"Spork-Fed" is a savvy, upbeat introduction to vegan cuisine. The operative word is fun. The aim of the book is not to turn the world into vegans, but to show how delicious this kind of eating can be. In these 78 easy-to-prepare recipes, sense appeal comes first, then health and weight-control advantages are discussed.

“Not only are the dishes in Vegan 101: A Vegan Cookbook so impressive that they rock the kitchen, they are easy-peasy to prepare—even for a big eater but cooking dunce like me!” —Ingrid Newkirk, President of PETA Now more than ever people are choosing to make vegan meals part of their regular rotation. But with so many vegan cookbooks and blogs available, knowing exactly how to start can be challenging. Vegan 101: A Vegan Cookbook is your crash-course in creating vegan meals that get an A+ in nutrition and taste. Here’s what’s on this vegan cookbooks syllabus: 100 totally plant-based recipes to make delicious vegan dishes like Apple Coffee Cake Muffins, Tortilla Soup with Ancho Green Topping, and Quick and Easy Red Bean Veggie Burgers Expert guidance from vegan culinary instructors Jenny Engel and Heather Bell, owners of the popular LA-based vegan cooking school Spork Foods “Take It From Us” testimonials offering valuable information from Jenny and Heather’s students, vegan and non-vegan alike Chapters beginning with “Go-To Recipes” highlighting a popular vegan dish and three variations on it No matter your skill level or regular diet, you’ll be at the top of your class with this standout among vegan cookbooks. “Now THIS is veganism! Vegan 101: A Vegan Cookbook is for anyone who is looking to eat healthier and more consciously but who may be slightly intimidated by the term ‘vegan.’ THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOU!”—Katie, Amazon Customer

When school teacher Mrs. Q forgot her lunch one day, she had no idea she was about to embark on an odyssey to uncover the truth about public school lunches. Shocked by what her students were served, she resolved to eat school lunch for an entire year, chronicling her experience anonymously on a blog that received thousands of hits daily, and was lauded by such food activists as Mark Bittman, Jamie Oliver, and Marion Nestle. Here, Mrs. Q reveals her identity for the first time in an eye-opening account of school lunches in America. Along the way, she provides invaluable resources for parents and health advocates who wish to help reform school lunch, making this a must-read for anyone concerned about children's health issues.

The teacher who ate a school lunch for an entire year and chronicled her experience anoymously on a blog argues for school lunch reform and improvement in the nutritional content of the food served to growing children.

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More nutritious, modern, and utterly delicious recipes from Fresh—the award-winning restaurant chain in Canada Longtime patrons of Fresh know what to expect: scrumptious meatless meals made from all-natural, wholesome ingredients, full of exotic flavours and energy-boosting nutrients designed to make them feel incredible. In their new cookbook, founder Ruth Tal and co-owner and head chef Jennifer Houston offer Fresh fans even more recipes from their enticing and healthy menu. Loaded with nutritious recipes as well as tips on maintaining a healthy and balanced vegan/vegetarian diet, Fresh balances good eating with great taste on every page. For born food lovers or lovers of the new and trendy restaurant scene, the book also re-creates the dining experience at Fresh, with dozens of colour photographs that showcase the restaurant's funky urban decor. Fresh has been featured on Food Network's Best of Show as one of the top juice bars in North America and named one of Toronto's top 20 influential restaurants of the past 20 years by Now magazine The authors' previous book, reFresh, was a North American bestseller Fresh offers 150 new recipes for smoothies, salads, sandwiches, and other delights A cookbook designed to make healthy eating a daily inspiration, Fresh brings the revitalizing creations of the award-winning Fresh restaurants right into your kitchen.

Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains. Winner of the LA Times Book Prize. For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play around with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who knows something about what it’s like to live without the feed-and about resisting its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., M. T. Anderson has created a brave new world - and a hilarious new lingo - sure to appeal to anyone who appreciates smart satire, futuristic fiction laced with humor, or any story featuring skin lesions as a fashion statement.

A bold step forward in healthful eating, "The Voluptuous Vegan" offers more than 200 recipes that dispel the stereotypes of meatless and diary-free cuisine. It delivers luscious food everyone, not just dedicated vegans, will love.

“You can almost taste the food in Bill Buford’s Dirt, an engrossing, beautifully written memoir about his life as a cook in France.” —The Wall Street Journal What does it take to master French cooking? This is the question that drives Bill Buford to abandon his perfectly happy life in New York City and pack up and (with a wife and three-year-old twin sons in tow) move to Lyon, the so-called gastronomic capital of France. But what was meant to be six months in a new and very foreign city turns into a wild five-year digression from normal life, as Buford apprentices at Lyon’s best boulangerie, studies at a legendary culinary school, and cooks at a storied Michelin-starred restaurant, where he discovers the exacting (and incomprehensibly punishing) rigueur of the professional kitchen. With his signature humor, sense of adventure, and masterful ability to bring an exotic and unknown world to life, Buford has written the definitive insider story of a city and its great culinary culture.

More than sixty million Americans are affected with psychiatric disorders and few see improvement using prescribed medications. Fix Your Mood with Food uses the methods practiced in Chinese medicine to improve mood naturally. By focusing on the whole individual—rather than an isolated affliction—it is designed to cure the entire body. In this approachable book, Heather Lounsbury, one of Los Angeles’ most well-known acupuncturists, draws from her own personal and clinical experiences as well as her extensive studies in holistic and Chinese nutrition and Chinese medicine to help you achieve emotional and physical health. Readers will be empowered by natural options for mood improvement with dietary insight based on ancient healing practices. Whether you’re a constant worrier, easily agitated, stressed, suffer from panic attacks, or anything in between, you can take back control and return to emotional balance. Lounsbury guides readers to elevate mood naturally as they improve (and prevent) a variety of physical ailments, including heart conditions, high cholesterol, digestive issues, headaches, and energy problems. Includes comprehensive food charts and health tips.