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=L3NlYXJjaD9zZWFyY2g9QWR2YW5jZWQgU2VhcmNoJmJvb2tzVG9TZWFyY2g9QUxMJnNvcnRPcmRlcj1SRUxFVkFOQ0UmbGFuZ3VhZ2U9RU5HTElTSCZxdWFsaXRpZXM9UFVCTElTSEVSJnF1YWxpdGllcz1FWENFTExFTlQmcXVhbGl0aWVzPUdPT0QmcXVhbGl0aWVzPUZBSVImX2NhdGVnb3JpZXM9b24mdGl0bGU9QW5jaWVudCBHcmFpbnMgZm9yIE1vZGVybiBNZWFscyY%3D
Debby
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