Cooking:

The Complete Tassajara Cookbook
Recipes, Techniques, and Reflections from the Famed Zen Kitchen
Written by Edward Espe Brown

Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $35.00

Tassajara, the California spa/retreat center, has long been renowned for its gourmet vegetarian cuisine. In this comprehensive book, one of Tassajara’s most well-known and beloved cooks, Edward Espe Brown, presents hundreds of recipes using fresh, whole foods; detailed notes on preparing seasonal ingredients; and, perhaps most important, inspiration for cooking with... Read more >

Green Smoothie Revolution
The Radical Leap Toward Natural Health
Written by Victoria Boutenko

Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $14.95

Thanks to processed and fast foods, being overworked, and feeling stressed while eating on the fly, it is increasingly difficult for most of us to eat anywhere near a balanced diet. We may not be obviously sick, but may suffer from lack of focus, insomnia, sluggishness, or any host of symptoms... Read more >

Recipes from America's Small Farms
Fresh Ideas for the Season's Bounty
Edited by Joanne Hayes and Lori Stein

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $17.95

Recipes from America’s Small Farms gathers the most exciting, original, and authentic recipes—using the freshest ingredients—from those who know best how to set a table anytime of the year. Favorite recipes from farmers across the country and members of Community Supported Agriculture—a national organization that facilitates direct farmer-to-consumer sales of produce—will... Read more >

Conscious Eating
Second Edition
Written by Gabriel Cousens MD

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 3, 2009
Price: $24.50

Conscious Eating has been referred to as the "Bible of Vegetarians," for both beginners and advanced students of health. This classic work in the field of live-food nutrition is an inspirational journey and a manual for life. Included is new information on enzymes, vegetarian nutrition for pregnancy, and an innovative international... Read more >

Sweet Gratitude
A New World of Raw Desserts
Written by Matthew Rogers and Tiziana Alipo Tamborra

Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $24.95

Sweet Gratitude is a cookbook with a message: raw desserts aren’t only healthier for both people and the planet, they can also be every bit as tasty–indeed, sinfully so–as their mainstream counterparts. Tiziana Tamborra and Matthew Rogers, both master dessert chefs at the pioneering San Francisco-based Café Gratitude, present a tantalizing... Read more >

The Complete Book of Raw Food, Second Edition
Healthy, Delicious Vegetarian Cuisine Made with Living Foods * Includes More Than 400 Recipes from the World's Top Raw Food Chefs
Edited by Julie Rodwell
Contribution by Victoria Boutenko, Juliano Brotman, Nomi Shannon and Mary Rydman

Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $30.00

This masterful collection of over 400 raw food recipes is a "must-have" for anyone who enjoys vegetarian cuisine.

Whether you are curious about adding raw foods to your diet, or have been eating raw for years, The Complete Book of Raw Food, Second Edition contains over 400 mouth-watering-recipes produced by more than... Read more >

The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook
Recipes and Stories from a Zen Retreat Center
Written by Nadia Natali
Illustrated by Marica Natali Thompson

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 29, 2008
Price: $21.95

The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook, based on Cooking Off the Grid, also by Nadia Natali, blends 126 tasty, healthful recipes with lively tales of the Natali family’s adventures living close to the land—in the wilds of California’s Los Padres National Forest. Nadia Natali's varied dishes, suitable for any group or family... Read more >

The River Cottage Cookbook

Written by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Photographed by Simon Wheeler

Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2008
Price: $35.00

First published in the United Kingdom in 2001, THE RIVER COTTAGE COOKBOOK quickly became a hit among food cognoscenti around the world. Now tailored for American cooks, this authoritative and animated ode to eating well is one part manifesto and one part guidebook for choosing and storing food grown in the... Read more >

Plenty
Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet
Written by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2008
Price: $13.95

The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment.

When Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon learned that the average ingredient in a North American meal travels 1,500 miles from farm to plate, they... Read more >

The New Seaweed Cookbook
A Complete Guide to Discovering the Deep Flavors of the Sea
Written by Crystal June Maderia
Foreword by Josephine K. Spilka

Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2007
Price: $17.95

Recent trends suggest a wide range of consumer concerns in food choice and consumption. Increasingly, buyers prefer organic and locally produced ingredients; good taste; high nutritional and medicinal value; and low-allergen factors. The humble seaweed, nature’s richest source of iodine and loaded with minerals, addresses all these concerns.

In this combination cookbook... Read more >

Plenty
One Man, One Woman, and a Robust Year of Eating Locally
Written by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 24, 2007
Price: $13.95

Like many great adventures, the 100-mile diet began with a memorable feast. Stranded in their off-the-grid summer cottage in the Canadian wilderness with unexpected guests, Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon turned to the land around them. They caught a trout, picked mushrooms, and mulled apples from an abandoned orchard with rose... Read more >

Modern-Day Macrobiotics
Transform Your Diet and Feed Your Mind, Body and Spirit
Written by Simon Brown
Foreword by Michio Kushi

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $19.95

A macrobiotic diet is beneficial not just physically, but spiritually and emotionally. Consisting of nuts, grains, vegetables, and other foods that are primarily whole, living, and unprocessed, it combines foods in a way that balances the body’s energies. Modern-Day Macrobiotics is both a cookbook and a practical guide to understanding and... Read more >

Super Natural Cooking
Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking
Written by Heidi Swanson

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2007
Price: $20.00

Everyone knows that whole foods are much healthier than refined ingredients, but few know how to cook with them in uncomplicated, delicious ways. Using a palette of natural ingredients now widely available in supermarkets, Super Natural Cooking offers globally inspired, nutritionally packed cuisine that is both gratifying and flavorful. With her... Read more >

The Raw Transformation
Energizing Your Life with Living Foods
Written by Wendy Rudell
Foreword by David Wolfe

Format: Trade Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $26.95

This visually lively gourmet raw food recipe book provides all the information you need for increasing your health and well-being through a raw foods diet. The recipes will motivate anyone who wants to have more energy, vitality, and abundant health without feeling deprived of their former cuisine. In addition, the book... Read more >

The Ethical Gourmet

Written by Jay Weinstein

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: June 13, 2006
Price: $18.95

More and more of us want to ensure that what we eat doesn’t deplete resources, cause animal or human suffering, or lead to pollution. And, at the same time, we also want delicious food! If you are concerned about the environment, but unsure how to make a difference, here is a... Read more >

Man Eating Bugs
The Art and Science of Eating Insects
Written by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio

Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2004
Price: $24.95

The team behind the critically and popularly acclaimed anthropological photoessays MATERIAL WORLD and WOMEN IN THE MATERIAL WORLD make their debut on our list with this oddly tantalizing book about a subject that's creeping into prominence: insects as food for people. With the distinctive blend of thoughtful cultural inquiry, intrepid exploration... Read more >

Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine

Written by Gabriel Cousens and Tree Of Life Cafe Chefs

Format: Trade Paperback, 568 pages
On Sale: August 22, 2003
Price: $30.00

Medical researchers have found that a high-fat, high-sugar diet, combined with environmental pollutants and stress, can lead to a buildup of toxins in the body collectively known as chronic degenerative disease. Here holistic physician Gabriel Cousens addresses the dangers of foods that have been genetically modified, treated with pesticides, microwaved, and... Read more >

Recipes from America's Small Farms
Fresh Ideas for the Season's Bounty
Edited by Joanne Hayes, Lori Stein and Maura Webber

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 29, 2003
Price: $17.95

Recipes from America’s Small Farms gathers the most exciting, original, and authentic recipes—using the freshest ingredients—from those who know best how to set a table anytime of the year. Favorite recipes from farmers across the country and members of Community Supported Agriculture—a national organization that facilitates direct farmer-to-consumer sales of produce—will... Read more >

The Whole Foods Market Cookbook
A Guide to Natural Foods with 350 Recipes
Written by Steve Petusevsky and Whole Foods, Inc.

Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: August 20, 2002
Price: $25.95

Who else but Whole Foods Market could create a cookbook so fresh, so appealing, so full of valuable information, and so perfect for the way we are all cooking and eating today? Bursting with winning recipes, healthful cooking advice, cheerful guidance through the new language of natural foods, wine and cheese... Read more >

The Voluptuous Vegan
More Than 200 Sinfully Delicious Recipes for Meatless, Eggless, and Dairy-Free Meals
Written by Myra Kornfeld and George Minot

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 24, 2000
Price: $18.95

There are many great reasons to eat vegetarian meals --  they're low in saturated fat, high in fiber, and chock-full of nutrients. But the considerable health benefits aside, gourmets often scoff at the likes of seitan and tofu, while vegans despair of dull, uninspired offerings. Until now. In The Voluptuous Vegan, Myra... Read more >

The Tassajara Recipe Book

Written by Edward Espe Brown

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: September 26, 2000
Price: $16.95

In a friendly and informal style, Ed Brown presents the recipes that have made the kitchen at the Tassajara Zen Center famous for more than thirty years. "Ordinary food for ordinary people" is the way Brown once described his approach, but there's nothing ordinary about these culinary offerings. From appetizers to... Read more >

Conscious Eating
Second Edition
Written by Gabriel Cousens

Format: Trade Paperback, 880 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2000
Price: $35.00

Conscious Eating has been referred to as the "Bible of Vegetarians," for both beginners and advanced students of health. This classic work in the field of live-food nutrition is an inspirational journey and a manual for life. Included is new information on enzymes, vegetarian nutrition for pregnancy, and an innovative international... Read more >