Raw Food/Real World: 100 Recipes
to Get the Glow, By Matthew Kenney, Sarma Melngailis
Editorial Reviews
Top New York chef and restaurateur
Matthew Kenney and his partner, Sarma
Melngailis, had been thinking of opening a
Moroccan restaurant. But one night they were invited
to a raw food restaurant -- and it changed their lives.
They instead opened Pure Food and Wine, a restaurant
devoted to creative, tasty raw food, and it has been
drawing rave reviews. Dishes such as Zucchini and Green
Zebra Tomato Lasagne, Golden Squash Pasta with Black
Summer Truffles, and Dark Chocolate Ganache Tart with
Vanilla Cream have given raw food a sexy new appeal.
The decision to go raw was shocking
at first for these two ex-carnivorous chefs, but they
soon found that preparing and eating raw food made them
and their guests feel their physical best. Melngailis
noticed a difference almost immediately -- "Light,
clean, natural, and alive foods make you feel light,
clean, and more alive. And sexy." This new way
of life has changed their outlook on eating and cooking
and connects them to the world around them. As Kenney
says, "Raw foods and the lifestyle associated with
it are so compelling and complex that we will be forever
learning and growing. Already it seems that we have
discovered some of the magic that life offers."
In this lushly photographed book,
Kenney and Melngailis share some of that magic -- and
show that preparing and eating raw does not mean bland,
unsatisfying, or impossibly time-consuming meals. Using
dehydrating, Vita-Mix blending, a nuanced understanding
of spices, and unprecedented creativity, they explore
a whole new outlook on raw food that transfers beautifully
and easily from their kitchen to yours -- no matter
what your present diet. And you'll immediately begin
to reap the benefits of healthful, delicious, life-giving
raw food.
