Kategoria BISAC: Cooking >> Specific Ingredients - Natural Foods

As America is finding out, soy is the most complete and versatile protein in existence. It has no cholesterol or saturated fat but plenty of vitamins and fiber and offers amazing health benefits for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. Based on the simple idea that food is your best medicine, The Soy Zone shows you how to maintain peak mental alertness, increase your energy, and reduce the likelihood of chronic disease -- all while losing excess body fat. Dr. Barry Sears brings all the life-enhancing benefits of the Zone to a mouthwatering collection of delicious soy-based Zone...

Macrobiotic cooking is now widely recognized for its healing properties by the medical establishment as well as by culinary experts.

One of the most popular and versatile whole grains, brown rice is often at the heart of a good meal. But it can also be used to enhance a wide variety of other foods in...

• Information on how sprouts work to strengthen your immune system, boost your metabolism, and increase your energy
• Methods on how to grow the best-looking, best-tasting sprouts for you and your...

Travis J. Henry became a vegetarian in 1992.
When he subsequently began to study all aspects of diet and nutrition, he was
even more convinced that becoming a vegetarian had been the right decision.
Several major studies have proven that serum cholesterol and even mortality
rates of vegetarians are lower than the average omnivore. It was Travis's
experimentation in creating delicious vegetarian dishes that led to co-writing
a cookbook with his mother, Carla L. Henry, the co-author of Souper
Skinny Soups, also by Pelican. The result is Vegetarians in...

"We praise all the flowers that we fancy
Sip the nectar of fruit ere they're peeled,
Ignoring the common old tater
When, in fact, he's King of the Field.
Let us show the old boy we esteem him,
Sort of dig him up out of the mud;
Let us show him he shares our affections
And crown him with glory-King Spud."

-Irish Potato Marketing Company

In America, the potato is used today primarily as a side dish: mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, or French fries. Many people do not know of the potato's long and colorful history. Nor do they know that the...

-A truly original cookbook-combines the two most gratifying household pursuits, gardening and cooking, to produce unusual and delectable dishes.- -The New York Times

They've graced the loveliest gardens and the most elegant dinner tables but have often been overlooked when it comes to cooking. Rediscover what our ancestors knew: that flowers taste as wonderful as they smell.

Most cooks already depend upon certain flowers, probably without even thinking about it. Broccoli, artichokes and cauliflower-all flowers-are common foods. But have you ever tasted Dandelion Salad, Candied...

Each spring in the United States, old-timers and new converts to morel hunting appear in the woods in search of the elusive but distinctive morel, a mushroom well known and loved in Michigan and other states for its superb flavor and culinary value. So prized is the morel that favorite morel hunting spots--not unlike those of its cousin, the European truffle--are closely guarded secrets to morel devotees.

While many morel fans remain tight lipped about their favorite subject, in How to Find Morels author Milan Pelouch freely shares everything he's learned during his years of...