Raw Reading for Beginners

The raw food dinner at Fresh Thymes Cafe the other night was a complete success! I had an amazing time sharing raw food with all of the diners - many enjoying it for their first time - and I think everyone loved it. On the menu was veggie flax flatbread topped with a sprouted chickpea puree, fennel dressed with orange zest & juice, and black olives; a delectable zucchini lasagna; and avocado semi-freddo pie, with hot (well, warm) fudge. Jen and Jane at Fresh Thymes were fabulous, as well, super helpful, and so wonderful to give me the opportunity to introduce some Delawareans to raw food at their restaurant. Thanks, too, to Kelly Housen at Spark, who featured the lasagna in this week's issue:
http://www.print2webcorp.com/news/DelawareOnline/Spark/20110119/p27.asp
Mark your calendars for the next raw food dinners at Fresh Thymes - February 23 and March 23 - and call soon for a reservation, at 302-656-2026. There are only a couple spaces left for February 23! And, beginning in February, stop by Fresh Thymes at lunch for raw food entrees on Thursdays, prepared by yours truly!
Several of the folks at the dinner asked me what I would recommend for raw food cookbooks for raw food newbies.
For cooking, Raw Food Made Easy by Jennifer Cornbleet is very simple and basic and offers great tips and recipes; Living on Live Food by Alissa Cohen is more extensive, and offers lots of encouraging advice. Victoria Boutenko's books are also a great basic start.
For reading on the theories behind raw food, Brian Clement's books offer more science and also anecdotes about his work at the Hippocrates Health Institute, while David Wolfe's books offer a lot for people interested in a more spiritual, environmental approach/basis for eating raw.