Tao of Food

by Richard Craze, Roni Jay

Book by Craze, Richard, Jay, Roni

Genres: Philosophy, Cookbooks, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Before being a publisher Richard was a full time writer with over 60 books published on a wide range of subjects including business, astrology, alternative medicine, Chinese culture, sex and humour (not all in any one book though). Before being a writer - although that was what he always wanted to do - he did many jobs including being a casino general manger, business consultant, cave guide and stress management consultant (again never all at one time).

His first book for his own publishing company – The Voice of Tobacco - came out in September 2003. It is Richard's own journal of giving up smoking.
He wrote Out Of Your Townie Mind which was published in May 2004 and it guides the townie through their dream of escaping to the countryside.

Reviews

[Jeanette · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another book i picked up from the library hoping that it would give me more info on eating in the raw. it was interesting, but unfortunately more based on a well rounded, diary, meat eating diet. the basic philosophy is that there are two kinds of food- yang (meat, eggs, dairy) and yin (fruits, veggies, sugars, some dairy) and a person needs to balance out each. i of course disagree- i dont want any meat or dairy. it does have a few good recipes i will use though. just funny that the library system categories it as a faw food book.

[Deborah Carter · Rating 3 out of 5]

So far, it's a very light and general overview of the Chinese concept of yin and yang, hot and cool with alimentation. It's a decent introduction to it, but if I really want to dig deeper, I'll need to read a book that breaks it down and explains with more detail.
There are lots of recipes 2/3's of the way through. (Though they don't interest me at all because I already know them.)