Juicing and the Ace Hotel, I was happy Last week, the city was absolute gridlock as President Obama was in town to address the UN. A little further west another meeting took place, a “summit” according to the invitation, to be more specific it was a Juicing Summit. Before we dismiss green juice as trivial compared to ISIS, I’ll point out that a conversation, sorry “summit”, about juicing does include discussion of climate change, organic farming, health and health care. If only City Bakery showed up between client sessions with concoctions Edible Manhattan and Breville (have I told you lately that I love my Breville juicer?) organized panels on various juicing topics. In between each panel City Bakery provided juices. Here were some highlights: On the first panel the business of juicing was covered. Has juice peaked? Martin Bates (formerly at Pret now heading Organic Avenue ) explained that OA is branching out becoming a “food business that also sells juice”. Maury R...