 A Thumbs Up Book Review
Recipes for Life: A Raw Food Cookbook
By Becky Mauldin
Review by Sally Fallon
A raw food diet helped Becky Mauldin regain her health, and once her health went from mediocre to excellent, she put together this attractive collection of recipes.
Most all-raw cookbooks lean heavily towards juices and salads, but this one includes many intriguing raw meat entrees from around the world--from Kibbeh Nam, a raw lamb dish from the Middle East, to Juniper-Marinated Arctic Char from Norway.
Actually, the book is not quite all-raw. Mauldin makes excellent use of a dehydrator to produce flat breads, pastries, "baked" apples, tarts, cobblers--even pizza! Her own diet includes steamed vegetables, soups and barely cooked meat.
For the dairy intolerant, Mauldin provides a wonderful macadamia kefir, which can be used as a substitute for sour cream.
Many recipes are based on crispy nuts, including some terrific gluten-free crackers.
Beverage recipes include a delicious Mango Lasse, made with yogurt and mango, and a blended liver tonic.
Recipes for Life is self-published and can be ordered from her for $15 plus $5 for shipping and handling. Send a check or money order to Becky Mauldin, 8111 Banks Mill Road, Douglasville, GA 30154. For questions, contact Becky Mauldin at beckymauldin (at) hotmail.com.
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This article appeared in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the quarterly magazine of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Winter 2005/Spring 2006.
About the Reviewer
 Sally Fallon Morell is the author of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats (with Mary G. Enig, PhD), a well-researched, thought-provoking guide to traditional foods with a startling message: Animal fats and cholesterol are not villains but vital factors in the diet, necessary for normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels.
She joined forces with Enig again to write Eat Fat, Lose Fat, and has authored numerous articles on the subject of diet and health. Through her New Trends Publishing label, she publishes books on nutrition and health, such as The Fourfold Path to Healing (by Dr. Tom Cowan), Honoring Our Cycles (by Katie Singer), The Untold Story of Milk (by Ron Schmid) and The Whole Soy Story (by Kaayla Daniel). The President of the Weston A. Price Foundation and founder of A Campaign for Real Milk, Sally is also a journalist, chef, nutrition researcher, homemaker, and community activist. Her four healthy children were raised on whole foods including butter, cream, eggs and meat.
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