Rawvolution by Matt Amsden (2006, Hardcover)

This hardcover book features creations by living foods chef Matt Amsden, along with beautiful photos, helpful tips on stocking a living foods pantry, and an inspiring preface about his personal transition to a 100% living food diet. The recipes includes soups (his forte' as mentioned in the cookbook), sauces, salads, appetizers, entrees, and even desserts. My favorite recipe is his Mock Tuna Salad - love it and can't get enough of it! Great wrapped in a collard green or tortilla with shredded carrots and lettuce or sprouts. Delish! The photos alone are absolutely gorgeous and these can visually inspire someone to try out the recipes!

Even though the high majority of the recipes are quite easy to prepare, for the beginnng living foods cook, some of the recipes may taste too garlicky, too salty (with his constant use of Nama Shoyu soy-sauce type seasoning) or too oily with an abundant of use of nuts and oil. Try some out and give them a chance - just adjust the seasonings to taste and enjoy. For those who are seasoned cooks, this cookbook is a good one to have on your shelf to inspire you to try out new techniques in a culinary field that is becoming ever-so-popular. It is a good living food reference, however, my recommendation is that this one should not be the only one that you have on the shelf.

His restaurant creates some of the most tasty vegan live-food cuisine found anywhere in the world - popular with celebrities such as supermodel Carol Alt and actor Woody Harrelson. RAWvolution is known for its weekly meal delivery service called "The Box" where his creations are prepared at the cafe and can be shipped all over the country. It is part of a joint venture with his wife called "Euphoria loves RAWvolution!" which is a raw and vegan lifestyle boutique and cafe located in Santa Monica, California.

Overall, this cookbook is beautiful, the recipes are tasty but only above average, and it is indeed a good reference for living foods cuisine. Compared to other similar-sized cookbooks, it is a bit overpriced even for a hardcover version. I recommend that you give other like-minded cookbooks a try and compare techniques since creating delicious living foods cuisine is indeed a true culinary "art."

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