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Way to follow up!
This was a great sequel to Book One. I was excited to see new recipes and the tips you offer are invaluable!

priceless resource
purchased this book for my son and daughter-in-law to help with
Buy the first book and borrow this one...
Although this book has some good recipes, it isn't the book the first one is.Her first book had recipes that were much easier to cook and to adapt to your own child's needs (if they had any yeast problems or other allergies).This cook book is good but if you can only buy one, spend the money on the first one or on a Carol Fenster cookbook. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children with Special Needs    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet/Nutrition    4. Diets - General    5. Diets - Special Conditions    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health & Healing - General    8. Health/Fitness    9. Autism in children    10. Autistic children    11. Cooking/Health & Healing - General    12. Diet therapy    13. Diet therapy for children    14. Family & Relationships/Children with Special Needs    15. Family & Relationships/General    16. Gluten-free diet    17. Health & Fitness / Diets    18. Rehabilitation   

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The deeper side of cooking
This book is the very first which transformed me from one who dislikes cooking into one that is eager to cook and learn more and more!!! I just simply cannot believe this is happening to me. I have never liked cooking. And it makes for the most thrilling reading too!!
Great recipes!
This is a fantastic cookbook for experienced cooks wanting to explore both Indian cooking as well as Ayurvedic cooking.I've learned a lot about the appropriate use and balance of traditional Indian spices.
Good Tastes, Love and Wisdom
This cookbook has been one of my favorites ever since it first came out in 1990.Now 15 years later, it is ripped, worn, bent, curry stained and I'm buying a new copy. The recipes taste great,have greatly enhanced my family's health and vitality and been enjoyed by many friends. But it's not just a cookbook.The authors bless us with an Ayurvedic perspective on diet, constitution, lifestyle and body/mind/spirit healing and also clarify contemporary health issues related to sugar, dairy products and soyfoods in the light of ancient wisdom.This book is beautifully written, intelligently conceived and vibrates with wisdom and love. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Cookery, Indic    3. Cooking    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Macrobiotic diet    7. Medicine, Ayurvedic    8. Recipes    9. Cooking / General    10. Food & Drink / Cookery   

Reviews (49)

You've got to read this book!
I received this book as a gift. There are quite a few books on this subject on the market and this one is the best. I too could not put it down and finished it in 3 days. It's a huge book, a great resource that is well researched and written.. I have a few friends who've purchased this book and really loved it too. I can highly recommend this book.
Easy recipes
I really like the recipes in this book.Using the slow cooker makes life as a full-time working mom easy as can be.The ingredients are not off the wall like other cookbooks, and the meals taste great!The family loves everything I have made so far using the recipes in this book, which is great because low-carb is the healthy way to go.

I love it!
I've been living a low carb lifestyle for the past two years.This book makes my life so easy!I don't really like the desserts, but my husband has enjoyed them.These recipes have made my life so easy!I set everything in the crock pot before I leave for work, and when I come home, dinner's ready.Even my kids, who are extremely picky, enjoy the recipes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Electric cookery, Slow    5. Electric cooking    6. General    7. Health & Healing - Diabetic & Sugar Free    8. Health & Healing - Low Fat    9. Low-carbohydrate diet    10. Methods - General    11. Nutrition And Diet    12. Recipes   

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Some concepts are dated, but overall, a good health guide
In the book, Mr. Kloss said of all diseases, "God has invented the cure and is waiting for man to discover it."The longer I practice as a pharmacist, the more I realize he was right.
Informative
Good information but I find many of the treatments brief or outdated, I prefer The Little Herb Encyclopedia by Jack Ritchason. Together they make the perfect herbal library.

if I could own one book other than the bible this would be it.
This book should be in everyone's home.Lots of information you will not get anywhere else.It's all useful every page. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Herbal Medications    6. Aromatherapy    7. Health & wholefood cookery    8. Homoeopathy   

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For beginners; non-n00bs should listen to the podcast
I'd been vegan for about 8 years when I read this book. It was amusing and I liked the style (I, for one, love making fun of overaged hippies; their belief that they invented social progress can be pretty annoying.) But there's not much in it for experienced vegans.
An Easy-to-Read Helpful Book
This book provides the basics of many useful tips and changes you need to make to be vegan, all in a very informal tone. It was an easy to read book with everything helpful you need, from listing common animal-based ingredients to places where you can get non-leather or fur materials.
Great for vegetarians too!
Well written book with many bases covered on veganism and the ethics of diet.This book is helpful for vegetarians, vegans, and really anyone who wants a better understanding of the topic and what their food choices mean.Vegetarians who read this book will realize that vegans are on the same team but better players and can aspire to be vegan or at least as vegan as possible.This book is a particularly good resource for someone who has chosen a vegetarian or vegan diet for ethical reasons (primarily) and wants to know how to handle the `hell' of other people with their misinformation, pre-conceived notions, and generally negative attitude toward vegetarian / vegan dietary choices. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animal Rights    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diet/Nutrition    5. Diets - General    6. Diets - Special Conditions    7. Health & Fitness    8. Political    9. Specific Ingredients - Natural Foods    10. Vegetarian - General    11. Animal welfare    12. Cooking-Vegetarian - General    13. Health & Fitness / Diets    14. Nature-Animal Rights    15. Vegetarianism   

Reviews (78)

A must-read
If you can only buy one book today, this should be the one. If you came here planning to buy several books, this should still be at the very top of your list. And while you're at it, consider getting a copy for someone you dearly care about as well. The Food Revolution is the one book that will tell you the truth about the food you eat, and how your food choices impact your own health, as well as world hunger, the environment, and the welfare of the other creatures that share this planet with us. In his inimitable, gentle way, John Robbins presents the facts about the impact our animal-centered Western diet has on our bodies and our world...never judging, never saying 'you must do this or that,' but simply presenting the facts YOU need to make informed choices. The beauty of this book lies in its readability. Robbins is an outstanding writer, and he blends anecdotes with hard data in a way that makes The Food Revolution highly accessible. In fact, it's difficult to put it down. That said, it's also a supremely well-documented work, as was its predecessor, the bestselling Diet For a New America. Robbins doesn't expect you to take his word for what he says...the primary sources are clearly indicated. This is a book for the scientist and the truck driver...for the secretary and the dietician. It should be required reading for all medical doctors, nutritionists, and politicians. It should be top on the list for anyone concerned with human health, world hunger, animal welfare or the environment. Whatever you know, or think you know, about the food you eat...where it comes from, how it's produced, what it does for your body (good or bad)...I strongly encourage you to read The Food Revolution. You may or may not agree with Robbins' conclusions, but I guarantee you will never regard the food on your plate the same way again. You will be challenged...you will be amazed, appalled and quite possibly inspired...but most important, you will be educated as to just how much power you hold, over your own health and over the health of the planet and its peoples, in the hand that wields your fork.
Food for thought
Reading this book will make you think more than twice about what you eat. It is a must read for anyone concerned with their health, our planet, and overall wellbeing. Thankfully I already followed a pretty clean diet void of animal products. This book is full of a lot of facts (the footnotes are extensive- lots of research to back up the points) and draw a bleak portrait of the food industry in the US.

Best book I have ever read
Most informative book ever written. Something to live life by. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diets - Better Health    3. Diets - General    4. Eating customs    5. Food habits    6. Food of animal origin    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Healthy Living    10. United States    11. Vegetarian - General    12. Diets & dieting    13. Health & Healing   

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Repeat of information from other books
If you think you are buying a book with over 300 pages of recipes, save your money.Over 2/3 of the book is repeat advice about how to eat the "real age way".Along with this repeated information from Dr. Roizen's previous Real Age books is "silly" advice ranging from what kitchen utensils will increase your kitchen IQ along with how and when to buy produce.

Not nearly enough recipes
I love Dr. Roizen, and Dr. Oz, who both have appeared on Oprah many times.Their not about fad diets, etc., but just eating right.I was dissapointed with this book, though.I thought I was getting a cookbook, and instead it was 3/4 reading and 1/4 recipes.I thought it was hard to follow. "You" The owners Manual is a much better book to read, which was written by both Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz.

Cooking the RealAge Way review
I found this book most helpful. It makes a great companion for his other books on RealAge. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aging    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Diets - General    5. Health & Healing - Heart    6. Healthy Living    7. Nutrition    8. Nutrition And Diet    9. Nutritional aspects    10. Prevention    11. Cooking / General   

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Great, and easy to use.
I found Katzen's book informative interesting and easy to use. When i got the book I read it cover to finish simply out of interest. She gives a historical introduction to her experience with vegetarianism and her inspiration for the cookbook. Her pictures and handwriting font make the book personable and charming.I would recommend this book to anyone vegetarian or not who is interested in creating yummy recipes that are easy to follow and great to eat.

A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!
I loved the first (1970s) edition of this cookbook, just as I do Mollie Katzen's other books, and those by the Moosewood Collective.Unfortunately, however, everything I tried from this book was a poor imitation of the version in the first book (and many were grossly inedible).If you want a good, healthy vegetarian book, I recommend those by Martha Rose Schulman (I've never had a failure with any of her recipes; even the fat-free, salt-free are okay), or Moosewood's Low-Fat Favorites (which vary in quality; some are wonderful and other's mediocre, but none were this bad)

The Best Cookbook Ever
I enjoy reading and using this book over and over again. After 25 years of cooking it turned this chore into an exciting hobby. Tips are excellent. Most important: healthy equals tasty with Mollie. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery (Natural foods)    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Vegetarian - General    5. Vegetarian cookery    6. Vegetarian cooking   

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The Oil Protein Diet Cookbook
I would highly recommend this book to those who desire to improve their health by incorporating flax seeds and flax oil into the diet.The cookbook gives many ways to include flax oil at every meal and even for dessert.The ice cream recipes using flax oil are absolutely delicious.

The Oil Protein Diet Cookbook, by Johanna Dr. Budwig
This book is the companion to her first book.While the first book is really a compilation of her various lectures to peers over a long span of years, this book actually explains in more detail how her diet works and also suggests diets that are nutritious to the point of being adequate for athletes in training.If I had to choose "one" this would be IT.As a cancer victim myself you can read my review of the other book about how well her diet works.Buying this book and following her diet will be the best investment in your own health you will ever make.Buy and read both her books, but especially this one. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diets - Better Health    4. Health & Healing - General    5. Specific Ingredients - Natural Foods   

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The 1200-Calorie-a-day Menu Cookbook
It is very informative and has several great recipes.Needs a few more pictures and a possible menu plan.But over all a good book to give you some recipes to get you started in planning your 1200 calorie a day menu.

Misunderstanding
The only complaint I have about this book is that I thought it would help me cook a 1,200 calorie a day menu for myself.I was looking for a book to help me learn to cook for 1 or two.The recipes contained in this book are for 4-6 servings.

Most useful cookbook I own
This cookbook is SUCH a good idea!The fact that it has so many menus that total under 1200 calories is so helpful when eating "less" can be so boring.And, that it has breakfast as well as lunch & dinner is unusual for a "diet" cookbook, too. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diets - General    4. Health & Healing - General    5. Health & Healing - Weight Control    6. Low-fat diet    7. Methods - Quick & Easy    8. Recipes    9. Reducing diets    10. Weight loss    11. Dictionaries    12. Health & Fitness / Diets    13. Health & wholefood cookery   

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Excellent Raw Cookbook
The Raw Gourmet should be owned by everyone who desires better health! Just flipping through the pages looking at the photos is simply mouth-watering! The recipes are easy to prepare and are simply delicious!

Saves me a lot of time and thrills my taste buds!
What first got my attention is the section in Nomi's book called "Ten Raw Food Kitchen Essentials". Without this, preparing raw recipes can require a lot of time in the kitchen, and a lot of planning ahead. ("Darn, I forgot to soak the almonds last night.") This guide shows you how to be extremely efficient, the ingredients you need are always at your fingertips.
So Pleased
I love this book!It has great information and wonderful recipes!The pictures are beautiful too! I have a lot of raw cookbooks... but this one is such a favorite!You'll be delighted with how good you feel and look eating this way too! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diets - Special Conditions    4. Methods - Gourmet    5. Specific Ingredients - Natural Foods    6. Vegetarian cookery   

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Great reading, great recipies!
I don't understand why some reviewers say that this book isn't for all allergies. I have 3 kids with different allergens. I enjoyed the easy "key" at the bottom of each recipe with different substitutions. Some reviewers said they were brainless, I say "give me brainless substitutions!" At the end of the day when I'm making dinner, I need easy, quick, and edible! I like the fact that the book calls for rice flour. I don't like cooking with other gluten free flours because they do taste icky. Like any cookbook that I have, there are recipies that arn't our favorite, but there are many more that we enjoy and use on a daily basis- Have you even tried the flourless chocolate cake, the the lemon cake, the soups, the great snack ideas? Any one who says there is nothing in this book for them, has obviously not read the whole thing. From one mommy to another- Good Job Authors! P.S -Awsome party ideas, our kids classroom loved our cupcakes this year!

A gluten-free cookbook passed off as dairy, nut and egg-free.
Many, many recipes in this book call for eggs, nuts, peanuts and milk.My son is allergic to all these but CAN actually eat wheat just fine.I thought this book would have lots of ideas on things I could feed my son.But really it is a gluten-free cookbook which calls for his allergens and then says, "for egg allergies omit eggs", "for nut allergy omit nuts."I could have just bought a gluten-free cookbook and omited eggs and nuts.There would be no difference except that I wouldn't feel frustrated every time I read "omit nuts" and "use soy milk instead of milk" or whatever.
Not Impressed
I thought this book was going to be full of great recipes for parents who have kids with food allergies. Some of the recipes tell you "common sense" things; substitute egg with Energ egg replacer, which if you have a child with egg allergies you know that. It has a recipe for Easy Mac that has noodles, butter and a cheese packet. That is the recipe on the macaroni box. Sorry! I feel like I wasted my money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diet therapy    4. Food allergy    5. Food allergy in children    6. Health & Healing - General    7. Recipes    8. Advice on parenting    9. Health & wholefood cookery   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Health & Healing - General    4. Methods - General    5. Cooking / Quick & Easy   

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Low Carb and low fat - is that what you really want?
I've read through the whole book, but haven't actually tried any of the recipes yet.They sound good, but she uses non-fat products frequently.A good low carb diet needs good fats included in it.If I use these recipes I will be using products that still have the fat in them.

even kids like it
This is my first review but I had to let people know that this book is so easy, fast and the best tasting food I ever made. We tried all kinds of new foods through this book that I normally wouldn't buy. I'm no cook but even my finicky kids loved these recipes. It's also nice to know we're eating healthier. Great book!!!
Must have cookbook
I am a diabetic and have to follow a diet that closely monitors my carbohydrates.This book has delicious, easy recipes that everyone will enjoy.I love the simplicity - every recipe has less than seven ingredients.
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Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Health & Healing - General    5. Health & Healing - Weight Control    6. Low-carbohydrate diet    7. Methods - Quick & Easy    8. Quick and easy cookery    9. Recipes    10. Cooking / Dietary   

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Very informative
This book covered the cheese making process in depth, and I feel that I understand the process and have confidence in making cheese.

Cheese Gromit!
I had tried to make cheese from recipies I had found online with little success.I was rather frustrated and decided to buy this book and see what I was doing wrong.My first batch was a chedder cheese which came out exactly as the book promiced first time.My second batch was a gouda cheese which I upsized to a 3 gallon batch from the 2 gallon recipie using the instructions in the book and once again it came out perfect.
Comprehensive Cheese Making
Home Cheese Making by Laura Werlin is an excellent addition to any cheese-makers library. This book contains easy to follow instructions on making a fantastic variety of cheeses and is suitable for both the beginner and more advanced cheese-maker.As a novice in this field I found the instructions easy to follow and the range of cheeses discussed fascinating. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Agriculture - General    2. Cheesemaking    3. Cookery (Cheese)    4. Cooking    5. Cooking / Wine    6. Specific Ingredients - Dairy    7. Cookery by ingredient    8. Cooking / Dairy    9. TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / General    10. Vegetarian cookery   

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Great for the Reforming Fast Food Junkie!
As a guy who LOVES fast food (give me anything fried!), I've been disappointed to find my metabolism slowing as I get older.Translation: I now find myself packing on the pounds when I eat fast food.This book shows quick and easy ways to prepare some of my favorite fast food items, in a way that tastes just as good, but isn't hard on the waist line. It's a good thing, too, because I don't know if I ever could have given up the drive thru!

The secret is out!
As someone who craves McDonalds french fries, but desperately steers my car away from the drive-thru, it's nice to know that I can still get my "fast food fix" without the guilt.I was wary of this book when I first heard about it from a friend and thought that the recipes would take way longer to make than they do.Plus, how could you actually make healthy french fries that still tasted like Mickie D's?I was surprised to find that not only was the food easy and quick to make, but it tastes really good.My days of avoiding the drive-thru are over.Who needs it?I think I've found this year's stocking stuffer!

Fun Food
I don't think you need to be a "fast-food junkie" to enjoy this cookbook. While the calorie- and fat-cutting recipies will certainly be enjoyed by fast-food lovers, the not-too-difficult, easy-to-follow directions let anyone create food that is low in fat but also fun and different.
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Subjects:  1. Convenience foods    2. Cookery    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Methods - Quick & Easy    7. Nutrition    8. Health & wholefood cookery   

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Wonderful, but not my local!
I love this book. It's wonderful to get an update on both good and bad farming practices and dietary habits since "Diet for a Small Planet", and wonderful to see so much hope for better eating. The recipes all sound so delicious. My only reason for giving it 4 * rather than 5 is that I'm not based in a large city in the USA where these ingredients are available. But in some ways, this is the point of Grub; a call to learn what is sold by small businesses in your local area, and a call to support local farmers. It's up to me to explore my local stores; for me this means learning to use the ingredients sold by my local Turkish, Vietnamese and Korean grocers, and what is grown by my local Italian, Greek and Vietnamese farmers. Grub encourages all to learn to use what is fresh, in season, and healthy. So I can only actually cook half of the recipes - but that's about average, and the book gives me inspiration to change my habits to find some of my own.

A book for the "Yucca Chowder" Generation
"Grub" opens by poking fun at people who get "cranky when the goat cheese isn't served at room temperature", or are "fond of restaurants that serve chocolate-covered edamame", and then goes on to gleefully serve up recipes such as "Yucca Chowder", a recipe which by itself calls for a dizzying list of exotic ingredients including yucca, "kombu", "recao", saffron, and okra.What is the point of lecturing for half the book about using locally grown foods, and then offering recipes crawling with uncommon or downright bizarre ingredients?Where the hell am I supposed to get locally produced plantains, black rice, and pine nuts in southern Michigan?Should I buy my "kombu" organic?Perhaps I should skip down to the farmer's market for the ingredients for their "Picadillo-Stuffed Chayote with Rutagaga-Garlic Sauce."Failing that, I suppose I can always go collect some "seitan" (what the hell is it anyway?) from my vegetable garden.It has been a long time since I read Diet for a Small Planet (written by the author's mother) but I seem to recall simple, nutritious recipes made from a minimal list of recognizable ingredients.If the child of that heritage has grown to believe that this sort of nonsense is sensible, then the whole foods movement she claims to champion is indeed doomed to failure.

Half recipes, half food justice
The first half of the book is about how messed up our food and the food industry is in the US. Very informative. The second half of the book is recipes. I would have enjoyed less recipes and more ideas on how to make my urban kitchen, organic. Things such as gardening, freezing food etc. The book is beautifully put together and I enjoyed the content. I only gave it 4 stars because I was expecting something slightly different. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cookery (Natural foods)    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Environmental protection    6. Health & Healing - General    7. Natural foods    8. Specific Ingredients - Natural Foods    9. Health & Fitness / Healthy Living    10. Health & wholefood cookery   

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You've got to read this book!
I received this book as a gift. There are quite a few books on this subject on the market and this one is the best. I too could not put it down and finished it in 3 days. It's a huge book, a great resource that is well researched and written.. I have a few friends who've purchased this book and really loved it too. I can highly recommend this book.
A few winners, but mostly boring and flavorless
I really wish this book had reviews written IN THE BOOK.Because...some of the recipes are really quite good and flavorful, but most, like 75% or more, are really boring.I enjoy the Mexican Cornbread, the Tastes-like-Chile-Rellenos, the Coq au Vin, the Steak Fajitas; but mostly, I'm adding in the salt and fat that they tried to take out since it would be too boring otherwise.There are just not enough other flavors to make up for the lack of salt and fat.
Can't live without this cookbook
I also bought the forget it entertaining book.These both are the best slow cooker recipe books I've ever bought.I am not one for soups or soupy dinner often.This book saved my dinners.With 3 young kids and a business to run, my time is valuable.These dinners are fabulous, easy and practicle. Most ingredients are in most kitchens and soups are a very small part of the whole book.This is a must have for every family! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Electric cookery, Slow    4. Health & Healing - Low Fat    5. Low-fat diet    6. Methods - General    7. Methods - Special Appliances    8. Quick and easy cookery    9. Recipes    10. Reference    11. Cooking / General   

Editorial Review

The Moosewood Collective has had big vegetarian cookbook success with other collections. The main aim of this addition to their list is to offer much-needed help to those who need recipes for speedy preparation. Most take less than 30 minutes preparation. Recipes include stir-fries, salads, sandwiches, bean dips, soups, scones, pancakes and desserts. Almost all are vegan, with dairy products offered only as optional extras, though there is a separate section on fish and eggs. Winner of the 1995 James Beard Award for vegetarian cookbooks. ... Read more

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My favorite moosewood
This is my favorite Moosewood book, because everything is fast, and a lot of the recipes call for things that we have around the house.There's an African peanut butter and pineapple stew that we make all the time, for example, and it's delicious (we make it last minute a lot so we substitute frozen spinach, which we always have around, for the kale, which we have to make a special trip for).We have 4 other Moosewood books but we use this one the most (we use the first book a lot also, and the new classics one also.Still life and enchanted forest we rarely use.Our other favorite cookbooks are Jane Brody's Good Food, Tara Duggan's book, and Quick Vegetarian Pleasures).

For the rich and childless
Do you have expensive tastes?Are you rich?Childless?If so, then this cookbook is for you!I've never even heard of some of these ingredients and the ones that weren't too expensive are nothing that my kids would eat.In fact, I couldn't find a single thing that my kids would eat, and I don't think the average kid would either.I think most of these recipes are something only an adult would appreciate.Well, I guess I can't say that my kids wouldn't like ANYTHING out of this book.They'd probably like a couple of the dessert recipes.Check this out from your local library first.I'm glad I did.

Good for Every Day, Not Super Gourmet
This is my first Moosewood cookbook, but I have many vegetarian cookbooks.
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Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cookery (Natural foods)    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Moosewood Restaurant    7. Natural foods    8. Reference    9. Specific Ingredients - Vegetables    10. Vegetarian - General    11. Vegetarian cookery    12. General cookery   

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Invaluable resource
Bev Laumann's cookbook is far more than that: it is a carefully researched, thorough, easily comprehended guide for the IC patient.The level of detail is amazing, and is presented so that you can delve deeper if you are inclined, or skip ahead to the many summaries, useful lists and recipes.She is quick to differentiate between what has been demonstrated by scientific methods, what is common people with IC, and what is more anecdotal.The needs of people with related conditions are addressed, especially concerns about balancing low-oxalate and IC diets.Throughout, her tone is positive and encouraging without ever sounding condescending.The book much more than I had hoped for - I can't praise it enough.If you are dealing with IC and frustrated or confused about how to manage food, nutrients, supplements, or cooking, this book should be a terrific help.

MORE than just a cookbook for IC!
This book is great. In addition to great recipes with easy substitutions for other diseases, this book includes a special treasure of information on IC and its causes, relationship to diet, etc. It is highly educational. I don't cook much since the IC pretty much took away my appetite, but I'd buy this book for the IC information alone! It's hard to find a more complete and useful collection of info about IC and the various diseases that too frequently accompany it.

Well done!
Excellent reference for anyone dealing with the limitations of an IC diet.Well worth the money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diet therapy    4. Diets - Special Conditions    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Health & Healing - Weight Control    7. Interstitial cystitis    8. Recipes    9. Urology