The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery

by Rebecca Katz and Mat Edelson

Book Overview

A Culinary Pharmacy in Your Pantry The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen features 150 science-based, nutrient-rich recipes that are easy to prepare and designed to give patients a much-needed boost by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587613441
• ISBN13: 9781587613449
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Celestial Arts
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

This book has uplifted me

I have stage 4 lung cancer. I found a recipe from The fighting cancer kitchen on a blog that I was reading, the recipe for the miracle mineral broth was shared (with permission) and I read about this broth helping this young woman’s mother sustain her chemo treatments & nourish her body. I didn’t know what to expect from my chemo treatments, you feel so very out of control. This book not only shared wonderful nourishing recipes with me, but answered some questions about the chemo treatments, after effects of chemo & help. It helped me feel as if I was helping my health improvement. I still have a way to go with treatment but the Mineral broth has helped me enormously. I have bought 2 more books for others that are going through the same thing and will continue to share this book with others.

A Culinary Gem

The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen is a culinary gem! It goes beyond the typical cookbook to explain the benefits of ingredients. The culinary pharmacy is a wonderful tool to have, not only for someone who is undergoing cancer treatment, but in every kitchen! The recipes are easy to follow and delicious. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in cooking healthy, wholesome foods for themselves and their families.

A Cookbook and So Much More!

This is book is so much more than just a cookbook. I purchased this for myself and for a friend who has a brother currently undergoing cancer treatment. When the book arrived in the mail, we sat down on the front steps of my house and flipped through the pages together. We were drawn in by how delicious the recipes sounded and looked throughout, and quickly found that beyond the recipes this book is a wonderful step-by-step guide to how one can put the kitchen to work in healing and the wellness of others. This book briefly discusses research that has been conducted with regard to food and cancer, the healing properties of ingredients found in these recipes, strategies for eating before and after treatment, and how caregivers can set up support teams for patients so that no individual feels overwhelmed by the care giving task. There is even a resource guide at the back of the book that provides a myriad of sources for people to turn to for cancer support and food information. We were blown away by the breadth of information contained inside. There are recipes to suit all taste buds and for someone who does not have cancer but likes to eat for good health, like me, this has also been a great resource. The recipes tried so far have been delicious. Five stars to the author for handling a heavy topic with sensitivity and smarts. I wish this cookbook had been published years ago! A must read.

This is the book I've been waiting for!

This is TRULY the book I've been waiting years for!! I am an Integrative Oncology Nurse who's passion is to empower people being treated for cancer to take charge of their health and "The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen" cookbook is a GREAT tool in this regards. It is so thorough, filled with concrete helpful tidbits to help ease many of the side effects of chemotherapy in natural ways - which I find more and more people are searching for..... all "wrapped" in a package of beautiful, mouthwatering pictures. The presentation is easy to understand, categorized so nicely and filled with humor, heartwarming introductions that make you feel as if she's right there with you as you cook your way to health and give your body the support it needs. Rebecca Katz has given us (as health care practioner's) a real "gift" to suggest to our patients and their family members or caregivers, so they can know there is alot they CAN do to heal themselves on the journey from "illness to wellness".

A cook book for everyone.

The Cancer Fighting Kitchen is empowering to anyone who wants to get some control over this horrible disease and resulting treatment- whether they have been diagnosed with caner or not. Rebecca's book provides a wealth of information that everyone can put to use in their daily lives to help in the fight against cancer--- who knew that something as easy as a pinch of cinnamon could make a difference. Rebecca's anecdotes are food to the soul. The recipes are not overwhelming and breathe life and taste into simple foods that are healthful. I even got my kids to eat green beans and enjoy them for the first time and it only took a shallot, basil and some lemon!

This is new proof that food is indeed love.

"Cancer Fighting Kitchen" isn't just a cookbook; nor is another treatise on nutritional philosophy. It's indeed a cookbook, but so much more. Now that I've spent a couple of days with it, I know it's a nutritional arsenal with the kind of firepower that's perfect for what can seem like a tough assignment: cooking for someone going through cancer treatment. But whether you're cooking for someone who really needs to eat well in order to heal-- or you just want to understand how the food you eat influences your overall health and wellness, this is an amazing find. The recipes look and sound simple and delicious -- I can't wait to cook my way through all of them. This is the perfect follow-up to "One Bite at a Time" -- my first real friend in the kitchen when I needed a whole new way to look at cooking. I've cooked my way through it over the last three or four years, and I'm ready for the next step and this is it. Her Magic Mineral Broth is an amazing elixir that aids in whatever ails you -- I've made gallons of it, and now I'm thrilled to see two new takes on the basic recipe in this book. This time Rebecca Katz offers us lots of easily digestible nutritional science along with recipes that look so tempting that I can almost taste and smell them just from the photos. But it is her disarming and sympathetic humor that leads you into each chapter and recipe with a little smile of recognition and a tidbit of personal insight. The Culinary Pharmacy section in her "Cancer fighting Toolkit" is worth the purchase price alone. It's a virtual encyclopedia of what we're all trying to learn about ingredients that add health-supportive magic to what we slave over in the kitchen. At a time when food TV is busily persuading us that cooking is something between a spectator sport and a reality show, this book points us back to what preparing food should be -- a loving spoonful of something special and sustaining. You don't need to be a patient or a caregiver to appreciate all that is in these pages, but if you are, this book is an amazing gift.