The Garden of Eden Raw Fruit and Vegetable Recipes

Rating:
Summary: Garden of Eden AFTER the snake
Review: Although I want to eat healthier, having a lunch of raw corn on the cob, spinach, pickling cucumber and sprouts isn't going to do much for my McDonald's appetite. Where do you get sunflower sprouts? What is cherimoya? Dried pulse? Many of the ingredients were not available. My grocer hadn't even heard of some of them. Very disappointing book

Rating:
Summary: Garden of Eden AFTER the snake
Review: Although I want to eat healthier, having a lunch of raw corn on the cob, spinach, pickling cucumber and sprouts isn't going to do much for my McDonald's appetite. Where do you get sunflower sprouts? What is cherimoya? Dried pulse? Many of the ingredients were not available. My grocer hadn't even heard of some of them. Very disappointing book

Rating:
Summary: Good, but needs a proofreader
Review: This book is a good, tasty collection of no muss, little fuss raw recipes. The author assumes you know how to make sprouts (although a brief recipe is included) and have a working ability to substitute for hard-to-find ingredients. Most of the recipes are tasty and work well. My main gripe is that some recipes, particularly those using garbonzos, are very unclear whether you are to soak only, soak and sprout, or what. Some editing/proofreading could have solved these problems. Otherwise, try them out. The "brown bag" lunch ideas alone are worth the cost of this little book, and the cookies are tasty.