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| Ani's Raw Food Kitchen: Easy, Delectable Living Foods Recipes | 
 enlarge | Author: Ani Phyo
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  99 reviews
Sales Rank: 9934
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7 x 0.7
ISBN: 1600940005
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.563
EAN: 9781600940002
ASIN: 1600940005
Publication Date: May 6, 2007
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Product Description
This is the ultimate gourmet, living foods "uncookbook" for busy people. You don't have to sacrifice taste or style to reap the benefits of raw foods. These delectable, easy recipes emphasize fresh, animal-free ingredients and how to include more organics into your daily diet. Chef Ani offers delicious raw, animal-free versions of: breakfast scrambles, pancakes, chowders, bisques, and other soups, cheezes, mylks, lasagna, burgers, cobblers, pies, and cakes, and more. Included are recipes for dishes such as Stuffed Anaheim Chili with Mole Sauce, Ginger Almond Nori Roll, Coconut Kreme Pie with Carob Fudge on Brownie Crust, Mediterranean Dolmas, and Chicken-Friendly Spanish Scramble. Make your own kitchen more living-foods friendly with Chef Ani's tips on Essential tools, Key ingredients, Stocking your pantry, and How-to kitchen skills.
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 A beautiful Raw foods book! May 3, 2007
75 out of 82 found this review helpful
This truly is a beautiful raw foods book - in more ways than one. It's beautiful to look at, it's colorful, has lots of beautiful pictures of Ani and her friends, and most importantly - contains some amazing raw foods recipes. Every page is filled with Ani's little tidbits, useful information, and her thoughts and beliefs on doing all we can to make this world a better place to live in. I tried 4 of Ani's recipes, and all I can say is that if the rest of the recipes are anything like the ones I tried, then it's money well spent.
So why did I give it only 4 stars ?? Well, for starters, Ani repeats a lot of stuff in her book. Here are some examples : Reasons to shop at farmers markets, to eat organically, not to put something into your body just because the item is cheap or free, etc etc. Ani says these same things in several different chapters. She probably just wanted to get the message across loud & clear.
Don't get me wrong, I still think this book is a GREAT BUY, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in raw foods, or in eating healthfully. I would also recommend it to anyone interested in "treading lightly" on our planet. If you can only read one book, and want to get information on "living green", eating organically, healthfully, learning about raw foods and enjoying your meals, then buy this book!
One more comment: I thought that it was strange that Ani's book was not printed on recycled paper (I looked 3 times to find some information on that in the book, but couldn't find it anywhere). Consdering all the information she's provided on living as responsibly as possible, I was disappointed to think that she didn't insist that the book be printed on recycled paper, or at least to state somewhere that it's printed on recycled paper - if it is.
 Raw Food book or Sexy Asian Girl book? March 1, 2008
61 out of 89 found this review helpful
I am always so disappointed when I get a book like this that has more photos of skinny people eating healthy food and drinking water than photos of actual food that I can create using the book. This book reminds me of a cheap black and white version of Raw Food Real World where the sexy raw food couple (who are no longer a couple - too much raw food not enough raw lovin'!)had hundreds of photos of themselves and only a handful of the food.
Ani's book has over 40 photos in black and white of her - eating, drinking, walking, shopping, chopping, on the beach, on a bike, wearing clothes made from an old sack etc. Then in the center of the book there is a color inset of exactly 14 photos of the delicious raw food.
So is this a raw food book - or a Sexy Asian Girl book? Going by the number of photos - I'd say the latter.
The book is poorly designed in green and black and white - as if they could not afford the color printing. Food books that are in black and white are more insulting than not even having photos! I cannot believe that anyone would ever create a food book with black and white photos that make the food look DEAD. This is RAW food - LIVING FOOD! In dead black and white.
The writing is marginal at best. It is simplistic and eco-friendly and kind of a bit - oh, look at me, I am wonderful, I am healthy AND saving the planet. While that is lovely and all and very important, it is still not quite what I hoped for in a raw food recipe book.
I love raw food - and like to add it to my vegetarian diet. I just love the way raw food tastes and the health benefits of adding it to my diet.
Unfortunately there are not many good raw food books out there. Most of them are filled with photos of people (like Ani's friend Juliano Brotman, who has a book that also includes photos of him and frankly he is terrifying looking and kinda bonkers (see his interviews on youtube)) instead of the food and some (like this book) have actual terrible photography of food when they do have photos. None of the food in this book looks remotely appetizing.
The best book on raw food I have is Raw by Charlie Trotter and I mean - best "looking" book. This is not a book that actually applies to real life. I have not found a single raw food book that does.
UPDATE: August 2008: the best raw food book that I have found thus far (with the easiest dishes to prepare that taste incredible) is Matt Amsden's RAWvolution.
Also I have made Ani's food and it is DELICIOUS - I apologize for not including that in the original review. My review was more on the presentation which kept me from enjoying the recipes at the time I read it.
Furthermore though I rag on Juliano for being kinda freaky - his heart seems to be in the right place and the food at his restaurant is fantastic.
 Raw made easy February 19, 2008
35 out of 38 found this review helpful
I've been a vegetarian since I was sixteen. In the late eighties, that was rough- even more difficult than being a vegan now. In the last year, I made the transition to vegan, but thanks to the work of innovative cooks like Isa Chandra Moskowitz, that just isn't hard anymore. The next challenge? Going raw- very difficult because apparently you need a Vita-Mix, a dehydrator (I don't think I've ever even seen one of those), a food processor, a grinder, and a bunch of other esoteric equipment I've never even heard of- right?
Ani Phyo earned four stars right off the bat by making almost every one of her recipes doable with a blender or, in many cases, a knife. There are maybe three recipes that absolutely require a dehydrator- and even that can be gotten around. For this reason alone, if you've been thinking about raw but you've been intimidated by all of the required equipment, check this out.
The recipes that I've tried- and I've gone a little crazy in the last few days- have been not only simple but really, really good. So far I have made her Miso Soup, Almond Yogurt, Black Pepper Cheeze, Nori Rolls, Coco Kream Pie (oh wow- so good), a bunch of her shakes and my version of her Sunflower Bread (hmm- how did I do that without a dehydrator?). Almost all of this has been accomplished with a blender, and I don't even own the legendary Vita-Mix. In other words, the majority of households can do this.
Every chapter opens with her thoughts and recommendations on environmentalism. I liked most of her suggestions, but I was a little put off by her statements that hers was not a "bargain body" and that she is thus willing to pay more for her premium produce. I applaud her- I even envy her and others like her- but I am disappointed that she doesn't touch on the readers who can't afford organic produce for the most part and live in areas with lousy public transportation systems and recycling. I shudder any time I read something that makes it seem as if health is only for the wealthy.
However, she didn't lose a star for that because her tone, as strident as it may have been at times, inspired me to find a work around for my dehydrator- and I did. Ever make yogurt using a heating pad? If you have a small enough pan- think one that fits into a toaster oven- and some tin foil- congratulation, you have the guts of a make your own dehydrator. I'm still tweaking mine, but I was very inspired by the results with my Sunflower Bread.
This is a soup to nuts guide to going raw, and it won't require you to reoutfit your kitchen. It may, however, inspire you to rethink your approach to food.
A Must own Raw Foods Book August 25, 2007
33 out of 41 found this review helpful
If you're Raw or considering adding raw foods to your diet, then Ani Phyo's book is a must own. A testament to a good cook book is the number of dishes you actually make after buying it. I have a shelf full of cook books that looked great in the store but that I've rarely used. In the three weeks after buying this book we've easily made 8 recipes from it and have many more book marked to make in the weeks ahead. What's so fantastic about Ani's Raw Food Kitchen is just how easy and quick most of the recipes are. Highlights so far include: Raw Flax Pancakes, Raw Cheesecake and Spicy Avocado Soup. I can't wait to see what Ani does next!
blech ! November 8, 2007
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
i really wanted to like this book. it's got a cute concept, the author seems great, and there seemed to be a good number of recipes within. however, after trying several of them, i have to give the book a big thumbs down. i made one of the breakfast "scrambles", and it was a rather unpleasant texture as it was simply pulverized seeds, with seasonings. i also made a recipe she raved as being so yummy, one of her favorites, a faux mashed potato. what was it ? pureed broccoli with a few seasonings. maybe you have to be in a certain mindframe to get something out of the food offered in this book. the final recipe i tried was the baja nacho cheese. this is by far the worst raw food item i have made thus far. it was pulverized brazil nuts, water and a few spices. how in the world is that even comparable to cheese ? i understand it's raw, but i have tried other raw cheeses, and they were much, much better. this one was gritty and flavorless.
i own four other raw cookbooks, and this one is my least favorite, and i will probably never use it. i really believe that vegetarian/vegan/raw food can still be delicious, gourmet, enticing, etc to the palate. i've made many raw recipes, and they rival the most high end fare you can find. when i have people over for dinner, i want them to be amazed and delighted that they are eating healthy food that's also delicious. i'm afraid with ani's selections, they would either laugh or be spitting it out in their napkins.
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