Everyday Raw

by Matthew Kenney

Everyday Raw is an exciting new cookbook that will introduce the benefits and pleasure of eating healthful food that is organic, fresh and good for you! Preparing and eating raw food does not mean bland, whether it is a smoothie, a salad, or a mid-morning snack, you will love the tantalizing and delicious recipes included here. Chef Matthew Kenney has been preparing raw food for years and offers up a variety of delectable recipes including-Chocolate-Cherry Smoothie, Red-Chile Pineapple Dipping Sauce, Sesame Cashew Dumplings, Portobello Fajitas, and a Lemon Macaroon Cheesecake Tartlet that will leave you wondering why you haven't started eating raw food sooner! Contents Recipes Author Acclaimed chef Matthew Kenney is a restaurateur, caterer, and food writer. Matthew has been the chef and co-owner of Pure Food and Wine restaurant in NYC as well as the chef and partner of numerous successful restaurants including Matthew's, Canteen, Commune, Commissary, and Mezze. In 1994 Food and Wine included him as one of their Ten Best New Chefs of the Year. He's been featured on the Today Show, The Food Network, as well as a variety of other morning talk shows. Matthew was nominated for the James Beard Rising Star Award.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Cooking, Nonfiction, Vegan

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 2008

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was really surprised at all of the complex foods with high soaking and dehydration times. With "everyday" raw I was looking for more quick meals. I think this will discourage some people away from raw food. Then again, if you are already a raw foodist and have a dehydrator, then you might love this book. As for me, I'm just experimenting with adding more raw food to my diet and this didn't do much for me.

[Pamela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice presentation, lots of great photos. But the recipes have way too much prep to be everyday raw. I think the title is misleading. I don't have a dehydrator so a good portion of his recipes are out. I also don't like the large quantities of nuts/oil and maple syrup/agave, that are predominate throughout the book.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exploring the world of raw eating. I don't take everything seriously (because I don't plan to go completely raw), but this book gave me some ideas on what to use as substitutes for my semi-vegan diet. I actually don't have a specific diet, there are just a lot of "I don't eat this because of this reason" situations I get into when I try to plan grocery lists and meals. Everyday Raw had creative recipes for juicing, smoothies, salads, and dressings (it had other recipes obviously, but I was only really interested in these). I was excited to find a recipe for making faux tofu (I avoid soy as much as I can) out of coconut meat. I look forward to experimenting with some of the recipes like that. Overall, I give it 4 stars for creative effort. :)

[Monica]

This is a unique cookbook, and although I� m not quite sure if it� s my style, but there are a lot of good ideas for a vegetarian/vegan in here. While I may not use this cookbook, it certainly opens my eyes to new foods. There are a number of sprouted grains, types of sauces, and ways to prepare ingredients I never knew existed! I am curious about the use of a dehydrater (which appears to replace an oven in some cases).

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[Greta · Rating 3 out of 5]

The recipes LOOKED delicious! Beautiful pictures, the way a cookbook should look. However, most of the recipes had some SERIOUS prep time, (like we're talking days in advance) that discouraged me from trying most of them. This is not the cookbook for busy people who want to whip up a healthy, great tasting meal in a reasonable amount of time. Felt the title was misleading in that regard.

Update: Just looked at Matthew Kenney's other books, and it looks like he has an Everyday Raw EXPRESS book that is supposed to be what I thought this book would be. Good to know.

[Jennifer Hrabota · Rating 5 out of 5]

I find myself using this book a lot, and really do find the recipes reasonable for everyday food prep. Some Raw cookbooks have amazing recipes, but you find yourself rarely making them because they are so complicated and expensive. This, along with Ani's Raw food kitchen are my two go-to daily books.

[Synthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good book for picking up ideas but some recipes are more complex and time consuming. It is better suited for someone already adapting the lifestyle and can a lot a bit more time into food preparation.

[sarah]

Got this for Christmas and am looking forward to trying some of these recipes. Definitely excited about the prospect of raw ice cream.

[Umnia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book - I love the recipes, especially the smoothies! Easy to read. Kenney goes a little overboard with his used of young thai coconut, but overall, good stuff.

[Austin · Rating 5 out of 5]

delicious!!

[Gyuri Grell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading through this book, I found most of the recipes appealing to my tastes. Can't wait to try them all out.

[Kaiya]

The recipes in this book look great, but I haven't had a change to test any! Review withheld until I can check it out again.

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is so hard to find vegan recipes that also correspond with the Blood Type Diet :(

[Luci · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really great, Raw made simple shown not to be just juice and flax. His resturant 105 degrees is a good place to stop and talk to him and pick up a copy.

[Bear · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little too exotic to be an "everyday" prep book.

[Natalie]

library book.

This book I want on my bookshelf - great instructions and pictures for almost everything. i have made a few things from it already...

[Emelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great resource for raw food cooking

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

He's got some great ideas, but he depends too much on maple syrup and agave syrup. There are, however, some things I will definitely use.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

lots of great recipes very agave dependent for the sweets.. they are delicious but if avoiding agave then maybe not the book for you. Great savory recipes though!!!

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

inspiring pictures, some fun ideas, good resource that I will be testing recipes from this summer.

[Catness · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is going to be fun. Raw food is perfect summer food.