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Summary: My favorite raw "cook" book
Review: ...This is one of the most beautiful recipe books I've ever seen; it doubles as a nice coffee table book! I've always loved cookbooks that show you what the finished recipes are supposed to look like, especially when I'm new to a certain style of cooking (or in this case not cooking). Her book is over-the-top wonderful with lovely photos on every page.Another thing that makes this book so different from other raw "cookbooks" is that Nomi shows you to find the time to prepare raw meals, sprout, etc. Extras include "Ten Raw Food Kitchen Essentials," a sprouting chart, information about food combining, a 3-week menu plan, and so much more! The recipes are as varied and wonderful as any cooked food you've ever eaten, from breakfast grains to juices and salads to pies, cookies, and ice cream! Check out the table of contents to see the incredibly long list of different kinds of recipes she has included in this fabulous book. You won't believe how much you can do with raw foods! I also liked that she includes a notation that shows you which recipes are "properly combined" for those new to food combining. If I had to choose only one of my raw foods recipe books to keep, it would be this one.
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Summary: Raw foodism has never been more clearly explained in detail!
Review: David's book is packed full of information that everyone can learn by. The best part of the book was the detailed explanation of the three food groups a raw foodist should eat from to attain and keep the body functioning at its most optimal level. If you want to know everything you possibly would need to know to follow a raw food diet, this is the book! For beginner's, the best part of the book would be how to slowly transition from a Standard American Diet to a raw food diet. Excellent step-by-step hints and suggestions.
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Summary: Ditto On The Five Stars!!
Review: I couldn't wait to receive this book after ordering it from Amazon. From the other reviews I had read, I was excited about seeing all the mouth-watering recipes. After all, one needs to have some incentive to eat raw food over and over again. And, I wasn't disappointed.
The first recipe I concocted was on page 186 'Orange-Date Dessert Bars'. YUMMY. Fun to fix and delicious to eat. As a matter of fact, the taste was very similar to some health-food bars for which I pay $2.85 EACH. So, right away I probably made up for the cost of the book. (Not including ingredients)
Anyway, the photos are, indeed, incredible and will easily help you decide which recipes to try first. There's such an assortment of salads, soups, and drinks that anyone can find something they like.
I don't have an expensive professional juicer. I use a Juiceman Jr. and I have a Cuisinart Blender/Processor Combo, which I found sufficient for use with the recipes found here. After using the blender, I poured the puree into a sieve and mashed it down with a wooden spoon to release as much juice at possible.
I'm very happy with the purchase of this book and plan to share it with others ( at least temporarily) to motivate them into getting 'healthy', too.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I have followed healthy eating habits for about 10 years with great results. I began with "transitional" type cookbooks and gradually became more raw over time. Great tasting and easy to follow recipes are contained in this eye appealing book. For the beginner in this type of eating some of the ingredients may be a bit challenging to find if you don't have access to a quality health food store. A little perseverance is well worth the effort.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I have followed healthy eating habits for about 10 years with great results. I began with "transitional" type cookbooks and gradually became more raw over time. Great tasting and easy to follow recipes are contained in this eye appealing book. For the beginner in this type of eating some of the ingredients may be a bit challenging to find if you don't have access to a quality health food store. A little perseverance is well worth the effort.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I have followed healthy eating habits for about 10 years with great results. I began with "transitional" type cookbooks and gradually became more raw over time. Great tasting and easy to follow recipes are contained in this eye appealing book. For the beginner in this type of eating some of the ingredients may be a bit challenging to find if you don't have access to a quality health food store. A little perseverance is well worth the effort.
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Summary: GREAT book for beginning raw foodists!
Review: I love this book in that it gives me a lot of good ideas on what direction to take my creativity. It has a lot of recipes for great soups and great sauces and dressings. A must for beginning raw foodists!
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Summary: Thank You Nomi for such a wondeful book!
Review: I love this book! The pictures are absolutely beautiful andNomi does an incredibly great job of "talking to you"throughout the preparation instructions. Her wondeful creativity allows someone without food genius, like me, to just follow the directions and come up with a masterpiece creation that even my standard American diet husband loves. Buy it today! I have never felt better in my life than when I eat vegetarian raw and living foods. I am dropping weight easily and I am healthy! END
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Summary: There are better raw books...
Review: My husband and I are transitioning to raw foods. We have read numerous books and were prompted to buy The Raw Gourmet because of the cover and the incredible photos inside. Truly, the pictures are stunning. Unfortunately, the recipes lack that certain something. We made a few, but there were no instructions on exactly how to get the results she got in her pics. In some recipes, the photo didn't even show the same ingredients she lists in the recipe! I returned the book to the health food store after one week. There are better raw food books out there. See my review on Rainbow Green...
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Please - Buy, Borrow or Steal this book, and Go Raw. There is no excuse. This book makes meal preparation quick and easy. You can not go wrong. Worth every penny. They don't use wierd, expensive and difficult to find ingredients, and they don't expect you to be a chef like some other books do. I tell you that this book will save your life. Brillient!
Thank you Nomi and Brian. You've saved mine already.
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