See also a list of books dealing with this topic:
Life on Planet Earth > In regards to eating meat
And, here are books on raw foods:
These are the books I have recently purchased, based on the rave reviews! I read the reviews of every raw vegan book on amazon.com I could find! However I have not actually tested out all these books, but am still just getting started myself. I can tell you that I'm very disappointed in Jennifer Cornbleet's book Raw Food Made Easy - it looks really good at first glance but the seasonings aren't very good. It may have a few good things in it but overall it has been a disappointment.
Avoid!! Raw in 10 Minutes by Bryan Au - Not recommended, unless you like some veggies just tossed together and called a pizza
Avoid!! The UNcook Book - Baker - this was all I had 25+ years ago. Can you see why I failed at raw foods? heh Soak and mash up some nuts, season to taste with Bragg's - bleh!
Also books by Ann Wigmore were instrumental in the raw vegan movement, but as recipe books, bleh bleh. Same with Viktoras Kulvinskas, though his Survival into the 21st Century is a hardcore, cult classic.
LOVE/HATE: Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook - First of all it is NOT raw nor is it even vegetarian! Has more meat than veggies. And many dehydrating instructions call for blanching first - ??? what's up with that?? However it does have some useful info. So I still haven't decided if I wasted my $$ or not. I'm pretty sure I did.
Also of note: 80/10/10 Diet by Dr. Douglas N. Graham is VERY hardcore purist! Nothing gourmet here! NOT recommended, although many athletes swear by it, so you might want to check it out sometime for that reason. I got it and may do it for quick weight loss - which you of course don't need! Frederick Pataneaude follows this type of diet, if you are familiar with him.
You will probably want to check out the reviews yourself.
Also, I put a * by those that have lots of color pictures - definitely a plus!
Enjoy!
The really really awesome raw vegan books (or so they say)
12 Steps to Raw Foods - Victoria Boutenko (NOT a recipe book) I've read it and yes it's awesome! A bit dogmatic and rigid in some ways, but still inspiring.
Living Raw Food - Sarma Melngailis *
Everyday Raw - Matthew Kenney *
Ani's Raw Food Essentials - Ani Phyo (she has a new one on Asian cuisine coming out in May) some B&W pix only. I really like her style and the recipes look good, though I just got the book so haven't tried any yet. She really blew my mind with her raw vegan dog story. She has other books too but this one is supposedly the best. I may check out her others sometime.
Living in the Raw - Rose Lee Calabro
Living Cuisine - Renee Loux Underkoffler
The Art of Raw Living - Doreen Virtue/Jenny Ross
The World Goes Raw Cookbook - Lisa Mann
The Raw Gourmet - Nomi Shannon
Celebrating our Raw Nature - Dorit
The Complete Book of Raw Food - Lori Baird, editor (not sure yet how good this is, had mixed reviews, but looks like it does have some good tips)
Kristen Suzanne's Easy Raw Vegan Dehydrating (small book but invaluable!) She makes $$ by publishing a series of tiny raw vegan books, which could have all been combined into 1 book, really. I haven't been able to bring myself to buy any of her others, but I'm glad I got this one.
Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine - Gabriel Cousens MD
(Note: His book Conscious Eating isn't raw but is transitional veg.)
Also of interest (though not totally raw): The Nut Gourmet - Zel Allen
The Dehydrator Cookbook - Joanna White (not totally veg but mostly)
And, if you are interested in edible weeds, here are THE BEST:
The Forager's Harvest - Samuel Thayer (also has a dvd by the same name)
Nature's Garden - Samuel Thayer
Edible Wild Plants - John Kallas, PhD
I have lots of others on wild edibles but most don't have good pix for proper ID'ing. And some are even inaccurate. Thayer and Kallas know their s$%#! and have awesome pix - beautiful books!
Sprouting
Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook - Steve Meyerowitz
Sprouts the Miracle Food - Steve Meyerowitz
Sprout Garden - Mark Braunstein
Life on Planet Earth > In regards to eating meat
And, here are books on raw foods:
These are the books I have recently purchased, based on the rave reviews! I read the reviews of every raw vegan book on amazon.com I could find! However I have not actually tested out all these books, but am still just getting started myself. I can tell you that I'm very disappointed in Jennifer Cornbleet's book Raw Food Made Easy - it looks really good at first glance but the seasonings aren't very good. It may have a few good things in it but overall it has been a disappointment.
Avoid!! Raw in 10 Minutes by Bryan Au - Not recommended, unless you like some veggies just tossed together and called a pizza
Avoid!! The UNcook Book - Baker - this was all I had 25+ years ago. Can you see why I failed at raw foods? heh Soak and mash up some nuts, season to taste with Bragg's - bleh!
Also books by Ann Wigmore were instrumental in the raw vegan movement, but as recipe books, bleh bleh. Same with Viktoras Kulvinskas, though his Survival into the 21st Century is a hardcore, cult classic.
LOVE/HATE: Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook - First of all it is NOT raw nor is it even vegetarian! Has more meat than veggies. And many dehydrating instructions call for blanching first - ??? what's up with that?? However it does have some useful info. So I still haven't decided if I wasted my $$ or not. I'm pretty sure I did.
Also of note: 80/10/10 Diet by Dr. Douglas N. Graham is VERY hardcore purist! Nothing gourmet here! NOT recommended, although many athletes swear by it, so you might want to check it out sometime for that reason. I got it and may do it for quick weight loss - which you of course don't need! Frederick Pataneaude follows this type of diet, if you are familiar with him.
You will probably want to check out the reviews yourself.
Also, I put a * by those that have lots of color pictures - definitely a plus!
Enjoy!
The really really awesome raw vegan books (or so they say)
12 Steps to Raw Foods - Victoria Boutenko (NOT a recipe book) I've read it and yes it's awesome! A bit dogmatic and rigid in some ways, but still inspiring.
Living Raw Food - Sarma Melngailis *
Everyday Raw - Matthew Kenney *
Ani's Raw Food Essentials - Ani Phyo (she has a new one on Asian cuisine coming out in May) some B&W pix only. I really like her style and the recipes look good, though I just got the book so haven't tried any yet. She really blew my mind with her raw vegan dog story. She has other books too but this one is supposedly the best. I may check out her others sometime.
Living in the Raw - Rose Lee Calabro
Living Cuisine - Renee Loux Underkoffler
The Art of Raw Living - Doreen Virtue/Jenny Ross
The World Goes Raw Cookbook - Lisa Mann
The Raw Gourmet - Nomi Shannon
Celebrating our Raw Nature - Dorit
The Complete Book of Raw Food - Lori Baird, editor (not sure yet how good this is, had mixed reviews, but looks like it does have some good tips)
Kristen Suzanne's Easy Raw Vegan Dehydrating (small book but invaluable!) She makes $$ by publishing a series of tiny raw vegan books, which could have all been combined into 1 book, really. I haven't been able to bring myself to buy any of her others, but I'm glad I got this one.
Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine - Gabriel Cousens MD
(Note: His book Conscious Eating isn't raw but is transitional veg.)
Also of interest (though not totally raw): The Nut Gourmet - Zel Allen
The Dehydrator Cookbook - Joanna White (not totally veg but mostly)
And, if you are interested in edible weeds, here are THE BEST:
The Forager's Harvest - Samuel Thayer (also has a dvd by the same name)
Nature's Garden - Samuel Thayer
Edible Wild Plants - John Kallas, PhD
I have lots of others on wild edibles but most don't have good pix for proper ID'ing. And some are even inaccurate. Thayer and Kallas know their s$%#! and have awesome pix - beautiful books!
Sprouting
Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook - Steve Meyerowitz
Sprouts the Miracle Food - Steve Meyerowitz
Sprout Garden - Mark Braunstein