Rawsome!

I also struggled rating this book because there are a lot of great recipes in there, and I intend to use some of them (some we had already been using variations of - chana masala, etc.) I think it is probably a good transition book, but I am still looking for a book that is both practical, especially for families, and vegan. My motivations for going vegan are because it was God's original command. But God also made the seasons, and things growing in different places. I struggle when I see cashew butter, and coconut in over half of the recipes. Can it be God's Will that I buy fruit from all over the planet? This is perhaps more my issue, but, when I looked at the cover of the book I had hoped - this is going to be it - a book about all local, raw, unprocessed, or half. I've recently come to the conclusion that the coconut milk in our diet was a setback to healthy eating, as well as things like veganaise. I read about a woman who ate all raw and cooked vegetables and fruits, and she didn't have to exercise beyond walking an hour a day, and dropped to a very ideal BMI. So, I was hoping this book would be more along those lines, because quite frankly I'm tired of exercising so much just to be able to eat oils/nut milks. I have 3 children and I'd like to spend more time with them. That is the other reason this book was not so great for our family - because it looked, from the pictures, to take a lot of work and arranging (maybe those were just artistic versions) to get that kind of setup for all the meals. Some of the things I suspect would be very time consuming (making your own brazil nut cheese). However then I saw some recipes in there like the butternutsquash soup and some of the curries that I already invested the time to learn, and I know they were worth it. It's just to see a dainty little sandwich that looks like it's going to fall apart just breathing on it and thinking of replicating that for lunch for 5 people, including the homemade cheese - it's...impractical for us. But honestly I believe this book contains fewer inaccessible ingredients / nuts than other books, and I think it probably has some recipes we could even share with poor people who only have access to standard vegetables. I would be so happy to see a book come out that was Seasonal Vegan By State. I am hoping the author considers writing one because the book is otherwise very well put together - stunning graphics, easy to understand recipes and instructions. I think it well fills a niche for people who don't yet have families. But it would be awesome to see the author make something even simpler. Like I'm going to the grocery store, here is what grew here locally in this season, here's the few long distance purchases I am going to make that required shipping stuff from other states; here's the VERY few things I am going to purchase that required international shipping - if any - and viola, here's my super palatable vegan cookbook that had no eco footprint to speak of on the planet, and didn't involve people being tortured say in the harvesting of cashews - burning their hands off collecting cashews, or suffering in child slave labor to produce cocoa - etc. Nope I can go right down to my farmers market and grow all the stuff in this book myself and it will taste great simple as it is! But part of me wonders if that requires a cookbook at all. Maybe it just requires greater maturity on my part. Greater self restraint. I keep searching for such a cookbook but maybe the answer is "well, dummy, you just go and buy some lentils, boil them, throw in some salt and tomatoes, rinse and repeat". "Also those greens in your yard, you snarf them 3 times a day." There's your cookbook. But maybe that would be too simple and maybe I am too immature to make that leap. I have no idea how I would get the children to embrace that. But I don't want to spend all my life acquiring and cooking exotic foods, although, perhaps, there might not be a better investment of time given the toxicity of processed food. I don't mean to indemnify the author. But these are all the thoughts I had reading her book.

Boys, lads, ladies, ma'ams: allow me to introduce you to Emily von Euw, the creator of this phantasmal collection of illustrative and imaginative recipes. If you or someone you know, likes raw foods and lightly cooked foods - look no further. The illustrations alone make this book a perfect coffee table book just for grandma to look at the beautiful pictures, but the recipes - wow. Just wow. This diet, leaves room for interpretation and creativity. Emily gives us a piece of her imagination, which is wonderful and beautiful - and gives us space to make our own changes to build off of her work. So, if you want to eat tasty & healthy food that makes you feel good after you eat it - looketh no further. :)

Just got this book and so far it was been Awesome. I'm not a total vegetarian yet, but being a T2 Diabetic is what has brought me to this point in controlling T2. There IS something to putting the right kind of food into your body. Real Carbs. Really Food. NOT Fat, Not Salt, Not Sugar. Not the processed Carbs (breads, pasta, etc.). Those may work for some, but in my case it is different. As time goes by, I see the results and changes in my blood work from eating real food: fruits, vegetables raw or juiced. I also find that raw juicing (ONLY) really helps my body clean itself out, cleanse itself. The unique part is that I loose weight which is the bonus from all this. It was NOT my intentions when I started being more raw, but I'll take it. There's sooo much protein in veggies, along with the aminos, vitamins, minerals, and to much more. Give your body what it needs and it will give you health in return. Give it junk and you get junk ... in the formal of serious aliments and conditions. GIGO as they say. It's hard to not make food into a social meeting (going out to eat with friends, family). We over eat, over spend, and the choices given on the menu are not what our body needs. The meals given in this book are tasty, fairly easy to prepare (after a trip to the grocer, and Oooh Soooo good for you. The hard part (for me) is the deprogramming of bad food choices, and ordering healthy choices off any menu. I'm now enjoying more raw meals and this book makes it easy with their selection of meals/snacks through out your day. But, if nothing else, eat smaller portions. That's where it started for me. Excellent book to have in your arsenal for healthy eating and life style living.

I actually read this cookbook from beginning to end in a few days! Now I'm slowly trying out all the recipes. The book includes A LOT of information about the nutritional value of food and where and how you can make sure you are getting all the vitamins and minerals that your body needs from your food, not from a pill. (Very informative whether you are a raw foodist or not). The recipes are very simple, most with just 3-6 ingredients that you chop up or blend and voila! Dinner is ready. I don't own a hydrator but I've made do with a conventional oven at the lowest setting to make flax crackers. I also like Brigitte's style of writing that always puts a smile on my face: Sip and merge with the universe! Buy this book and you won't be disappointed :D

Nice book with good recipes. It just has so much information that it is a little overwhelming, and also there is no way to find a recipe that you wanted to try, because of the way the book is arranged. Still it's full of really good information and so is great to have in your raw food library.

I have looked through other raw food books, and this one was the best for me, a beginner. I like that this book includes a raw foods encyclopedia, which helps me understand more about what these raw foods will do for me, good and bad. Unlike the other raw foods book I have, this book provides research based information, and not just from other raw food books. I guess it doesn't hurt that Brigitte is an herbalist who knows about plants and loves them too. Although I don't agree with 100% of what she says (such as her opinion that a raw foods diet costs less than a cooked diet), I appreciate the helpful information she is sharing with readers. Also, I like that her recipes are simple, as I have been intimidated by complex recipes from other raw food books. I wish I had purchased this book first. Then I wouldn't have spent money on the other one.

I loves the pictures and variety in this book, but most of all, I loved the practicality. The author uses a few staple ingredients over and over but manages to create enough variety that you can stay engaged on a budget.

I liked some of the receipes. It was an okay book. I will cook and or prepare some of the recipes and see how they come out.

This book is a daily inspiration for healthy eating. Simple recipes, few ingredients, few steps, a picture (or almost?) for every recipe. It was worth the pre-order long wait! The only thing is that it was shipped in an enveloppe and left in the mail box all week-end bent, not great!!!!

Les délais ont été parfaitement respectés. Beau livre, cossu, je l'ai acheté pour l'offrir et il a fait plaisir à ma nièce.

I have given other cookbooks 5 stars in the past and maybe they didn't quite deserve them, but I enjoyed a lot if the recipes in them and a few faults didn't seem enough to mark them down. I do wish I'd saved the full rating for this book though because it is my favourite of my 14 or so vegan cookbooks. I follow, as best I can, a whole food plant based vegan diet. I avoid oil and keep salt to a minimum. I wanted to eat more raw food but without a dehydrator or great complication and expense. This book is perfect...half raw recipes and half cooked. ..and I can tell you they are simple yet interesting and totally delicious! ! Also, as I'm from the UK, it is a total plus to have the measurements in grams and mls as well as cups and ounces. So thank you to whoever added that in! There's a lovely photo of nearly every dish too. So, lovely flavours, a great combination of raw and cooked, imaginative and inspiring yet simple. My new favourite cookbook....highly recommended to those who are interested in raw but want good whole food plant based vegan recipes too.

I love this easy book. Congrats on making this simple and easy to follow for us newbies and those of us who have a busy life style. I also appreciate that you are not using tons of ingredients for one and then not in another, therefore nothing goes to waste and easy to shop.

This is the best book I have bought on raw/vegan! Emilly's recipes are so good, so simple and yet so delicious. This is a great book if you want to transition to a raw diet, the book offers both raw and vegan recipes. This is useful because sometimes when you are following a mostly raw diet you may still feel like having cooked food though, like me you may not like heavy cooked food anymore! The recipes are very easy to make and take very little time. The dressings that go with the meals are very good too. Most recipes have pictures which is a bonus, the cover picture is my favourite in the book. Love all of Emily's books and her blog!