Kitchen in the Clouds

by Karen Alexander

Book Overview

A comprehensive guide to restoring your health. Learn how to overcome cancer, heart disease, obesity and more! Contains everything you need to know about the why's and how's of vegan living. Over 200... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885733348
• ISBN13: 9781885733344
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Windover Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.2" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

McDougall and Ornish people- great book!

After almost a year on Dean Ornish's program to reverse heart disease, I had wonderful results, but got pretty tired of the recipes. McDougall has some offerings (same health program), but this book has wonderful recipes and lots of information for those of us who need it.It must be easy for vegans and vegetarians to find their way through meat free recipes, but many of us are unfamiliar with this lifestyle and have to it abruptly by heart disease or cancer. We DON'T know the things that seem obvious to long term vegetarians.This book was a Godsend for my heart disease support group. Thank you so very much.

No added fat makes a huge difference

This book does not contain the nuts, nut butters, oils, pseudo cheese/meat products, etc. that seem to plague vegan cookbooks. I'm interested in protecting my health- not pretending I'm eating well when I'm actually eating a bunch of fake food.If you need to get the weight off, the cholesterol down, the arteries unblocked and the cancer stopped, go for this book!! If you want good tasting, all natural, organic recipes, go for this book! If you want a bunch of fat, you can certainly find food that is richer, creamer, prettier, etc. if you need to get real about what you're eating, this is the best book out there. I've tried a lot of cookbooks- they all contain some clunkers- that's reality. This is a very consistently good one. I keep serving up food to my friends with lots of compliments.

If you want to get well

This book saved my friend's life! Actually, eating vegan food is what seems to have sent her cancer into complete remission, but this book makes it so easy and enjoyable that it didn't seem like a sacrifice to her at all. In fact, her husband starting eating this way, and now a bunch of us are doing the same thing. No matter what diet fad comes and goes, the value of fruits and vegetables, grains and beans stays constant. This book is chock full of delicious recipes that are easy to make and SO GOOD. And, we're all glowing and getting thin! I can't recommend this book highly enough. What have you got to lose besides feeling sick and tired and fat? If you're already doing the Ornish or McDougall programs, this book will give you a lot more recipes to add to your collection and you'll be much happier with what you have to eat.

If I had to own only one cookbook -- this would be it!

Kitchen in the Clouds is an exceptionally beautiful cookbook and informative resource guide on vegan living. Inviting to read, with beautiful artwork found throughout, it is simply a feast for the mind, body and soul. The author, Karen Alexander, not only provides over 200 delicious recipes full of flavor, but a new model for optimal health. It is a book that you will want to sit down and read, and re-read--her writing is eloquent and inspiring. It was a powerful reminder to me that I can consciously choose health through my every day eating choices. Kitchen in the Clouds proves that vegan meals can be flavorful, appealing and satisfying--both my husband and six-year old son enjoy the recipes! Our family favorites include Perfect Pea Soup, Incredible Burritos, Pilgrim's Lentil Loaf, Baked Cauliflower and Chocolate Zucchini Brownies, to name a few. It's been great fun surprising our meat-eating friends with delicious meals they can't believe are vegan. It is quickly becoming the most used cookbook in my collection!This book is a must have if you want to restore your personal health and experience a vitality you never thought possible--with a side benefit of healing the planet, too. I have many friends I have shared it with who have purchased their own personal copy. I highly recommend it!

An inspirational cookbook & "how to" guide for eating vegan.

I wish I had "Kitchen in the Clouds" five years ago when my wife was near death with ovarian cancer and on hospice. It was then that we started a vegan (no animal products) diet. We credit her continuing survival to switching to a holistic lifestyle, including vegan eating. But that was quite difficult. Being meat and potatoes eaters all of our lives, we were hopelessly confused as to how to select and prepare vegan foods. Over time, we found some folks to help us...even hiring some to teach us vegan cooking. Given our experience, I'd say that "Kitchen in the Clouds" is the perfect book for those needing guidance for creating a healthy diet. The book is easy to read and beautifully written...almost spiritual in its sensitivity to personal health, the environment, and the ethics of eating vegan. And, it is packed with 300 pages of helpful and interesting information, including over 200 practical and easy to prepare recipes for breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, and dessert. The narrative portion of the book includes chapters on the rationale of eating vegan, using diet to detoxify and heal, cooking with herbs, the misconceptions of fat, protein and calcium, the politics of agribusiness, nutritional information and much more. I think the 50 page appendix alone is worth the price of the book. Here you'll find menu plans, shopping checklists, a glossary of ingredients and how to use them, food safety and storage ideas, internet, mail order, and newsletter contacts, and cooking tips, times, spice use and equivalents explained. I give this book my highest recommendation for those venturing into the, sometimes perplexing, world of vegan cooking.jaacee@mindspring