From The Desk Of Garrison Starr: Sage Organic Vegan Bistro

Not long before the major-label landscape collapsed in a heap, only to morph into a crud formation of reissue-happy conglomerates, Garrison Starr signed with Geffen. It was 1997, and if ignorance truly is bliss, the 22-year-old singer/songwriter from Hernando, Miss., couldn’t have been happier. Those 15 years feel like a lifetime ago for an older, wiser, slightly more cynical Starr, who’s busy promoting her sixth full-length effort, the self-released, fan-funded Amateur (Radtown Music). It took her some time to come to terms with her sexuality (and others’ opinions of it), and it’s taken her even longer to get comfortable with her creative self. To that end, the angsty-yet-optimistic, stylistically diverse Amateur is a coming out of sorts. Starr will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Q&A with her.

Starr: I had lunch recently at a place in Echo Park called Sage. My girlfriend is a vegetarian, but I eat pretty much everything. Except fishy stuff and snails. And anchovies. Anyway, I enjoy eating vegetarian and vegan from time to time. I can say I do feel healthier when I’m eating that way. My friend wanted to go to Sage; he loves it. I’ve been invited to dinners there before and never made it, so I was excited. This is one of the best meals I’ve ever had in my life. So delicious and fresh. I can’t recommend it enough. I had a Brazilian bowl. It had quinoa, leeks, avocado and fresh guacamole, plantains, salsa and some other yummy stuff in it. Now I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.

Video after the jump.