Pros: Fantastic repository of knowledge, information, how-to’s, and delicious recipes Cons: I imagine it would be a bit tough to learn to butcher from images and descriptions alone Rating: 5 out of 5 Review book (published 20011) provided by Random…
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"The Butcher's Guide to Well-Raised Meat," Applestone, Applestone, and Zissu
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: Alexandra Zissu, beef, cookbooks, Fleisher's, Jessica Applestone, Joshua Applestone, lamb, meat, organic, pork, poultry, recipes, sustainability
"Easy Green Organic," Anna Getty
Pros: Delicious, easy food; lots of information on eating green, organic, sustainable, etc. Cons: Binding issues Rating: 4 out of 5 Review book (published 2010) provided courtesy of Chronicle Books. Anna Getty’s Easy Green Organic is a great place…
"Organic Gardening," Charles Dowding
Pros: A thorough guide to organic gardening Cons: Definitely most useful to British readers Rating: 4 out of 5 Review copy courtesy of Chelsea Green Publishing. Visit Charles Dowding’s site. Charles Dowding’s Organic Gardening the Natural No-Dig Way is…
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: Charles Dowding, fruit, Gardening, herbs, no-dig, organic, vegetables
"Baking with Agave Nectar," Ania Catalano
Pros: Delicious & so much healthier! Cons: Occasional mild structural problems Rating: 5 out of 5 Review book courtesy of Ten Speed Press. Visit Ania Catalano online. An extra entry in the Soup’s On [dead link removed] challenge. Agave…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: agave nectar, Ania Catalano, cookbooks, Cooking, diabetes, Health, organic, recipes, whole foods
Eating Healthfully
The one thing that all ‘experts’ on health and eating (whether they’re doctors, nutritionists, or just proponents of the latest fad) seem to agree on is this: colorful, non-starchy veggies are healthy. They go back and forth on everything else,…
"Food 2.0," Charlie Ayers
Pros: Delicious recipes; on the cutting edge of healthful eating Cons: You might have trouble finding some ingredients Rating: 5 out of 5 Review book courtesy of DK Publishing through the LibraryThing program for early reviewers. Visit the author’s website.…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: Charlie Ayers, cookbooks, Cooking, Google, Health, organic, whole foods
"New Good Food," Margaret M. Wittenberg
Pros: Incredible wealth of information on natural foods Cons: A bit dry Rating: 5 out of 5 Review book courtesy of Ten Speed Press. Margaret M. Wittenberg is a VP of Whole Foods Market as well as a former…
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: cookbooks, Cooking, Margaret Wittenberg, natural foods, New Good Food, organic, recipes, whole foods, whole grains
Brown Rice Syrup
When I was working on reviewing Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Cooking, one of the things I looked forward to was trying out some of the natural, non-super-processed sweeteners out there. After all, they sometimes have slightly lower glycemic indexes, they…
Heidi Swanson’s Natural Foods Cookbooks
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was working on reviewing Heidi Swanson’s cookbook. Unfortunately it took a little time, because I needed a good solid weekend free for shopping and cooking, and I didn’t get one of those…
"Super Natural Cooking," by Heidi Swanson
The recipes from this book more than prove Ms. Swanson’s skill in the creative kitchen. One of the surest signs I’ve found of a brilliant cook over the years is the ability to take a few, often mild ingredients and turn them into something that is more than the sum of its parts–a wholly new and complex flavor. This she does easily.
Posted in Cooking, Reviews Tagged with: all natural, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, Cooking, Health, healthy, Heidi Swanson, organic, recipes, whole grain