Rating: 
Summary: Book written by teens, displays wisdom beyond their years.
Review: The book "Eating Without Heating", written by two
teens, displays wisdom beyond their years.
The book is magnificently illustrated with drawings by Valya.
"Eating Without Heating is a guide book to all things raw.
It is a treatise on the raw food philosophy. It is a cookbook.
It is a living testament to a family that bucked the school
establishment which tried to induce children to drink milk
and eat fast-food burgers for lunch. Their recipes are quite
a bit more sophisticated than just sliced cucumbers with dill
sauce. One example is an entire chapter on fermenting foods.
Sergei and Valya simply soak one cup of nuts in water overnight
and blend the resulting product in a blender until it is
smooth like heavy cream. They strain the mixture through
a sprout bag, pour into a jar, cover with cheesecloth,
and set in a warm place where the magic transfer of gases
and air through the mixture produces a tart yogurt-like
food. Try this with cashews and chopped mango. They produce unique cheeses with the same method as
above. I'll soon be trying their sauerkraut and kim chee
recipes. I salivate at the thought of producing my own. I've tasted raw breads, but have only wondered at the
mastery of culinary skills necessary to create such miracles.
From sprouted raw flax bread with kamut and walnuts to
chili corn chips, the Boutenko children make it all
seem simple, in easy-to-follow recipes. If you love
sourdough bread, you've got to try their recipe which
employs raw almond pulp with flax and caraway seeds. These kids have timing! They save the best for last,
cookies, ice creams, and cakes. With secrets learned
from their mother (sprinkle coconut or nuts so that
the cake does not stick to the pan), and photographs
that tempt and delight (walnut cream cake, un-chocolate
cake, un-cheesecake, and many others), these recipes
are what one would expect to be served at the gates
of Valhalla. Try the Macadamia Date Pie or the
amazing Coconut-Date Truffles.
Rating:
Summary: Book written by teens, displays wisdom beyond their years.
Review: The book "Eating Without Heating", written by two
teens, displays wisdom beyond their years.
The book is magnificently illustrated with drawings by Valya.
"Eating Without Heating is a guide book to all things raw.
It is a treatise on the raw food philosophy. It is a cookbook.
It is a living testament to a family that bucked the school
establishment which tried to induce children to drink milk
and eat fast-food burgers for lunch. Their recipes are quite
a bit more sophisticated than just sliced cucumbers with dill
sauce. One example is an entire chapter on fermenting foods.
Sergei and Valya simply soak one cup of nuts in water overnight
and blend the resulting product in a blender until it is
smooth like heavy cream. They strain the mixture through
a sprout bag, pour into a jar, cover with cheesecloth,
and set in a warm place where the magic transfer of gases
and air through the mixture produces a tart yogurt-like
food. Try this with cashews and chopped mango. They produce unique cheeses with the same method as
above. I'll soon be trying their sauerkraut and kim chee
recipes. I salivate at the thought of producing my own. I've tasted raw breads, but have only wondered at the
mastery of culinary skills necessary to create such miracles.
From sprouted raw flax bread with kamut and walnuts to
chili corn chips, the Boutenko children make it all
seem simple, in easy-to-follow recipes. If you love
sourdough bread, you've got to try their recipe which
employs raw almond pulp with flax and caraway seeds. These kids have timing! They save the best for last,
cookies, ice creams, and cakes. With secrets learned
from their mother (sprinkle coconut or nuts so that
the cake does not stick to the pan), and photographs
that tempt and delight (walnut cream cake, un-chocolate
cake, un-cheesecake, and many others), these recipes
are what one would expect to be served at the gates
of Valhalla. Try the Macadamia Date Pie or the
amazing Coconut-Date Truffles.
Rating:
Summary: Two Forks Up!
Review: This book gets the living foods award of Two Forks Up!
Written with the honesty and aliveness of today's youth, Eating Without Heating, is filled with simple recipes that will inspire and guide the transitioning rawfooder and please the palate of the gourmet living foods chef. Sergei and Valya offer their story and wisdom to inspire people of all ages to join this lifestyle of health, simplicity and vitality.
Rating:
Summary: Great Book For All Ages!
Review: This isn't just a recipe book. Sergei and Valya tell us how eating raw foods changed their lives dramatically. It's an interesting read for teens because the authors provide motivation to adopt raw foods in ways that teens can relate to. Also, parents are given advise about how to make it easier for their kids to eat raw foods. Lots of yummy pictures of raw foods, including un-chocolate cake and live pizza! There are 18 chapters of tasty, easy to prepare recipes. Each chapter starts out with helpful information about preparing the type of food in that section. For example, before the 14 delightful soups in the soup chapter, we're advised "If you want to make a vegetable soup, start by blending oil or avacado with some juicy veggie or fruit, then add spices and texture". This is only part of the info which will make readers confident to attempt these recipes, or create their own raw foods. I highly recommend this book for anyone who would like to know more about eating raw foods, or for those who have been eating raw foods and want more variety.
Rating:
Summary: Great Book For All Ages!
Review: This isn't just a recipe book. Sergei and Valya tell us how eating raw foods changed their lives dramatically. It's an interesting read for teens because the authors provide motivation to adopt raw foods in ways that teens can relate to. Also, parents are given advise about how to make it easier for their kids to eat raw foods. Lots of yummy pictures of raw foods, including un-chocolate cake and live pizza! There are 18 chapters of tasty, easy to prepare recipes. Each chapter starts out with helpful information about preparing the type of food in that section. For example, before the 14 delightful soups in the soup chapter, we're advised "If you want to make a vegetable soup, start by blending oil or avacado with some juicy veggie or fruit, then add spices and texture". This is only part of the info which will make readers confident to attempt these recipes, or create their own raw foods. I highly recommend this book for anyone who would like to know more about eating raw foods, or for those who have been eating raw foods and want more variety.
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Summary: More than fantastic recipes!
Review: When I first reviewed "Eating Without Heating" for VegFamily.com, I focused primarily on Sergei and Valya Boutenko's recipes--particularly their exquisite and haunting pecan pate. I stand by my original review, which highly recommends this book to anyone interested in including more raw fruits, veggies, nuts and seeds in their diet.
Not only do the Boutenko's provide countless tasty recipes, many of which fared well at my Christmas feast, but they also list a number of "generic" recipes with suggested categories of ingredients. They encourage readers to become independent raw gourmet chefs who experiment with tastes until hitting upon the proper combination of five essential flavors. Their lists of representative foods from these five flavor categories have saved many a raw food recipe minus one ingredient. With the Boutenko's "formula" it's easy to find a replacement flavor from whatever you have on hand.
Perusing the book again in order to write this review, it strikes me that the Boutenko's put as much effort into the presentation of "Eating Without Heating" as they evidently do in their food preparation. The book contains full color photos of raw cakes gloriously decorated with flowers, nuts and fruit. Valya illustrates many of the pages by hand, leaving us would-be chefs charmed in a way reminiscent of Molly Katzen's classic Moosewood Cookbook. The text, photos and illustrations emanate the creativity and love that seems to permeate all layers of these precocious teens' lives.
Even if you do not want to become a raw foodist, you will come away from this book with a greater appreciation of how beautiful and nourishing food can be. Most of the recipes are so easy to prepare that they take the mystery and angst out of "raw gourmet." What's left is fun, tasty and nutritious all at once.
Rating:
Summary: Young people like you give me hope for this world!
Review: When I see young people like you I do have hope for this world.
Thank you so much from my heart. You are beautiful people and I love your book, especially the part where you talk about your own experience and life.
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