Cooking the Whole Foods Way

This cookbook was quite a disappointment. The author has a nice story in the beginning about how she is basically able to beat terminal cancer by changing her diet. It's a good story, but not medically sound in my opinion. Also, the author mentions how easy her recipes are and also seems shocked that people actually buy salad-in-bag (or box) instead of the whole head of lettuce and accompanying veggies. I, for one, cook for one, so I don't want to buy a whole head of lettuce and throw half away. Also, I don't want to buy a bag of carrots just for one carrot (salad bars in grocery stores don't exist in my town yet). Anyway, I guess that's not really surprising since she is cooking “whole” foods. But ultimately, none of the recipes looked appealing, and I didn't make a single one. See, the ingredients are not easy-to-find, at least here in my 35,000 person town. I mean, I can buy miso at the health foods store, but she's got like 5 different kinds of miso, and it's almost every recipe. Other ingredients like brown rice syrup (?) and brown rice vinegar just don't seem everyday to me. Most of the recipes are Asian and have Asian produce, which is also a problem for me. Maybe this would be a good book if you live down the street from an amazing Farmer's Market.

I tried this book because it's 100% vegan, which justifies it's only star in my rating.