More Best Recipes (America's Test Kitchen) Review

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(More customer reviews)Those of you who complain about Cooks Illustrated's habit of redundant recipes between books, look elsewhere. Literally everything in this book is a rehash; I'm about to explain why this isn't necessarily a bad thing, and why CI fans probably don't need this book anyway.
This book is exactly as advertised: the best stuff from the last five years or so of the magazine. A lot of this stuff has been covered in the TV show books; for that, you want the 10th anniversary book, especially if you haven't bothered with ordering the last two years directly from the publisher or never got the first edition of The Best Recipe (where the first season was documented). And diligent collectors of the Best Recipe series will have all or most of these recipes anyway (some stuff, like Pizza Bianca or Almost No-Knead Bread, has as far as I know only appeared in the TV books and the magazine). But for the most part, this is a book for people who are just getting into the whole Cooks Illustrated thing -- something to be bought as a set with The New Best Recipe.
It does adopt a bit of the informality in some of the later Best Recipe books, showing recipes in part as problem domains as recipes in and of themselves. And chances are a lot of the recipes are just the sort of things you want collected all in one place like this. On its own it's worth the 4 stars; it just has a bit of a limited audience compared to some of its seriesmates. Get it for a new cook, or for someone who's just woken up to the geek side of the kitchen. But if you've been collecting CI books as long as I have, it probably isn't for you.

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Totally Raw: A Beginners Guide to Becoming a Raw Foodist Review

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(More customer reviews)I've heard about this idea before but this book makes it easily accessible to everyone. It is a wonderful start on eating a raw food diet. This book has lots of impressive suggestions of available foods and interesting ways to fix them. Loved the pictures and all the resources the book provides. I'm going to give the raw food diet a try and see if I too can feel healthier and full of energy.

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A 100% raw diet is almost sure to solve a weight loss problem. There is nothing special you need to do, except for going raw. Raw foodies are some of the most energetic and amazing people you will ever meet. Some say they are almost super-human. Find out how they do it and what it's all about in Totally Raw - A Beginners Guide to Becoming a Raw Foodist.

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Fruits of the Midwest - A Cookbook and Guide from Harvest to Table Review

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(More customer reviews)I have spent New Years Day happily reading this wonderful book cover to cover. It was a true delight to imagine a summer day with the vivid colors and heady scents of the freshest fruit while pure white snow was just outside my window. I love this book!
Debbie has practical, clear tips for selecting, handling and storing fruit. There is such a variety of recipes with simple and direct instructions. With the addition of fresh apples, frozen or canned fruit, most of the ingredients are already in my pantry. I am able to have summer tastes on my table tonight!
The book is thoughtfully laid out with special hints and tips on the same page where needed. Debbie tells you the differences in varieties of the same fruit, and then writes what works best for her. She tells you what her family prefers as well as valid reasons why others may prefer a different texture or sweetness or way of preserving the fruit. Convenient tabs mark the beginning of each new section. She has valuable lists of substitutions and equivalents.
The photo of Debbie's grandmother on the cover of her book could be my own grandmother or great grandmother and evokes warm, sweet memories for me. It is a "feel-good" book. There is something in here for everyone!
Tonight's dessert will be Debbie's "Hurry-up Apple Dumplings".
Thank you, Debbie, for sharing your wisdom and wealth of information. This will be a treasured and well-used cook book!


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Many consumers are rediscovering the superior flavor, nutritional quality, and wholesome goodness of fresh locally grown fruit from their own garden, a Farmer's Market, or picked fresh from a local U-pick farm. "Fruits of the Midwest - A Cookbook and Guide from Harvest to Table" has been written to answer the questions many people have about how to harvest, handle, store, and preserve fresh fruits commonly grown in the Midwest.Written in an easy to use format, with individual sections devoted to apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherries (sour), peaches, pears, raspberries, strawberries, and more, it provides help, information, and over 250 kitchen-tested fruit recipes.Additional sections address canning and freezing basics, jam and jelly making, and information on ingredient substitutions/equivalents and pan size/volume comparisons. The author operates a U-pick berry farm in Missouri where her customers frequently ask for the types ofinformation and recipes provided in this book.

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Food Drying at Home The Natural Way, with over 300 Healthful and Delicious Recipes Review

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(More customer reviews)I got this book, hoping it would have ideas and tips for drying food without a dehydrator. I don't currently have one, and I wanted to be able to dry foods in my oven or outside. I was a little disappointed at first, but the author makes some very valid points about buying a good dehydrator. I'm looking for a good dehydrator now, but the good ones (stainless steel) alas are currently a bit much for my budget currently. Maybe in the near future. Once I get one, I'm sure this book will be wonderful, but right now, this book is just going on the bookshelf.

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The Sweet Truth: A Sugar-Free / Wheat-Free Kitchen Review

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(More customer reviews)The author provides a list of "must have" ingredients to always have on hand - but most all of the recipes call for items that are not on the list and these items are not run-of-the-mill grocery store stock. Many of the recipes seem to be quite involved. For example, the chocolate chip cookie recipes not only involve mixing the dough - but also require freezing the cookies on the cookie sheets for 30 minutes before baking. I don't know about you, but I don't have that much freezer space. When the author tells me to pull out my dehydrater to prepare fruit for her recipes, I put the book aside. I am not a professional cook. I need good recipes that don't consume a lot of time to make and that are practical. These recipes may produce great food, if you have hours to devote to the process. The book is expensive compared to others, so unless you have a lot of time and close proximity to a natural foods market, I would not invest in it.

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Tired of eating a box of chocolates and a pint of ice cream (or both) and wonder when you'll never do that again?Now you don't have to.Kelly E. Keough of television's THE SWEET TRUTH shows you how to make delicious desserts that are satisfying as they are good for your body.With humor, Keough shares her own personal battle with sugar along with her life-changing discoveries using healthy sugar-free/wheat-free alternatives.

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Gifts Cooks Love: Recipes for Giving Review

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(More customer reviews)With all sorts of recipes and gift ideas you better believe these are Gifts Cooks Love. The recipes range from the savory, Rustic Rosemary Parmesan Crackers, and onion marmalade, to making your own olive oil and herb-cured albacore tuna for tuna salad-I can hardly wait to try this one out. Let's not forget the sweet gifts, jams and preserves, candied apples, biscotti, Mexican hot chocolate and double fudge brownie pops.
Scrumptious is the word that comes to mind. I have yet to make anything from the book. There will be plenty of recipes that I will try out. In perusing the book, the recipes all seem quite easy with readily available ingredients and instructions that have wonderful cooking tips. My only criticism is I found one recipe that called for corn syrup. I am the enemy of corn syrup. It is the cheapest cooking ingredient around with evil lurking about-just think fat. Unhealthy and unnatural.
That said, I am rather enticed by the thought of making dried porcini mushrooms and panforte.
What I believe that sets this book apart from other gift giving recipe books is the the presentation of the final product and ideas for gift baskets. You could give someone a smores basket, making your own chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallows, or how about an Italian basket, with pasta, sauce and mushrooms.

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From Orange Cardamom Marmalade and Salmon Gravlax to Rustic Rosemary Parmesan Crackers and Blueberry-Blackberry-Basil Margarita Puree, the recipes in Gifts Cooks Love will help you create the perfect gift for any occasion. Because making a handmade gift takes time--one of life's most precious commodities--Gifts Cooks Love emphasizes that giving a handmade offering expresses something very personal.In this beautifully presented book, Sur La Table and Diane Morgan offer something for every level of cook, providing accessible recipes delivered with helpful kitchen tips and ingredient notes, as well as guidance for artfully wrapping and presenting these edible gifts. Gorgeous full-color photographs encourage and motivate creativity, while the 40 recipes inside Gifts Cooks Love are certain to please all palates any time of year, from the sweet and simple to the gourmet. Some of the techniques include preserving fruits, dehydrating fresh mushrooms, smoking and curing meat and fish, and creating spirited beverages. For the beginning cook, there are even simple-to-make no-cook food gifts. And because tasteful treats deserve equally tasteful presentations, each delicious recipe comes with a beautiful packaging idea. Gifts Cooks Love will show you how to turn your handmade gifts into homemade hugs with a few slices of art paper, colorful twists of ribbon, or quick strokes of a brush.

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Raw Fusion: Better Living Through Living Foods Review

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(More customer reviews)I can so relate to what the author states: "Food has always been a huge part of my life: if the raw food diet were boring or tasteless, there is no way that I would have stuck with this lifestyle." The author has an advanced degree in psychology, and through interviews with raw foodies has learned that nearly everyone benefits psychologically from the diet. They gain more self-confidence, self-awareness, self-control, and self-respect. In addition, diseases can be prevented and even reversed. All of this motivated her to write this book and share this great health secret with the world.
This book is a wonderful introduction to the raw life, and even though I have read several dozen books on the raw diet (writing even two of them myself), I found myself learning new tricks, such as how to get the most from juicing, how to best dehydrate food, and how dehydrating food can actually save you money!)
What LindaJoy illustrates in this book, for all newbies scared to go raw, is that you can benefit so much by just going to a higher level of raw: "Raw Fusion is a hybrid of the best of the raw foods world, intermingled with an informed and conscious mainstream lifestyle. Individuals who find a high raw diet too limiting can find ways to integrate more variety into their meals without compromising nutrition. High raw foodists seeking healthy ways to add cooked foods into their diets will enjoy the versatility and variety of these tips. Families or individuals accustomed to more mainstream meals, but searching for tasty and convenient ways to increase their nutritional intake, will be surprised at how effortlessly one can fuse more raw ingredients into meals".
The four cornerstones of raw fusion, which the book details, include green smoothies, creative green-ing, the main meal salad, and raw desserts.
Raw Fusion covers all you need to know to get started on your raw, high raw, or "raw fusion" journey. You are taught how to equip our kitchen and pantry, how to properly combine foods for efficient digestion, all about superfoods, and the all important sprouting and soaking. This book will lead you to a world beyond cravings, an attitude of gratitude for your body, and how to cook lightly to avoid toxic byproducts from the heat. There is even an excerpt from my book that warns about how cooking has led to disease.
There are interviews with or essays by 15 other raw leaders.
What I love most about this book is that the author is too smart to get stuck in dogma. She realizes that people vary in their nutritional needs. While some do well on a vegan or vegetarian diet, others don't. She also warns about overeating carbohydrates and high glycemic treats, which is a common error in the raw food movement.
This is a great book for everyone on the road to raw! There is even a companion recipe book which is spiral bound.


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The original and definitive guide to blending delicious, nutritious raw ingredients with favorite traditional meals. Raw Fusion:Mix one part plant-based raw foods with one part healthy mainstream meals. Raw Fusion: Better Living through Living Foods guides you through the maze of modern-day food choices to make more informed decisions about how to best fuel your family's vitality. Raw Fusion shows you everything you need to know to implement a nutritious eating program to boost your energy, please your palate, and tap your highest potential. This easy to follow, step-by-step guide includes: * Cutting edge contributions from 25 raw food leaders, including Angela Elliott, Tera Warner, Susan Schenck and Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo * Foreword by Victoria Boutenko * Fantastic 7 day meal plans * Advanced therapeutic techniques to help you achieve your goals * Creating a raw fusion kitchen, pantry and toolkit * Tips to turn nutritious foods into delicious foods * How individual foods impact your body, mind and well-being * Satisfying healthy alternatives for your favorite comfort food cravings * Colorful full-page greens chart and food combining chart * Gluten-free, allergy-friendly dishes (no soy, wheat, dairy) * Accompanying recipe book features 150+ healthy, easy-to-prepare, mouth-watering meals and snacks, from fast and easy to gourmet and sophisticated

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Real Life Raw: Kids in the Kitchen: Make wonderful memories by getting your kids in the kitchen, creating healthy versions of the delicious foods they love most. (Volume 1) Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this book because my teenage daughter has started to gain a lot of weight.I wanted to be able to help her and myself learn how to prepare healthy meals. I've been hearing a lot about raw foods and thought I'd give this book a try. Well let me just share my delight with you.Not only was my daughter excited about making some of the recipes, so was I and they were darn good!I absolutely love how connected my daughter and I now are.We really had a blast learning together and that says a lot when your teenager wants to actually spend sometime with you, in the kitchen no less! The photos are also fabulous in this book.

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Wish you could get wholesome organic foods into your little ones' diets and don't know how? With the growing popularity of reality shows like 'Too Fat for 15" and 'Honey We're Killing the Kids" and an obesity rate steadily on the rise, something must be done! The old excuse, 'I'm doing the best I can" obviously isn't working.We all know that raw vegan food is healthy but many don't realize how delicious raw can be!In 'Real Life Raw: Kids in the Kitchen," top raw vegan chef and nutrition enthusiast, Tina Jo Stephens, has put her heart and soul into creating wholesome and nutritious raw versions of foods kids love most. With Tina Jo's recipes you will learn to make pizza, spaghetti and 'meatballs" and every kid's favorite - macaroni and cheese that you can feel good about. And it's not just comfort foods you'll learn about here! Chef Tina Jo is well known for her decadent desserts which you can guiltlessly serve for breakfast. If the recipes themselves don't tantalize your taste buds, the photos sure will! As always, Chef Tina Jo provides beautiful color photos of all 25 recipes in the book.

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Delightfully Raw: Delectable Recipes from Carmella's Sunny Raw Kitchen Review

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(More customer reviews)I had the pleasure of meeting Carmella a few times and having extended conversations. She is an amazing, down to earth, realistic person. The last time I saw her, she had this book published. I own so so many Raw, Vegan, Paleo books but I have to say, this is at the top of the list. Its a no-frills, information packed book with plenty of easy and mouthwatering dishes (and color photos for almost every recipe). Who else has step by step recipes for Kombucha, KimChi and Irish Moss? Her blog, as well as Kristen-Suzanne's Raw Blog spot, are my favorites. Both down to earth ladies who primary goal is to deliver a lot of information to you (and not to sell you on their products and seminars.). If you purchase this book, you will not be disappointed.

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Since launching her popular Sunny Raw Kitchen blog in 2007, Carmella Soleil has shared with her readers hundreds of mouth watering recipes, untold helpful food preparation tips and candid anecdotes drawn from her personal health journey. She is renowned for her warm and engaging writing style, her relaxed and effective approach to changing diet, and her extensive variety of accurate and fool-proof recipes.In Delightfully Raw, her third and most comprehensive raw recipe book, Carmella discusses a range of topics including successfully transitioning to the raw lifestyle, how best to equip a raw kitchen, and techniques like sprouting, dehydrating and preparing cultured foods and beverages. This book features 96 of her most delectable culinary creations and will appeal to anyone interested in a healthier diet, regardless of their level of knowledge and experience. From easy one-step everyday fare to more elaborate and involved gourmet dishes and layered cakes, it offers something for every occasion. Incredibly tasty smoothies, creamy and comforting warm soups, sexy salads, delicious nut cheezes, satisfying entrees and scrumptious guilt-free desserts... healthy food never tasted so good! A ‘work of heart', as Carmella likes to call her books, Delightfully Raw is an honest, beautifully illustrated and joyful celebration of how delightful raw food can be.

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Raw Foods for Busy People: Simple and Machine Free Recipes for Every Day Review

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(More customer reviews)I've read over 10 books on raw food lifestyle, and for the size of this one, it is one of the best I've read so far.
simple, easy, delicious, quick. what more could you ask for??
great as a gift for someone new to or considering eating raw/living food


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Enjoy and prepare simple raw foods, the healthiest foods nature has to offer, while living a busy lifestyle. This book is perfect for raw food beginners, busy people, health-conscious slackers, and those on temporary cleansing programs. It makes a great gift for the raw-curious as well, since it is the simplest and least intimidating raw food recipe book on the market. It includes over 120 recipes, almost half of which are or include machine-free options. The 2nd edition includes a weekly organization chart, 3 new recipes, and updated references.

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The Raw Foods Resource Guide Review

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(More customer reviews)I just love this little book, and I wish I'd had it when I first started working toward a raw diet. Don't let it's little size fool you (about 6x8" - perfect stocking stuffer!). It's one of the most useful books on raw foods that I've ever read, despite it's having only 90 pages. Jeremy Saffron, author of The Fasting Handbook: Dining from an Empty Bowl, has mastered the art of saying a lot by saying very little. He chooses his topics with care and covers them succinctly and completely.
Let me tell you what you'll get out of this book besides a complete list of raw restaurants and food sources. He answers all the questions that I and many others asked as raw food newbies (and frankly were still wondering about), like "Is nutritional yeast really raw?" and "If you could give me a list of the top five foods to include in my diet, what would they be?" I especially liked his sections on travel, dehydrating, foraging, and culturing, and extras like Easy Indoor Gardening and Types of Raw Food Diets (Hydrorians? Who knew?).
This is THE perfect gift for someone considering adopting a raw food diet.


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The raw food lifestyle has become synonymous with vitality, weight loss, and optimum health. But with the myriad information and complicated cookbooks in circulation, the thought of living the raw lifestyle can be intimidating. Before you reach for that frozen chicken breast and fire up the grill, explore the potential benefits and (un)cooking possibilities using THE RAW FOODS RESOURCE GUIDE.Raw food guru Jeremy Safron presents the basics of raw living, such as raw food diets, the value of dried foods, how to build your own dehydrator, the benefits of sprouted foods, and more.Packed with references for educational centers, websites, and books, this accessible and informative handbook provides everything you need to know to start living in the raw.

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The Well-Organized Camper Review

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(More customer reviews)I like to car camp and I like to backpack too. But I don't like getting ready! So many details, so much planning. This book has excellent organizational tips and lists that streamline the process. The author's philosophy is that "less is more" and she shows how to make that work in any camping situation. I was pleasantly surprised, after 20 years of camping, to find many new ideas for making my pack lighter, my camp food more interesting, and my feet happier (many good tips for foot care). I was also amazed by the dozens of uses to be gained from a bandana, dental floss, and a nylon net. I just wish I had had this book 20 years ago!

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Full of time-saving planning tips, this guide gets campers prepared for outdoor adventure by offering helpful advice on what to pack, how to organize gear, what to eat, how to plan a route, how to stay safe, and much more. A menu plan including home-dried one-pot meals makes eating on the trail fast and hearty. Handy master-packing lists help both novice and experienced campers pack only the necessary gear. This complete book will eliminate the obstacles that get in the way of outdoor fun whether readers are planning a backpacking trip, car camping fun, a camping trip with children, a paddle trip, a winter camping outing, or an international camping experience.

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The Raw Food Diet Myth Review

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(More customer reviews)This author did not waste one page of her book with uselss information. If you are interested in ntrition, eating healthy, and are toying with the idea of eating raw, this book is for you. The information is not overwhelming, and the author does not come across as a fanatic, but rather informs the reader of the diet's benefits, and motivates you to at least try this intriguing way of eating. This is probably the one book to really get the beginner started on becoming a raw foodist. There are a ton of resources in the book that makes this a must have for the raw food enthuiast as well as for the beginner. I read the entire book in one weekend, and bought one of the books she recommended and loved it as well. The Raw Food Detox Diet by Natalia Rose is the book that will actually get you through the steps and process of integrating the raw food lifestyle way of eating. I didn't care for the titles of the books, but the content is amazing! Another must-have book if the Complete Book of Raw Food. With these 3 books, you are set for years as a raw foodie!

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The Raw Food Diet Myth is a thought provoking exploration of the revolutionary philosophy of raw and living foods. Author and raw foodist Dr. Ruthann Russo proves that raw food is much more than a diet. She does this by bringing together an enjoyable and clear description of the food, lifestyle, treatment of the earth, each other and the quest for physical, spiritual and mental health within the raw food movement. In the section on Basics, you will read about the long and strong history of the raw food movement beginning with early leaders like physicians Max Bircher-Benner and Max Gerson to leaders of today like Dr. Gabriel Cousens and David Wolfe. In the Food section, Russo describes healthy conflict within the movement in chapters devoted completely to raw chocolate, raw sweeteners, and water. In the Lifestyle Russo delves into health, spirituality and physical fitness as well as ethics, economics, and even raw pets. The book provides you with worthwhile information to make a conscious decision about whether to incorporate any of the raw and living food philosophy into your own philosophy of living.

The purpose of this book is to introduce you to the revolutionary philosophy of raw and living foods by pulling together all of the components, including, but not limited to, diet, into one place. The book provides you with information to make a conscious decision about whether you will, or perhaps already have, incorporated any of the raw and living food philosophy into your own philosophy of living. The Raw Food Diet Myth covers:

The history of raw food lifestyle
Raw vs Living food
How to get raw
What you ll need to go raw
A list of acidic foods to avoid whether you are raw or not
Ethics of the raw food lifestyle

"I think your book is so great in presenting information in such a balanced and rational and very clear and compelling way, addressing all sorts of confusions that people have regarding raw food. Â THANK YOU!" - Sarma Melngailis, Proprietor, pure food and wine of New York

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Raw Foods for Busy People: Simple and Machine-Free Recipes for Every Day Review

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(More customer reviews)Its very apparent that a lot of love went into making this book. The layout, additional info and resources are excellent and presented very clearly.
As a single guy with not a lot of free time I searched all over for a Raw Foods cookbook that I could use. This is the ONLY book I found that has things I'd eat, enjoy and are easy to make without exorbitant costs or prep times or weird ingredients.
Honestly after researching a lot of the Raw Foods books I figured the only people who could eat this way are housewives with a lot of money, I couldnt imagine anyone spending the time or wanting to eat a lot of the recipes in these other books.
After making many things from the book I can say that they fall into two categories-great or bland/too watery. Things like the cinnamon stewed apples, cashew cream, schezwan marinade, halvah shake, puddings and the dehydrator recipes are outstanding. Others like the gravy, curry apple marinade, tahini marinade, mashed potatoes and others are way too watery or lack flavor. I'd still rate this book 5 stars since theres no other raw cookbook like this but I think she needs to fine tune some of these recipes.
Would still highly reccomend it though. It was a big relief to get a practical book like this after my 1st purchase- Raw in Ten which was truly an awful raw book.

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Enjoy and prepare simple raw foods, the healthiest foods nature has to offer, while living a busy lifestyle. This book is perfect for raw food beginners, busy people, health-conscious slackers, and those on temporary cleansing programs. It makes a great gift for the raw-curious as well, since it is the simplest and least intimidating raw food recipe book on the market. It includes over 120 recipes, almost half of which are or include machine-free options.

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Essential Eating: A Cookbook: Discover How to Eat, Not Diet Review

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(More customer reviews)People spend most of their adult lives searching for the right program to lose weight. I was no different.
I had tried every diet imaginable. The "no carb diet", (my cholesterol jumped up 23 points), "pre-package food diet", ( I gained 8 lbs. as soon as I went back to normal eating), "liquid diet,(won't even address what happened with that diet). Anyway, you get the picture.
Then one day, a friend introduced "Essential Eating" to me. This book answered all my questions and provided me with the answers I needed to live healthy, lose 27 lbs. and keep it off.
This is a wonderful program with delicious and easy to make recipes. You cook with "real organic food".
And the best thing is that it is not a diet. It is a way of life. I no longer have digestive or health related problems and feel better than I have felt in ages.
Over 2 years ago, I dropped 2 dress sizes, I dine out, have dinner parties and haven't gained a pound back.
Thank Essential Eating for changing my life.

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Before chemically enhanced foods were introduced, most people enjoyed a healthy diet of organic foods. The body is able to detoxify and feel better if easy-to-digest foods are incorporated into the diet. This book outlines an eating lifestyle that enables the body to heal and maintain its ideal weight through proper digestion. In 350 great tasting recipes, easily digested foods are introduced and a stress-free body environment is created. Also included are health assessments, seasonal food and digestion charts, weekly menus, and shopping lists.

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Eating Without Heating: Favorite Recipes from Teens Who Love Raw Food Review

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(More customer reviews)The book "Eating Without Heating", written by two
teens, displays wisdom beyond their years.
The book is magnificently illustrated with drawings by Valya.
"Eating Without Heating is a guide book to all things raw.
It is a treatise on the raw food philosophy. It is a cookbook.
It is a living testament to a family that bucked the school
establishment which tried to induce children to drink milk
and eat fast-food burgers for lunch. Their recipes are quite
a bit more sophisticated than just sliced cucumbers with dill
sauce. One example is an entire chapter on fermenting foods.
Sergei and Valya simply soak one cup of nuts in water overnight
and blend the resulting product in a blender until it is
smooth like heavy cream. They strain the mixture through
a sprout bag, pour into a jar, cover with cheesecloth,
and set in a warm place where the magic transfer of gases
and air through the mixture produces a tart yogurt-like
food. Try this with cashews and chopped mango.
They produce unique cheeses with the same method as
above. I'll soon be trying their sauerkraut and kim chee
recipes. I salivate at the thought of producing my own.
I've tasted raw breads, but have only wondered at the
mastery of culinary skills necessary to create such miracles.
From sprouted raw flax bread with kamut and walnuts to
chili corn chips, the Boutenko children make it all
seem simple, in easy-to-follow recipes. If you love
sourdough bread, you've got to try their recipe which
employs raw almond pulp with flax and caraway seeds.
These kids have timing! They save the best for last,
cookies, ice creams, and cakes. With secrets learned
from their mother (sprinkle coconut or nuts so that
the cake does not stick to the pan), and photographs
that tempt and delight (walnut cream cake, un-chocolate
cake, un-cheesecake, and many others), these recipes
are what one would expect to be served at the gates
of Valhalla. Try the Macadamia Date Pie or the
amazing Coconut-Date Truffles.

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I wish there were some way that I could get this message out to every single one of you. A message that would touch your lives and have you see that happiness is not sold in little baggies or a 40 oz. glass bottle. I wish that there were some way to show you, my own generation, that we can all be happy and free without drugs. I wish I could stop you from hurting your body and make you see how much you will regret it later in life. Most of all I wish that I could unite all of you and show you that every single one of you is beautiful and miraculous and that life would not be the same without you. Unfortunately, that is impossible, because the only way of teaching is actually not teaching at all! The only way I can get others to follow is by being a good example and sharing my story when asked. The words of even the wisest man are worth nothing if no one wants to hear them!

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Celebrating Our Raw Nature Review

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(More customer reviews)I find it odd that there are not more reviews of this book. Dorit has developed wonderful recipes that are easy and taste great. They are not the ones you see in all the other books.

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Enjoy an endless variety of nutritious choices from the plant kingdom as you build a foundation for improved health and longevity that is both physically and spiritually fulfilling. Dorit's recipes offer a smorgasbord of healthful choices that center on raw, seasonal and organic ingredients. Yet they are simple enough for even the most timid novice to gain confidence and expertise.As you learn to prepare the food your body needs to function at its best you'll also develop a new relationship to food that allows you to eat instinctively and consciously with all of your senses engaged.An added bonus is the eco-friendly impact a raw, vegan kitchen has on the environment. For quality of life in and out of the kitchen, this comprehensive guide will help anyone achieve vibrant, optimal health.

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