The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook

Recipes and Stories from a Zen Retreat Center

Written by Nadia Natali, Illustrated by Marica Natali Thompson
Price: $21.95
North Atlantic Books

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...

Available July 29, 2008

Portuguese Cooking

The Traditional Cuisine of Portugal

Written by Carol Robertson
Price: $18.95
North Atlantic Books

One of Europe’s oldest countries, Portugal is blessed with a flavorful, complex food tradition that brings together influences from Europe, Africa, and the Muslim world. It is also one of the world’s most scenic destinations, luring travelers with its pristine beaches and charming villages. Carol and David Robertson have traveled extensively...

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
Price: $17.95
North Atlantic Books

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...

I Am Grateful

Recipes and Lifestyle of Cafe Gratitude

Written by Terces Engelhart and Orchid
Price: $24.95
North Atlantic Books

With locations in San Francisco, Berkeley, Marin, and Los Angeles, Café Gratitude has become well known for its inspiring environment and distinctive, flavorful organic foods. In I Am Grateful, cofounder Terces Engelhart presents her and her husband Matthew’s view of life and business philosophy. She also presents her story of personal...

Modern-Day Macrobiotics

Transform Your Diet and Feed Your Mind, Body and Spirit

Written by Simon Brown, Foreword by Michio Kushi
Price: $19.95
North Atlantic Books

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...

The Raw Transformation

Energizing Your Life with Living Foods

Written by Wendy Rudell, Foreword by David Wolfe
Price: $26.95
North Atlantic Books

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...

The Healthy Jewish Cookbook

100 Delicious Recipes from Around the World

Written by Michael Van Straten, Foreword by Bunny Grossinger
Price: $21.95
Frog Books

Traditionally associated with the heavy, fat-laden foods of Europe — deep-fried latkes, chicken fat, and achingly sweet desserts — Jewish food is, in fact, far more varied. Jews who migrated to other parts of the world developed cuisines unique to their new countries, yet still flavored with the tastes of the...

The Raw Food Gourmet

Going Raw for Total Well-Being

Written by Gabrielle Chavez, Foreword by Victoria Boutenko
Price: $14.95
North Atlantic Books

WARNING: The raw food recipes in this book are so delicious they may change your life!

The phrase 'raw foods' conjures up images of food as punishment—think uncooked carrots and celery, with perhaps a spinach juice cocktail as a chaser. However, uncooked doesn’t have to mean unappetizing, as this combination cookbook and...

Secrets of an Alkaline Body

The New Science of Colloidal Biology

Written by Annie Jubb and David Jubb
Price: $18.95
North Atlantic Books

This book provides a scientific explanation for cancer through an analysis of the blood. The Jubbs explain how LifeFood nutrition—a diet rich in vegetarian foods found wild in nature and served uncooked—can detoxify and rejuvenate the body. Included are four herbal formulas for making colloidal medicines for proper hydration. These alkaline...

LifeFood Recipe Book

Living on Life Force

Written by Annie Jubb and David Jubb
Price: $18.95
North Atlantic Books

Life force foods are those found wild in nature and served uncooked. A life force diet is vegetarian, and mainly vegan, congruent with the philosophy that good food choices promote a sustainable future on the planet. This book applies life food principles to daily life. The authors explain how the LifeFood...

Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine

Written by Gabriel Cousens and Tree Of Life Cafe Chefs
Price: $30.00
North Atlantic Books

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 provides a dietary regimen that may help reverse this process by introducing whole, natural, organic...

The Galaxy Global Eatery Hemp Cookbook

Written by Denis Cicero, Kris Czartoryski, Suzanne Gruber and Michael Lipp
Price: $27.50
Frog Books

Hemp has been used for decades for clothing, rope, and plastics, but it also has serious food value. As hemp becomes more accessible, and public awareness of its health benefits grows, demand for the inexpensive plant in its variety of culinary forms—as flour, oil, and seeds—is expected to increase. At the...

Everyday Vegan

300 Recipes for Healthful Eating

Written by Jeani-Rose Atchison
Price: $22.50
North Atlantic Books

The vegan recipes in this book are based on the premise that eating whole natural foods enhances the body's innate healing abilities. Everyday Vegan inspires readers to take responsibility for their well-being by giving them knowledge and confidence in meal preparation. The book also includes kid-tested menus for nurturing a vegetarian...

Coconut Cookery

Written by Valerie Macbean
Price: $15.95
Frog Books

Coconut Cookery fans the flames of Valerie MacBean's longtime love affair with the tropical treat. Written specifically for adventurous amateur cooks, the book contains 130 recipes that will please everyone from gourmands to vegans. Cornbread, Cold Avocado Soup, and Fudge Balls are among the dishes that show the fruit's many uses...

Mediterranean Soups

Written by Carol Robertson
Price: $16.95
Frog Books

Mediterranean Soups presents glimpses of the Mediterranean at its most charming--people attending to the simple tasks of everyday life, architecture that evokes memories of the converging histories of East and West, and a wonderful array of traditions, cultures and cuisines. All contribute their stories and recipes to this unique travel cookbook...

Vegetarian Turkish Cooking

Over 100 of Turkey's Classic Recipes for the Vegetarian Cook

Written by Carol Robertson, Photographed by David Robertson
Price: $15.95
Frog Books

Robertson relates a series of captivating and delightful travel adventures in the first half of the book, unveiling the wonders of Turkey--from the ancient cities of Ankara to the spas at Bursa to the small village bazaars, where fresh vegetables line stone pathways and aged stucco homes. The second portion is...

The Magic of Chia

Revival of an Ancient Wonder Food

Written by James Scheer
Price: $14.95
Frog Books

In The Magic of Chia, authority James F. Scheer details the seed's abundant nutrients: calcium, amylose (a slow-burning starch helpful for hypoglycemics), a vast array of vitamins and minerals, and an unusually good ratio of omega-3 oil to omega-6 oil. The book reintroduces this wonder food to the modern palate, with...

Turkish Cooking

A Culinary Journey through Turkey

Written by Carol Robertson
Price: $24.95
Frog Books

We immerse ourselves first in a dozen "Traveler's Tales" describing the Robertson's experiences--clambering among Lydian rock tombs, taking a ferry up the Bosporus, exploring the ancient cities of Ankara and Istanbul. These adventures entice us into the second part of the book, which presents classic Turkish dishes--such as Fried Mussels, Stuffed...

Indonesian Flavors

Written by Susan Anderson
Price: $16.95
Frog Books

Menus from street stalls, canteens, and elegant eateries are presented; recipes for those meals follow. Her colorful photographs of vendors and their wares show many of the foods native to the lands. Such long coastlines create a diet rich in fish and shellfish. The vegan cook will prize raw vegetables, often...

Portuguese Cooking

The Authentic and Robust Cuisine of Portugal

Written by Robin Robertson
Price: $27.50
North Atlantic Books

Carol Robertson shares her fascination with the country and its cuisine in lively journal entries and delightful drawings, while David Robertson's evocative photographs provide a look at the wonders of the Portuguese landscape and culture. The result is a personal travel book for lovers of good food. Portugal is blessed with...

The Folk Art of Japanese Country Cooking

A Traditional Diet for Today's World

Written by Gaku Homma
Price: $23.50
North Atlantic Books

Those who love Japanese food know there is more to it than sukiyaki, tempura, and sushi. A variety of miso-based soups, one-pot cooking (nabemono), and vegetable side dishes with sweet vinegar dressing (sunomono) are just a few of the traditional dishes that are attracting many interested in Asian cooking. Homma presents...

Thai Cooking

From the Siam Cuisine Restaurant

Written by Kwanruan Aksomboon, Diana Hiranaga and Somchai Aksomboon
Price: $16.95
North Atlantic Books

Siam Cuisine is a unique restaurant in Berkeley, California, which has been acclaimed since the early eighties for serving authentic Thai food rivaling that in Bangkok restaurants. Gathered here are more than 100 recipes for their superbly cooked dishes—chicken simmered in red curry with coconut and bamboo shoots...prawns and calamari with...

Thai Cooking

From the Siam Cuisine Restaurant

Written by Kwanruan Aksomboon and Somchai Aksomboon
Price: $25.00
North Atlantic Books

Siam Cuisine is a unique restaurant in Berkeley, California, which has been acclaimed since the early eighties for serving authentic Thai food rivaling that in Bangkok restaurants. Gathered here are more than 100 recipes for their superbly cooked dishes—chicken simmered in red curry with coconut and bamboo shoots...prawns and calamari with...