wis., which opened in June. The dining room looks over the center of the 250-acre Country Life Education & Wellness Center campus.

Radek Mikulasek, recent manager of Country Life Restaurant in Prague, Czechia, has fourteen years experience creating nutritious, culinary delights. He is the head chef for the new restaurant. Mikulasek, his wife Helena, and two children, Richard and Karolina, will live at Country Life and join the Portage Church.

With a mandate from the writings of Ellen White to educate the public on healthful living topics, the staff plans to use the restaurant to not only teach healthful living, but to also share news of Jesus.

Seminars will be offered on subjects such as vegetarian cooking, diabetes reversal, and weight loss. Weekend seminars on health and family topics will be offered with lodging and meals provided. The restaurant is open to the public on Sundays.

For more information about the ministry, call (608) 742-7504; or visit the restaurant's website at countrylifeportage.org.

Bob Simenson, Country Life Garden Vegetarian Restaurant correspondent