Live Raw: Raw Food Recipes for Good Health and Timeless Beauty Author: Visit Amazon's Mimi Kirk Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1616082747 | Format: PDF
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“Ready your dehydrator, get set with a food processor, and proceed to first-time author Kirk’s more than 120 recipes for raw food and healthy eating.” (Booklist)
About the Author
Mimi Kirk is the author of Live Raw. Voted PETA’s sexiest vegetarian over 50, she has appeared on NBC, CBS, and Fox News; and in VegNews magazine, Purely Delicious, and PETA Prime. Her careers span the gamut from a stand-in for Mary Tyler Moore and the designer behind Valerie Harper’s wardrobe on Rhoda; to a costume jewelry designer; publisher of an environmental newspaper in Los Angeles; board game inventor; and author. She helped start the first film festival in Taos, New Mexico, and has worked with several non-profits to help raise money and awareness about health and environmental concerns. Kirk now spends her time with her boyfriend, four children, and seven grandchildren. She lives in Ramona, California.
- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition (June 22, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1616082747
- ISBN-13: 978-1616082741
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I ate a very processed classic meat, bread and potatoes diet growing up and got the majority of my vegetables from cans. Therefore, I found it hard to change to a healthier and what seemed to be less convenient diet lifestyle. Then I got a wake up call from a cancer diagnosis. It is my understanding that 80% of what causes a lot of forms of cancer is your environment. That would include what you eat and drink as well as many other factors. That empowers me and I feel very blessed that there are people like Mimi willing to share recipes to help people wanting to make the changes that will empower us to live a healthier life. As a result of my health situation I have a lot of books on eating better, but only two others that that I enjoy as much as Live Raw. The hardest things to give up, for me at least, are cheese, snacks and sweet treats. Mimi does a great job of presenting recipes for replacements for the things that are hardest for me to give up. I never intended to go completely raw, or vegan for that matter, but with Mimi's help I feel like I may be very close to making the change to a mostly raw diet. Please note that she does go on a rant about why she doesn't eat meat, but even though I may never give up eating meat completely I took the information as a learning experience and not a preaching experience. I don't think she means it to make you conform to her way, but wants to be sure to give the most complete information on why she believes eating raw is healthier. After all the research I have done on eating healthy I feel like her information is good and in keeping with other information out there. I have tried several of the recipes and love them.
The author is inspiring, but the book itself is just "meh".
It's very pretty with lots of pictures and high quality paper, but that's about it for the "pros". As for the "cons":
1) A lot of typos and errors. Lately, I've been encountering this a lot with books, and it's unbelievably irritating! I could understand a couple of typos (although, in a published book, there shouldn't be any), but this book had more than a couple. How hard is it to get a couple of people to carefully read your book before you start selling it? One example, that is fresh in my head - one of the recipes says "1 corn kernel". I'm assuming it's 1 cup, but who knows?
It seems like some recipes that she meant to include have been omitted. There's a section with suggestions for filling ingredients for sushi that mentions some recipes that are nowhere in the book. Either they've been erroneously omitted, or why would you mention a recipe and then not include it in the book? Very frustrating!
2) The book calls for a lot of uncommon ingredients. There are similar recipes in other cookbooks (or online) without these, so apparently they're not even necessary in most cases.
Firstly, I think that discourages beginners from trying these recipes.
Secondly, it may not be a problem for those who are lucky to live close to a specialty store, but most people have to order them online. These ingredients are expensive (especially when you add in the shipping), and seeing how even the basic raw diet is pretty expensive, I haven't tried as many recipes from this book as I would've liked to, because of the cost of the ingredients.
3) Some recipes I've tried from this book are just not good. (And I've never been a picky eater.
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