The Complete Book of Raw Food (112 page)

Meyerowitz, Steve et al.
Wheatgrass Nature’s Finest Medicine: The Complete Guide to Using Grass Foods & Juices to Revitalize Your Health
. Great Barrington, MA: Sproutman Publications, 1999.

Meyerowitz, Steve.
Power Juices Super Drinks
. New York: Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2000.

Tobe, John H.
The Miracles Of Live Juices And Raw Foods
. St. Catharines, Ont., Canada: Provoker Press, 1977.

Vale, Jason.
The Juice Master’s Ultimate Fast Food: Discover the Power of Raw Juice
. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003.

Walker, Norman. W., D.Sci.
Raw Vegetable Juices
. New York: Pyramid Communications, 1971.

Halfmoon, Hygeia.
Primal Mothering in a Modern World
. San Diego, CA: Maul Brothers Publishing; 2nd edition, 1998.

Hilmar-Jezek, Kytka.
Reiki for Children: Using Healing Touch and Raw Foods to Tap into the Power of the Universe
. Bloomington, IN: 1stBooks Library, 2003.

Stoycoff, Cheryl L. and Sananda, Solomae.
Raw Kids: Transitioning Children to a Raw Food Diet
. Stockton, CA: Living Spirit Press, 2000.

Anderson, Henry.
Helping Hand: 8-Day Diet Programs for People Who Care About Wellness
. Tucson, AZ: Publius Press, 1986.

Brooks, Clara W. (Editor).
Why People Eat in the Raw: A Guide to Raw Food
. Womancare Publications, 1991.

Brown, Sarah.
Raw Food (Sarah Brown’s Healthy Eating Cookbooks).
London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1986.

Buckley, Peter.
Eat It Raw
. New York: Dodd Mead, 1978.

Estes. E. L.
Raw Food Menus & Recipe Book
. Health Research. 1992.

Ewald, Ellen Buchman.
Recipes for a Small Planet
. New York, NY: Ballantine, 1973. Ballantine Books; reissue edition, 1985.

Ferrara, Suzanne Alexander et al.
The Raw Food Primer
. Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, 2003.

Harrelson, Woody and Underkoffler, Renée Loux.
Living Cuisine: The Art and Spirit of Raw Food
. New York: Avery Penguin Putnam, 2003.

Hutchins, Imar.
Delights of the Garden: Vegetarian Cuisine Prepared Without Heat
. Delights of the Garden Restaurants Main Street Books, 1996.

Klein, Roxanne and Trotter, Charlie.
Raw
. Berkeley, CA.

Lappé, Frances Moore.
Diet for a Small Planet: How to Enjoy a Rich Protein Harvest by Getting off the Top of the Food Chain
. New York, NY: Ballantine, 1969.

Lau, Mary Louise.
The Delicious World of Raw Foods: A Culinary Guide to Preparing Appetizers, Soups, Salads, Vegetables, Main Dishes, and Desserts with Little or No Cooking
. New York: Scribner, 1977.

Mavilya, Marya.
Natural Food Cookery
. Dover Publications, 1997.

Meyerowitz, Steve.
Sproutman’s Kitchen Garden Cookbook
. Great Barrington, MA: Sproutman Publications, 1994.

Patenaude, Frederic.
Sunfood Cuisine: A Practical Guide to Raw Vegetarian Cuisine
. San Diego, CA: Maul Brothers Publishing, 2002.

Reekie, Jennie.
Everything Raw: The No-Cooking Cookbook
. New York: Viking Press, 1977.

Rosenast, Eleanor S.
Soup Alive!
Santa Barbara, CA: Woodbridge Press Publishing, 1993.

Thornton, Millie I.
Raw Food Ideas: For Your Creative Dishes
. Thornton Associates, 1997.

Voltz, Jeanne.
The Los Angeles Times Natural Foods Cookbook
. New York: New American Library, 1980.

Walker, N. W.
The Vegetarian Guide to Diet and Salad
. Longman Trade/Caroline House; Revised edition, 1995.

Wigmore, Ann.
Ann Wigmore’s Recipes for Longer Life
. Wayne, NJ: Avery Publishing Group, Inc., 1978.

Cairney, Edward; Bellamy, David.
The Sprouters Handbook
. Argyll, UK: Argyll Publishing, 1997.

Wigmore, Ann.
The Sprouting Book: How to Grow and Use Sprouts to Maximize Your Health and Vitality
. Wayne, NJ: Avery Publishing Group, 1986.

Zipern, Elizabeth and Williams, Dar, with help from Heather Hork and friends.
The Tofu Tollbooth: A Guide to Natural Stores and Eating Spots (With Lots of other Cool Stops Along the Way)
. Woodstock, NY: Ceres Press in collaboration with Adwork Press. 2nd edition, 1998.

Meet Our Chefs

Michal had been aware of raw foods for many years but did not take the steps to become a 100-percent Lifefoodarian until October 2001. Her diet, Michal thought, was great. She was vegan and eating a lot of salads, whole grains and steamed vegetables and drinking plenty of fresh pressed juices. Her sugar/starch habit, however, was starting to get the best of her. Michal would feel tired after eating almost all of the time, sometimes to the point of passing out! She soon discovered she was exhibiting all the symptoms of candida.

Michal knew she had to improve her diet and that, until she did, she would not feel good regardless of how much yoga she was practicing. Michal had gone through periods of fasting and eating 80- to 90-percent raw food. She longed for the same clarity of mind and the amazing feeling of boundless energy that she had felt then. It was clear to her that she wanted to go completely raw, but she wanted to learn more about it. Michal decided to participate in a work exchange program at the Ann Wigmore foundation in New Mexico, where she learned almost everything she needed to learn to go 100-percent raw.

Michal began feeling better almost immediately but still had a few candida symptoms. It was only after reading David Wolfe’s
The Sunfood Diet Success System
that Michal understood exactly how raw and living foods would help her overcome candida. David’s book presented and organized all the information she needed in an effective and inspiring way. She understood now exactly what her body required and the specific effects of cooked and Raw/Live foods on the body. She was able to go 100-percent raw, and has been so to this day.

Raw food has enhanced every aspect of Michal’s life. Her first raw catering business, “Healing Meals on Wheels,” in Key West, Florida, was a huge success. She was able to experience the powerful effect of healing others through food. Being a Raw/Livefood Chef is one of her greatest pleasures. Michal loves turning people on to raw/live foods and watching their faces light up as they enjoy a
delicious uncooked meal. Since relocating to New York, she has been catering raw/live food events and offering raw and life food preparation classes, seminars, and retreats. She has guided many to better health and continues to do so through her private Nutritional Advising practice where she helps people make the transition to a diet of Raw/Live foods.

Since going completely raw, Michal’s yoga/spiritual practice is deeper, she does not need as much sleep and she feels able to attain all of her personal goals. As a teacher of both Vinyasa and Kundalini yoga, Michal finds the philosophies of Raw/Life foods and yoga to be complementary. Michal believes that when we increase the life-force in our bodies—from within, through yoga practice, and from without, through the food that we eat—we become more flexible in body and mind and can experience a state of heightened awareness and expanded consciousness. Michal feels that her body is a tool through which she is able to connect with the universe and experience joy, peace and bliss.

    E-mail:
[email protected]

Phone: 917-514-3886

Maya Deva Adjani was born in Togo, West Africa and raised in California. Maya is a raw food chef and educator, dancer, yogini, author, world traveler and lover of life! She began focused study on living foods eight years ago, and has since given presentations on the benefits of living food, taught hands-on live food preparation around the country, led intensive retreats and worked at several of the world’s leading raw food restaurants including Roxanne’s, and Café Gratitude. A second generation yogini, Maya received certification in Kundalini yoga from her father, Dr. Siri Gian Singh Khalsa, PhD (
www.reichianinstitute.org
) and completed further study in Hatha (Iyengar) and Ashtanga yoga styles. For seven years, Maya apprenticed with Don Miguel Ruiz, author of
The Four Agreements
(
www.miguelruiz.com
).
Breathe, Eat, Dance-Evolve!
, the dynamic process Adjani offers internationally and abroad, incorporates the wisdom of breath work, raw food nutrition and ecstatic dance. This unique combination of tools empowers people to open their breath, bodies and lives to a new way of being in the world. It is potent planetary medicine, drawing upon ancient wisdom, applied in a format that is universal and beneficial to all.

Maya Adjani is a dancer, certified Transformational Breath Facilitator and co-author of
The Yantra Deck: The Art of Being Present
(
www.yantradeck.com
), a tool for self-inquiry and awakening. When not traveling, Maya volunteers her time teaching classes on a variety of topics from yoga and dance to developing
healthy eating habits to underprivileged communities and offers mindfulness meditation classes to women in prison. Maya is available for workshops, retreats and consultations and is committed to bringing the transformational, healing power of conscious breathing, dance, and vibrant living foods to the world.

    Email:
[email protected]

Phone: 360–556–5602

Website:
www.yantramountainretreat.org
;

www.yantradeck.com

Author of
RAWvolution: Gourmet Living Cuisine
(Harper Collins 2006), Matt Amsden has established himself as one of the world’s premier raw chefs. Matt’s company RAWvolution was the first of its kind, delivering prepared raw meals throughout Los Angeles and eventually throughout the entire United States. Matt began eating a diet of exclusively raw foods virtually overnight after hearing an interview with author David Wolfe on the Howard Stern show in 1998. Matt has since opened a raw cafe with his wife in Santa Monica, California, expanded the RAWvolution delivery service to New York City and has shared his talent with thousands including Alicia Silverstone, Cher and Susan Sarandon.

    E-mail:
[email protected]

Phone: 1.800.9976.RAW

Web site:
www.rawvolution.com

Stephen Arlin became a Raw-Foodist over eight years ago.

“It was hard at first because cooked food is addictive and getting over any addiction is tough,” Stephen says. “But it was well worth the effort…I see the world much more clearly now. Every day is a great day.”

Since going 100-percent raw, Stephen has shed 51 unwanted, unhealthy pounds and has since then gained back 45 pounds of healthy, solid muscle. Stephen is an expert on natural body-building, and his unique training workouts and fitness philosophies are outlined in his latest book,
Raw Power!

“All living organisms on planet Earth are designed to nourish themselves with raw nutrition,” Stephen says. “Humans are certainly no exception. A raw-foodist is not something you become; it is something that you already are. Every
single natural organism on the planet is born to eat exclusively raw foods. It transcends all diets; it is simply the natural way to nourish your body.”

In 1996, Stephen co-founded Nature’s First Law along with his partners, David Wolfe and R.C. Dini. As the world’s largest distributor of raw food products, books, equipment, and organic foods, Nature’s First Law continues to help hundreds of people each year adopt and maintain the living foods diet (
www.rawfood.com
).

Stephen is co-author of several innovative and controversial books on the raw food lifestyle, including
Nature’s First Law: The Raw-Food Diet
, which offers a complete philosophy of natural nutrition.

    E-mail:
[email protected]

Phone: 619-596-7979, 800-205-2350, 888-RAW-FOOD

Web site:
http://www.rawfood.com

David is a gourmet raw food chef with 18-plus years of professional food preparation experience. After studying with professional chefs of Italian, Chinese, Mexican, and American cuisine for over 15 years, and being employed as a pastry chef, sous-chef, bread baker, and chef all over the world, he switched his talents and energies to the field of living food art. He’s been living the raw life for 5 years. David feels that it is possible to plug directly into the source and channel the “Living Foods Diva” to achieve easy recipe-free gourmet cuisine.

Jackie has been an avid student of health, nutrition, and cuisine for 15 years. A life of traveling, taking antibiotics, and working as a flight attendant for 10 years compromised her immune system and weakened her kidneys. Knowing it was possible to heal all illness naturally, she came upon the raw food diet and felt better than ever. She has been 100 percent raw for two years. She has spent time with Gabriel Cousens at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center kitchen, and learned about raw food preparation under the experienced instruction of Renee Underkoffler (author of
The Raw Truth
).