12/31/2011

Ani's Raw Food Desserts: 85 Easy, Delectable Sweets and Treats Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Ani Phyo is getting more and more popular by the day, and in large part that's due to the fact that she, more than any other raw foodist, is making raw food easily and readily accessible. Yes, she does use the dreaded dehydrator, but not for nearly as long as some of her peers. Her food looks and tastes...
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12/30/2011

The World Goes Raw Cookbook: An International Collection of Raw Vegetarian Recipes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Lisa Mann's The World Goes Raw couples an intense and impressive knowledge on all aspects of raw cuisine with a concerned and caring writer's voice that makes the reading of the book feel like a chat with a very informed best friend. The research and experimentation that went into making the book are...
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12/29/2011

Solar Gardening: Growing Vegetables Year-Round the American Intensive Way (Real Goods Independent Living Book) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book has awesome information for anyone wanting to grow all their own food and become self sufficient. Also lots of tips for extending the season even if you only grow a few favorites. Includes growing information on different vegetables, organized into short and long season heat-loving or cold-hardy....
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12/28/2011

The Raw 50: 10 Amazing Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks, and Drinks for Your Raw Food Lifestyle Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Yes, this book includes a Raw Food Brownie recipe. The texture is variable, depending on your kitchen equipment, and the taste isn't precisely right, but its DARN good. To be truthful, i bought this book for the brownie recipe.This book contains basic information you will need to start your raw food...
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12/27/2011

Lipsmackin' Vegetarian Backpackin' Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)My S/O and I took our first serious back-country trip in more than 15 years last week. We relied completely on this book for meal planning and food preparation. We were not disappointed. The recipes are all written in clear language, and are easy to follow. Packable trail instructions are available on-line,...
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12/26/2011

Today's Homestead: Volume I Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Great beginning book that is helpful and informative not just for those who are interested in a homestead, but simply want to be more self-reliant and prepared. This opening volume contains many specific ideas and how-to's that can be turned into practical and useful skills that for most of us have been...
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12/25/2011

The Beginner's Guide to Preserving Food at Home: Easy Techniques for the Freshest Flavors in Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Relishes, Salsas, Sauces, and Frozen and Dried Fruits and Vegetables Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In today's economy, one of family budget items that is getting more and more expensive are the expenditures for food. Therefore, one of the best ways to economize for a family's food budget is something our grandparents and great-grandparents knew well -- the home canning of fruits and vegetables in...
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12/24/2011

Fresh: The Ultimate Live-Food Cookbook Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have at least four other raw food cookbooks. The recipes in them always have a thousand ingredients and take forever to produce. I wind up not using them because of the exotic ingredients or the time it takes to make the food. Soaking, cutting, blending, juicing, dehydrating, all in one recipe usually!This...
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12/23/2011

Raw Family Signature Dishes: A Step-by-Step Guide to Essential Live-Food Recipes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is filled with recipes that the Boutenkos would present during their workshops. "Core recipes," they have been retested and refined over many years. Have you ever made a recipe and found that it just didn't turn out nearly as nice as the stunning color photo in the book? One thing that makes...
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12/22/2011

Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook: 250 flourless, Dairyless, Low Temperature, Low Fat, Low Salt, Living Food Vegetarian Recipes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook" is a great all-purpose book for anyone new to sprouts and sprouting and for the sprout vetran who is looking for more recipes and ideas. The tone is chatty and humourous. The book is a great read cover to cover, but it can also be read a section at a time, in any...
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12/21/2011

The Raw Food Revolution Diet Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Cherie Soria has lived this lifestyle for decades. As the reviewer above noted, she looks at least twenty years younger than her 60-something age.Coming from a person like her, you can rest assured that this is not a fad, unbalanced diet. She is a vibrant, healthy, energetic person. What I particularly...
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12/20/2011

The Art of Raw Living Food: Heal Yourself and the Planet with Eco-delicious Cuisine Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I wish I could give this book 5 stars. I'll list the reasons why below. I am simply trying to be helpful. The main thing I'd like to convey about this book is that it's for PROFESSIONALS or people who are invested in eating mostly raw and don't mind the complexities, cost and time that sophisticated...
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12/19/2011

Entertaining in the Raw Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I own both of Matthew Kenney's other raw food books and love them both (especially "Everyday Raw") so I didn't hesitate to purchase this one when it came out. It's way better than I imagined, he has taken raw foods to new dimensions. Nothing else like it is out there, he is truly a genius when it comes...
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12/18/2011

Dehydrated & Delicious: The Complete Book on Dehydrating Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers, Yogurt Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I loved the recipes in the book and the turkey jerky is awesome!!! If you want a good book on dehydrating meat, and fruit this book is for you!!Click Here to see more reviews about: Dehydrated & Delicious: The Complete Book on Dehydrating Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers, YogurtClick here...
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12/17/2011

Alinea Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)What this book is: a gorgeous, coffee table quality book at a fantastic price. It is geared toward serious foodies and cooks. In my opinion, it is intended to inspire, and to help improve the skills of home cooks who are daring enough to try the recipes. What this book is not: an everyday or family-type...
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12/16/2011

Ani's Raw Food Asia: Easy East-West Fusion Recipes the Raw Food Way Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I'm not a raw foodie and I love this book. I've only had it for a week but I have tried the following so far:Cashew nut riceSpicy Sesame Oil Dipping SauceShiitake Mushroom NamulI combined all three with shredded carrot and nori sheets to make nori rolls, it was so tasty that my cubicle mate at work kept...
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12/15/2011

Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I normally don't write reviews at all, but this book certainly deserves one. The highlights:* It doesn't consists of all these sweet recipes but has great tasting alternatives (I could never get into all that sweet stuff); there are no dates, bananas, etc., and there are some good explanations as to...
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