ReviewsNot just vegan but raw and organic, this cookbook from an acclaimed Vancouver restaurant chef is a delightful surprise: temptingly inventive, beautifully photographed and formatted, and accessible for anyone (not just raw foodies or vegans) wanting to cook more healthfully. --Delicious Living, Find recipes for lasagne, pizzas, soups, crepes, breakfast burritos, chocolate desserts and more, all raw--and delicious.The cornucopia of colourful photos will have you seeing healthy foods in a whole new light. Where Vancouver, Not just vegan but raw and organic, this cookbook from an acclaimed Vancouver restaurant chef is a delightful surprise: temptingly inventive, beautifully photographed and formatted, and accessible for anyone (not just raw foodies or vegans) wanting to cook more healthfully. -- Delicious Living, Find recipes for lasagne, pizzas, soups, crepes, breakfast burritos, chocolate desserts and more, all raw--and delicious.The cornucopia of colourful photos will have you seeing healthy foods in a whole new light. - Where Vancouver, Aaron Ash has an approach to food that is totally unique. The result is a collection of dishes that have every bit of living energy, every vitamin, and every enzyme intact. -Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun, A gorgeous book ... Eating a raw food diet fits into the increasingly popular slow food movement, the idea that we need to slow down, enjoy and fully appreciate how and with what we are nourishing our bodies. Gorilla Food makes it easier to do just that. - Vancouver is Awesome, Not just vegan but raw and organic, this cookbook from an acclaimed Vancouver restaurant chef is a delightful surprise: temptingly inventive, beautifully photographed and formatted, and accessible for anyone (not just raw foodies or vegans) wanting to cook more healthfully. - Delicious Living
Dewey Decimal641.5/636
Table Of ContentContents: Breakfasts Drinks Appetizers & Snacks Sauces & Dressings Breads & Crackers Main Dishes Dehydrated Foods Cultured Foods Desserts
SynopsisRaw food diets have exploded in popularity in recent years; some believe that the cooking process destroys nutrients and even produces dangerous chemicals by the interaction of heat with fat, protein, and carbohydrates. Enter Aaron Ash, a charismatic chef whose organic raw vegan restaurant Gorilla Food has taken Vancouver by storm for its inventive and delicious dishes, all prepared without use of animal products or a stove. Aaron is a conscientious raw vegan whose beliefs about food are tied to personal and social well-being. Gorilla Food strives to promote the idea that a sustainable, healthy culture depends on humankind living as "lightly" as possible, mitigating the damage wrought on the environment and ourselves. Gorilla Food the book is both an innovative cooking manual and a raw vegan bible; recipes include a raw lasagna made with zucchini noodles, kale, and a "cheese" made from walnuts, and a raw soup made from seasonal greens, tomatoes, and avocado. There's also amazing raw pizzas, fruit pies, and chocolate desserts that will delight vegans and non-vegans alike with their complex flavors. The book also contains recipes for dehydrated and cultured foods, important for a raw food diet but surprisingly simple to prepare. Gorilla Food will make you go ape for living life to the rawest! In addition to running Gorilla Food, Aaron Ash was a former personal chef to Mike-D of the Beastie Boys. He is also an in-demand caterer for high-profile events around North America, and is making plans to open additional Gorilla Food locations., Aaron Ash, the founder of Vancouver's beloved Gorilla Food cafe, has a passion for promoting personal and spiritual vitality. He combines science and philosophy in his menu creations, all of which are organic, vegan and raw. Now he has created the Gorilla Food recipe book so foodies can make his delicious vegan meals at home. There are over 150 recipes of innovative meals that will satisfy vegans and non-vegans alike. Whether you're an animal rights supporter, or just love to eat delicious, healthy foods, you will be pleasantly surprised by these inventive recipes., Astoundingly good raw vegan recipes from the proprietor of Vancouver's Gorilla Food, a raw vegan café dedicated to meals prepared with living foods. Author Aaron Ash, the former personal chef to Mike-D of the Beastie Boys, combines science and philosophy in his menu creations, based on his passion for promoting personal and spiritual vitality. Full-colour throughout; also includes chapters on dehydrated and cultured foods., Aaron Ash has a passion for promoting personal and spiritual vitality. He combines science and philosophy in his menu creations, all of which are organic, vegan and raw. Now he has created the 'Gorilla Food' recipe book so foodies can make his delicious vegan meals at home.