Raw Food/Real World: 100 Recipes to Get the Glow

Description

An edgy, sexy, and practical guide to making and presenting raw meals that entice and satisfy any type of diet In this lushly illustrated book, chef Matthew Kenney and Sarma Melngailis will show readers that raw food does not mean bland, unsatisfying meals. By teaching new skills such as dehydrating, Vita-Mix blending, and a nuanced understanding of spices, this book will explore a whole new outlook on dining that transfers beautifully and easily from their acclaimed kitchen to yours. They also address the positives of eating raw food, and how you can benefit from them even if you don't plan to keep strictly to raw food, and they take us to meet some of the zany characters from the raw food universe. A more practical version of Raw, with the sexier feeling of Marco Pierre White's White Heat, Raw Food Real World is destined to become a top-shelf cookbook classic for lovers of colorful, flavorful, inventive, and healthy food.

Chef, author, and entrepreneur Matthew Kenney is the world's foremost expert in raw cuisine. Kenney's passion for raw cuisine is apparent in his dedication to education, he has given two high-profile TEDx talks and frequently lectures as a keynote speaker at food and philanthropy events around the globe. Sarma Melngailis is the cocreator and owner of Pure Food and Wine and founder of the online boutiques One Lucky Duck and Shiny Happy Pets, through which she is expanding her reach with all things raw and organic. The coauthor (with Matthew Kenney) of Raw Food/Real World, she lives in New York City with her two cats.

"A book worth taking a look at, especially if you can't take the heat in your kitchen anymore." - Daily News Praise for Kenney and Melngailis, Pure Food and Wine Restaurant "Fashionable cuisine...Pure is more about uplifting discoveries than culinary I-dare-yous... At a place you'd assume might be all about denial, it's one awfully sweet reward." - New York magazine "Manhattan's hot new restaurant...Raw food is going glam at Pure Food and Wine." - New York Post "Whether or not you're counting calories, your body will appreciate the innovative, health-driven summer menu at...Pure Food and Wine." - Time Out New York "Our quartet of gourmands is beguiled by tomato tartare, the spicy Thai lettuce wraps, and a pineapple-cucumber gazpacho...After zebra-tomato lasagne, hummus-slathered flatbread pizza topped with a savory salad, "creamy" golden-squash pasta with summer truffles, and dessert, I cancel plans to stop for a burger on the way home." - New York magazine "With its burnt-orange walls, low lighting, and intimate bar, Pure Food and Wine is both urbane and seductive. The colorful food is equally stylish-the fact that all of it is prepared according to strict raw-food principles...seems almost beside the point to the diners who fill the narrow restaurant and its verdant garden every night." - Organic Style "Matthew and Sarma are five-star masters of organic cuisine. I am continually impressed by the taste sensations and culinary skills they bring to their restaurant, and now to the pages of this book! It's filled to the brim with recipes, ideas, and strategies to make your kitchen jump to life. This is the best food ever!" - David Wolfe, author of Eating for Beauty and Naked Chocolate