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Summary: Excellent cookbook, not 100% raw recipes but a great start!
Review: Despite the title, this isn't a one hundred percent raw cookbook. As the subtitle announces, it's actually includes recipes for "groundbreaking natural cuisine that combines the techniques of macrobiotic, vegan, allergy-free, and raw food disciplines." That said, it's one heck of a cook (and uncook-) book! If you are not completely convinced that you want to go raw, or you wish to make the transition gradually, this book offers a combination of terrific recipes for both uncooked salads, soups, and sauces, as well as cooked grains, soy products, and desserts. The author includes information on digestion, nutrients, and food combining. The glossary in the back will help you identify some of the more unusual ingredients, though if you are an accomplished vegan cook, you are probably familiar with most of them. There is also a section on germination so that you can start sprouting. This book appeals to me as a someone who is leaning toward raw foods but is not yet ready to go all the way. It's for you if you want to include more raw meals in your diet, and I promise you will love the recipes! They are some of the most unique and delicious I've tried.
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Summary: A+ for Rita -- nutrition 101 for me
Review: Excellent both as a cookbook and an introduction to live foods, macrobiotic dining, etc. Both the raw and cooked recipes are imaginative and delicious. Her tone is straightforward and empowering; she eschews the zeal often found in writings about these dietary disciplines. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Very Informative!
Review: I agree with the other reviewer. The title is just too misleading. Half the recipes are cooked, thereby destroying all the valuable enzymes. A Raw foods book should contain all raw recipes. Maybe she should've called it "Dining with Rita". If all the recipes were raw, then I would've given this book 4 stars.
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Summary: Very Informative!
Review: I am a vegan and am thinking about a raw diet. This is a great transitional book! Even though all of the recipes are not raw there is so much needed to know information before the recipes. I would suggest buying this book for a health nut that is not a vegetarian, I think they would definetly make the switch. Some might find the title deceiving but its a nice book to have even if you're a raw foodist.
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Summary: In The Buff included to In the Raw
Review: I have recently purchased this book in Australia and am slowly getting into the recipes. In Rita's defence her original book * which friends have* is titled to include " cooking with the Buff" which is the cooked section, maybe Rita needs to go back to the original title to stop the disappointments. Otherwise I do recommend this book if you are considering it. In Australia the only draw back is the terminology is sometimes different and some of the ingredients are difficult to come by... but we can get Braggs!!!
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Summary: Great Book made me contact AUTHOR
Review: I've really gotten into macrobiotic and raw foods. I want to be healthy until I die which I hope is a long way from my 59 years...I enjoyed it so much I contacted the author Rita Romano and asked her to teach me to cook. This she has now done. Great experience and great kitchen. Highly recommend it. I'm a southern girl with old southern ways so you can imagine how much I had to learn...We cooked and ate what we cooked. I truly learned a lot, especially about nuts and grains. Hopefully, now with Rita's teachings, I can teach my children and grandchildren. The grandchildren are really into it also. Eat and Stay Healthy. Best to you all.
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Summary: Great Book made me contact AUTHOR
Review: I've really gotten into macrobiotic and raw foods. I want to be healthy until I die which I hope is a long way from my 59 years...I enjoyed it so much I contacted the author Rita Romano and asked her to teach me to cook. This she has now done. Great experience and great kitchen. Highly recommend it. I'm a southern girl with old southern ways so you can imagine how much I had to learn...We cooked and ate what we cooked. I truly learned a lot, especially about nuts and grains. Hopefully, now with Rita's teachings, I can teach my children and grandchildren. The grandchildren are really into it also. Eat and Stay Healthy. Best to you all.
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