[bksvol-discuss] Re: Best cookbooks How many does Bookshare have
- From: Kelly Pierce <kkellyp@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:01:53 -0600
Sandy,
Thanks for the support and encouragement. As someone with blindness
whose independence is as a result of being different from most people,
I am highly comfortable in this role. I am not like the two-thirds of
Americans who are overweight or obese, the 85 percent who don’t
exercise as little as three times a week, or the typical American who
gets nearly half his calories from sugar or synthetic non-foods. Those
of us who want an extraordinary life don’t settle for being like the
herd.
Kim,
I was a raw foodist for a while and recently uploaded the raw food
books I scanned during that time of under nourishment and essential
nutrient deprivation. I hope others in warmer climates find them of
benefit. I have enjoyed the book “Menus from History” in the
collection, which offers the menus and recipes from important meals in
the last few hundred years. I now use the pumpkin pie recipe from
this book rather than store bought pies. A big thanks to those who
scanned and proofed this lengthy book.
Kelly
On 1/23/12, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Kelly, there are a lot of cookbooks from Weight Watchers in the
> Bookshare collection. You're interested in sustainable practices and
> healthy eating. I'm interested in ethnic cuisines and to me, you aren't
> going to get anybody to eat anything if the flavor and taste aren't
> taken into account. I don't know if you've seen the cookbooks dealing
> with eating raw foods or eating a vegan diet. These might interest you.
> I think the more variety the better. I don't mind if there are books for
> Weight Watchers, so long as there are other books dealing with all the
> cuisines people have used. Have you ever wondered what food tasted like
> during different historical periods? I have. Wouldn't it be grand if
> Bookshare had every kind of cookbook you could think of for the variety
> of food lovers and cooks? Regards, Kim Friedman.
>
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> have
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>
> Debby,
>
> Do you know the methodology in determining why these cookbooks are best?
> I looked on the website of "Cooking Light" who produced the list and
> found the listing of these books without an explanation of why these
> books were chosen and not others.
>
> Missing from the Bookshare collection are cookbooks that use
> sustainablly produced meats and nourishing grains with the preparation
> methods of traditional people. Grass fed and finished meat has about
> half the water content of conventional meat, requiring low temperatures
> and slow cooking times along with particular preparation methods to
> yield tender, juicy meat. Similarly, grains, nuts and seeds contain
> phytic acid, a compound that allows them to last for many years without
> rotting. Unfortunately, phytic acid prevents the absorption of
> nutrients in the body, causing nutritional deficiency. Before the modern
> era, people traditionally soaked there grains to eliminate or
> drastically reduce the unhealthful phytates. Very few cookbooks offer a
> bread baking process or bread recipes that soak the grains sufficiently
> to significantly remove the phytates. None of these are in Bookshare.
> While the book "Ancient Grains for Modern Meals" speaks of traditional
> foods, the author is more concerned about taste and quick preparation
> rather than nutrition and our health.
>
> I welcome others who wish to join me in working to add amazing cookbooks
> of highly nourishing food to the Bookshare collection. Otherwise, we are
> simply just adding more variations of the same cookbook theme.
>
> Kelly
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/18/12, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I am continuing this as each month rolls around when I remember to
>> look, since I thought it was an interesting thread.
>>
>> Hear are the books from the latest category announced:
>>
>> Top 100 Cookbooks of the Last 25 Years
>> January/February 2012:
>> HEALTHY
>>
>> The Best Healthy Cookbooks
>> Find our top 5 picks for the best healthy cookbooks of the past 25
>> years.
>>
>> 1.
>> Spices of Life: Simple and Delicious Recipes for Great Health By Nina
>> Simonds, Knopf, 2005. Hardcover. $25; 383 pages
>>
>> Not on Bookshare.
>>
>> 2.
>> The America's Test Kitchen Healthy Family Cookbook
>> By the editors at America's Test Kitchen, America's Test Kitchen,
>> 2010. Hardcover. $35; 520 pages
>>
>> Not on Bookshare.
>>
>> 3.
>> The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: A Delicious Alternative for
>> Lifelong Health By Nancy Harmon Jenkins, Bantam, 2009. Hardcover. $35;
>
>> 496 pages
>>
>> Not on Bookshare.
>>
>> 4.
>> The Santa Monica Farmers' Market Cookbook: Seasonal Foods, Simple
>> Recipes, and Stories from the Market and Farm By
>> Amelia Saltsman
>> , Blenheim Press, 2007. Paperback. $23; 216 pages
>>
>> Not on Bookshare.
>>
>> 5.
>> Ancient Grains for Modern Meals
>> By Maria Speck, Ten Speed Press, 2011. Hardcover. $30; 231 pages
>>
>> This one seems to be on Bookshare. The one I found there is:
>>
>> Ancient Grains for Modern Meals: Mediterranean Whole Grain Recipes for
>
>> Barley, Farro, Kamut, Polenta, Wheat Berries and More
>> Maria Speck
>> Publisher: Ten Speed Press
>> Copyright Date: 2011
>>
>> Here's the link to the book in case you'd like to read more about it
>> or download it.
>>
>> http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/321954?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9zZWF
>> yY2g9QWR2YW5jZWQgU2VhcmNoJmJvb2tzVG9TZWFyY2g9QUxMJnNvcnRPcmRlcj1SRUxFV
>> kFOQ0UmbGFuZ3VhZ2U9RU5HTElTSCZxdWFsaXRpZXM9UFVCTElTSEVSJnF1YWxpdGllcz1
>> FWENFTExFTlQmcXVhbGl0aWVzPUdPT0QmcXVhbGl0aWVzPUZBSVImX2NhdGVnb3JpZXM9b
>> 24mdGl0bGU9QW5jaWVudCBHcmFpbnMgZm9yIE1vZGVybiBNZWFscyY%3D
>>
>> Debby
>>
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>> ; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
>> Job 6:24 NKJV
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