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Three friends bound by love of the Southwest's canyonlands undertake the first traverse of the Comb Ridge, in search of the lost civilization of the Anasazi • A cultural pilgrimage as well as an athletic one • Story blends personal adventure, middle-aged angst, the beauty of a landscape, history of exploration, and mysteries of the rise and fall of an ancient culture • By a critically acclaimed travel and adventure writer also famous for his exploits in Alaska's mountains • Includes photos by Greg Child of the landscape, Anasazi and Navajo ruins and rock art On September 1, 2004, three middle-aged buddies set out on one of the last geographic challenges never before attempted in North America: to hike the Comb Ridge in one continuous push. The Comb is an upthrust ridge of sandstone—virtually a mini-mountain range—that stretches almost unbroken for a hundred miles from just east of Kayenta, Arizona, to some ten miles west of Blanding, Utah. To hike the Comb is to run a gauntlet of up-and-down severities, with the precipice lurking on one hand, the fiendishly convoluted bedrock slab on the other—always at a sideways, ankle-wrenching pitch. There is not a single mile of established trail in the Comb's hundred-mile reach.
The friends were David Roberts, writer, adventurer, famed mountaineer of decades past, at age 61 the graybeard of the bunch; Greg Child, renowned mountaineer and rock climber, age 47; and Vaughn Hadenfeldt, a wilderness guide intimately acquainted with the canyonlands, age 53. They came to the Comb not only for the physical challenge, but to seek out seldom-visited ruins and rock art of the mysterious Anasazi culture. Each brought his own emotions on the journey; the Comb Ridge would test their friendship in ways they had never before experienced.
Searching for the stray arrowhead half-smothered in the sand or for the faint markings on a far sandstone boulder that betokened a little-known rock art panel, becomes a competitive sport for the three friends. Along the way, they ponder the mystery, bringing the accounts of early and modern explorers and archaeologists to bear: Who were the vanished Indians who built these inaccessible cliff dwellings and pueblos, often hidden from view? Of whom were they afraid and why? What caused them to suddenly abandon their settlements around 1300 AD? What meaning can be ascribed to their phantasmagoric rock art? What was their relationship to the Navajo, who were convinced the Anasazi had magical powers and could fly?
DAVID ROBERTS is the author of On the Ridge Between Life & Death, Escape From Lucania, In Search of the Old Ones, and Escape Routes among other titles. His adventure and travel writing have appeared in Outside, National Geographic Adventure, The New York Times, and other publications.
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Good Travelogue.......2007-08-23
After reading David Roberts other book "In Search Of The Ancient Ones", I had to pick this one up as well. As a native Southwesterner and interested in ancient southwestern Indian history, I was eager to read about his trek across the "The Comb" with two friends. There was some interesting tidbits on how they went about placing their water caches and meetings with some of the locals before and during their trip. It was a fairly interesting read if you are an outdoors person but I as far as the Anasazi ruins, while several are mentioned, it would have been more interesting if more photos were included. Like a few previous reviewers I did find it annoying to read about David's arguments with his fellow companions as they all seemed to be instigated by David himself. I got the impression that he thought he was the "leader" of the group and the others were supposed to listen to him and follow "his" rules. It wouldn't have been too bad except he brings it up about 4 or 5 times throughout the book which I thought was a little excessive. Also, he makes a few remarks about others he has met or traveled with in the back country of the Southwest which, to me anyways, he thinks that we are not worthy of visiting these ancient ruins. Because others have vandalized ruins (which has been going on for about a hundred years now)does not mean that there some of us who are just as interested in the Anasazi and want to experience the thrill and wonder of finding an undiscovered site on our own or visit some of the ruins that are accessible, without looting them or damaging them. He gave me the impression that he is one of the "elite" who is one of the few who is knowledgable and because he's done some extensive backcountry travelling, "qualified" to visit these sites. Overall I thought the book was a good read. Not as good as his earlier one, "In Search Of The Ancient Ones." (Which I highly recommend). You should consider "House Of Rain" by Craig Childs.
Disappointing........2007-06-26
I enjoyed reading "The Secret Knowledge of Water" and "House of Rain;" both books written by Craig Childs. So,I bought and read this book because Greg Childs acted as photographer in this traverse of Comb Ridge. And, Indeed, the photos are good. Unfortunatly, David Roberts, the author and traverse participant, comes off as needing total control of his hike companions. The writing seems choppy and more a personal journal than an adventure.
Amazing reading..simply outstanding!.......2007-06-12
From the moment I saw this book on the shelf, I couldn't wait to get to a computer and order it from Amazon. I neglected to write down the name, but was able to find it with a search. This book is one I had a very hard time putting down. Roberts is a fine writer, however, some terminology will most likely have you pining for a dictionary! Roberts has you feeling the burn of the climb and the heat of the desert, along with the blisters on ones' feet! I am just about done with it, and already ordered "In Search of the Ancient Ones" for my next read.
One-Part Cultural Exploration of the Anasazi (with a little Navajo as well) and One-Part Adventure Story.......2007-05-07
Overall, I really enjoyed *Sandstone Spine*; nothing overly ground-breaking here - no new revelations or significant finds in regards to the Anasazi were accomplished on the trip. But, that doesn't necessarily matter. Between the party's discovered and revisited sites there is something to learn about the Anasazi for those not already deeply versed in the history. The most interesting parts of the book in regards to the history are the tangents Roberts takes talking about previous historical understanding and research, and some of the local history surrounding the Comb Ridge. In the beginning, the reader also gets a peak at the Navajo Nation off the beaten path.
As for the trek itself, it is essentially a 100+ mile hike in late summer in a sometimes unforgiving landscape. The party's adventures have the usual desert travel moments of having to find water, a safe place to camp, and how to travel across a varied terrain. But, in the end, it is merely interesting and not too adventurous. This is not the fault of Roberts and his traveling companions; though the Comb Ridge is a fantastic example of the geology of Colorado Plateau that presented some challenges to the traverse, it is not all that daunting to the experienced backcountry travelers on this adventure (this is not to say that it wouldn't kill the unprepared).
At times I found myself frustrated along with David Roberts when he spends moments in this book complaining about how his friends travel in relation to his expectations - mostly about one of the friends. On one hand, I completely agree with him; when a travel companion goes off on one's own and especially doesn't communicate what he or she is doing, this is absolutely annoying! And dangerous in the backcountry - even for experienced hikers. And one of Roberts' co-hikers does this often. But, I don't know that it really adds to the book any; except maybe at the end (I won't give away why or how). Or, maybe I just relate so well to it in regards to someone I used to travel often with that I can't take it any more than Roberts can.
In the end, a good read; but, maybe not quite up to the same level as some of Roberts' other books in regards to history or adventure - essentially, not the fault of the three travelers, just the circumstance of the Comb Ridge and the high skill level of the hikers. I would classify this as essential for anyone interested in backcountry travel in the Comb Ridge area; and a good quick read for everyone else.
See a slice of the Four Corners and existential hiking as part of a travelogue.......2007-04-18
This is a good book in many ways. Let me list just a few of them.
First, you get David Roberts' intimate love of the Four Corners/Colorado Plateau, as well as that of his two fellow hikers. Second and related is Roberts' and their appreciation for the Anasazi ruins and artifacts they encounter, and the appreciation to not disturb them.
Related to that, you can learn the basics about their "museum of the outdoors" ethos that is a cornerstone of this care to not disturb these remains. Not everybody fully appreciates this; it is part of what motivates the trio to get snarky about people's trail register comments. But, this isn't an "environmental" book or an "archaeology" book; it's also a travel book. And to fully appreciate this book, I think you have to understand that. If you want "just" an archaeology/hiking book, there's always "In Search of the Old Ones."
Beyond that, you get a sense for the vastness and ruggedness of this land, both today and 700-7,000 years ago as it confronted the Anasazi and their various forbearers.
But, wait, that's not all.
You also get the story of the 61-year-old Roberts, wondering how much major hiking he has left, the 53-year-old Vaughn Hadenfelt, fearing he'll soon be stuck behind a desk rather than guiding people around the Plateau, and the 47-year-old Greg Child, a new father. You get the three of them trying to not wear on each other's last nerve through a couple of weeks of hiking with almost no human contact. The "whining" that some people may note, I rather saw as the personal wrestlings of three aging hikers knowing they are approaching turning points in their lives. I think it misses the point of this book to "just" look for nature photography or Anasazi ruins.
Finally, you get Roberts' exquisite writing ability, and 16 pages of full-color photography by Child. A definite winner.
I've driven through Comb Ridge and hiked areas of Cedar Mesa and Grand Gulch; I deeply appreciated this book.
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- Exceptionally Real and Explicitly Factual Real-time Environmental Story
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The year is 2040 and the world is in chaos.A valiant few have taken on the struggle to help our planet through its voilent, lethal pilgrimage into the future.A valiant few, dogged by evil . . .
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Exceptionally Real and Explicitly Factual Real-time Environmental Story.......2006-04-09
This is not science fiction. Instead, it is a realistic global warming novel for our times, especially these days with storms increasing, arctic ice melting away and glaciers disappearing. Instead of the typical doomsday plot with catastrophes around every corner, the global warming in this novel is real. It eats away at society while the main characters struggle to do what they can. Jamie Carter, whose parents suffer as a result of a chemical spill in the eighties, goes into politics. She is driven to do what she can about the environment through politics. As she matures she meets a Ukrainian man whose family suffered from Chernobyl when he was a boy, and the story also follows their relationship through the years. Meanwhile, Jamie's nemesis, who is also followed in the story, becomes a news anchor and creates all kinds of political and media roadblocks. Although billed as science fiction, Grand Traverse is more a novel of social commentary containing characters we can care about. As such, it has the best elements of a suspense thriller while at the same time providing one scenario for the questionable near future of our planet.
Why was this book ...........2006-03-01
...printed? Parts are so utterly simplistic to deserve the title "dumb". I suspect the writer is in the throes of a severe clinical depression. The world has come to an end for the past several thousands of years and look where we are. Many of the serious problems we are having are addressed as we speak. Just remember: after every ice age there was a warming and vice versa.
Remember the spate of books just before 01/01/2000, predicting every computer would be going gaga? Same here. Nice try, Sierra Club; you just gave me another reason to take you much less serious as I once did.
Ah, yes.The filthy lucre....
deep bleak ashen future .......2005-09-17
The earth is heading toward pandemic environmental disaster. However, Paul Carter and his family do not worry about the orb as the crisis to them is local. Ducain Chemical contaminated Easthaven. He sues and wins, but his victory is hollow as his beloved wife Judy suffers from breast cancer. Ironically they met during an environmental protest back when Reagan was President.
Three decades later Paul's daughter Jamie believes the toxic chemical spill is the pivotal point of her life though she was only two at the time. She successfully becomes a political activist, a soldier, "Chemical Jamie", in the war to save the embattled planet.
Heather West seeks vengeance from the family that successfully won a lawsuit against her father that ruined him and destroyed her heritage. When she makes it big time on television, it furthers her life's goal to destroy the internationally popular daughter of the man who devastated her dad. The two daughters are on a collision course that has global impact neither of their fathers could have remotely envisioned.
Michael Beres paints a bleak ashen future on a planet devastated by environmental disasters. The story line focuses on how the two women react to the key identical incident in their respective lives. One uses this to become a crusader while the other uses it to spread culpability on others for what she and her family lost. There is no question on what side of the environment argument Mr. Beres is on as his twenty-first century looks as if mankind is one step away from extinction yet a thousand points of light still shine with hope to save the world.
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When Magic Goes Awry . . . What is an aspiring apprentice wizard to do when she finds her mentor and master frozen in his tracks by mysterious magics?Kilisha of Eastgate, a promising young student of wizardry in the city of Ethshar of the Rocks, still has much to learn before she can assume the robes of a journeyman enchanter. But when her teacher, the venerable Ithanalin the Wise, is overcome by a peculiar spell that scatters his soul amongst a collection of runaway household furnishings, it is up to Kilisha to find the cause and restore him to his former self. Adventure and mayhem abound.
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Very Enjoyable.......2005-02-08
When I first started reading this book, I was like 'why did I but this?' That only lasted for about three pages. Really, when I found out that this book was about animated furniture that had escaped, each part with a different peice of a wizards self of soul of some such thing, i thought it would get boring eventually. I was wrong, it only got better. Wheather because it was kind of short or because it was such a good read, i read this book in about four hours.
a perfect diversion.......2004-12-24
I hadn't read an entire novel in one sitting for a long, long time. Yesterday afternoon I picked up Ithanalin's Restoration, intending to read just a chapter or two until a headache cleared, but I didn't put it back down until I had finished it. Watt-Evans spins an utterly delightful tale about Kilisha, a young wizard's apprentice who must reverse a spell gone awry, which scattered her master's soul into his runaway parlor furniture. To recapture the missing pieces from throughout the city and to restore Ithanalin, she must manage her own impetuous nature and apply all the spellcraft she has learned. Along the way she must also placate Ithanalin's distraught wife and children, enlist the aid of the young soldier who unwittingly sparked the accident, and cope with the unhelpful customers and colleagues. If you need a break from interminable epic fantasy doorstops, this simple story of a young woman out to prove herself is a perfect diversion.
Amusing, though it lacks a resolution...........2004-04-24
This book is very well written and amusing, but there are parts of the story that are not resolved. The "murdering wizard" is still romping free, and Kilisha doesn't get anywhere with her "boyfriend." I mean, they should have kissed or declared each other's love, but there was almost nothing. IN the end of the book she just instantaniously thinks that she is "more than friends" with this guy. SO if there is a sequel, I would have given another star.
Amusing magical romp.......2003-11-28
The eighth of Watt-Evans' Ethshar novels, Ithanalin's Restoration takes place concurrently with _The Spell of the Black Dagger_. No knowledge of any of the other books is needed to enjoy this tale, as the Ethshar novels take place at different times and most of them stand alone nicely. The events in Black Dagger occur in a different city and while they upset most of the peripheral characters in this book, not knowing all the details won't impact your enjoyment of this lighthearted fantasy.
Kilisha is a seventeen-year-old apprentice wizard to Ithanalin the Wise, an expert in animation spells. With just one more year to go in her apprenticeship, she is frustrated at how little wizardry she's been taught, and frets that she's in no condition to begin the next stage of her career, as a journeyman wizard. Her master is kind but distracted, often forgetting to teach her all the common knowledge behind each spell, and he's often busy producing spells for his paying customers. That often leaves Kilisha as little more than an in-home baby-sitter and servant for Ithanalin's wife Yara.
With her frustration and fear growing, Kilisha demands that her master start teaching her the spells his customers pay for, and this time he agrees. On an errand to collect the blood of a grey cat (wizardry often requires odd materials), she returns hours later to find Ithanalin frozen in place, and all the parlor furniture missing. She soon discovers that his animating spell went very wrong when he tripped, spilled the magical goo, and animated several pieces of furniture with his own essence. And the furniture ran out the door when it was opened by a persistant tax-collector.
Kilisha, armed with few practical spells and missing big chunks of background knowledge, finds herself the only one who can set things right. The senior wizards are preoccupied with mass murder of wizards in Ethshar of the Sands (these events covered in Black Dagger) and have no time for an apprentice with spells gone awry. She must find, collect, and bring back the escaping furniture and learn enough magic to prevent their wandering again. On top of that, some of Ithanalin's essence transferred to a spriggen, a magical pest attracted to wizardry; spriggens cannot be held by any locks or bonds. Then she must master a new spell to bring Ithanalin back to his normal self. And to do so, she must learn a new tack toward problem solving, as Kilisha is a feet-first woman in a look-before-you-leap profession.
This is a fun read with a satisfying ending, perfect for vacation and holiday amusement.
Pleasant light fantasy.......2003-01-31
_Ithanalin's Restoration_ is Lawrence Watt-Evans's latest Ethshar novel. (Of late he has been alternating his more serious, and longer, Dragon novels with his generally light-hearted Ethshar fantasies.) The main character is Kilisha, the 17 year old apprentice to Master Wizard Ithanalin. One of Ithanalin's spells gets disrupted by a mischievous spriggan, with the unwitting help of a tax-collector, and Ithanalin's "essence" ends up distributed among various objects, including several pieces of furniture. The spooked tax-collector leaves the door open, and the furniture, having legs, escapes. It falls to Kilisha to track down the escaped furniture and to learn the spell that can restore the pieces of Ithanalin from the pieces of furniture to his inanimate body. Her job is made more complicated because the more senior wizards in the town are unable to help her, as they are concerned with a political crisis: a revolt in another town that may spread.
The story is quite fun, a fast and always enjoyable read, with plenty of clever sequences arising from the central situation and the use of limited wizardly magic (such as Kilisha's way of using a love spell to lure back an escaped rug). Also noteworthy is the basic decency and commonsense of the various characters in the book. This is, I think,a particular characteristic of most of Watt-Evans's work -- his characters are pretty normal people, for the most part, and basically act like decent ordinary people we know, with to be sure the occasional foible. To take just one example from this book, we are introduced to the city's overlord, after a scene setting him up to be a lazy fop (semi-evil overlord model 3B, or something). It turns out, though, that he's basically a nice guy, who maybe gets a bit tired of long meetings. I do like this aspect of LWE's stories -- which is present in most of them, though you do get some slightly more extreme characters in for example the Dragon books.
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- Very Difficult Reading: Not Worth the Effort
- Worth reading; don't get too excited, though
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In his preface to this collection of 17 stories and novellas, all published between 1950 and 1998, Gardner Dozois points out that the notion of the far future could not exist without the concept of deep time; that is, this planet's history stretches back billions of years. His groundwork prepares the reader for the vast scale of the fiction that follows.
The best stories combine unabashedly science-fictional wonders with intimate characterization and clear story lines. Cordwainer Smith's "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard"--set on an Earth ruled by the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality and populated by true men, hominids, and homunculi--is the story of two people who climb a ruined causeway to the clouds where the Abba-dingo, an ancient computer, will foretell their future. It reads like a lucid dream: strange, compelling, and beautiful. Unfortunately, it's followed in short order by "Bumberboom," nominally far-future SF but really a comic fantasy unlikely to be enjoyed by the same readers who appreciate Smith's piece. Michael Moorcock, in "Pale Roses," shows how it should be done, combining fantasy motifs with science-fictional sensibilities in a wickedly playful, psychologically dark, and cliché-mocking story of terminal ennui set in his Dancers at the End of Time milieu. Several of the later stories, particularly those written in the '90s by Robert Reed, Alexander Jablokov, and Paul McAuley, strive for transcendence but miss by a whisker. The anthology closes with a satisfyingly circular time-and-universe-spanning epic, Ian McDonald's "In the Days of Solomon Gursky," which manages brilliantly to give the reader a wonder-filled roller-coaster ride, yet end on a human note. --Luc Duplessis
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"The most important and influential SF-magazine editor in the world."-InterzoneIt is the essence of science fiction to chart the possibilities of the future, but it takes the hand of a master to capture the farthest reaches of time--futures almost unimaginably distant. The Furthest Horizon collects seventeen ofthe most inventive and audacious visions of the future by many acclaimed writers, including:* Brian Aldiss * Poul Anderson * Avram Davidson * Joe Haldeman * Alexander Jablokov * Paul J. McAuley * Ian McDonald * Michael Moorcock * Frederik Pohl * Robert Reed * Keith Roberts * Robert Silverberg * Cordwainer Smith * James Tiptree, Jr. * Jack Vance * Walter Jon Williams * Gene Wolfe"Dozois is to the 1980s and 1990s what John W. Campbell, Jr., was to the 1940s and 1950s-the finest editor in the world of short SF."-Publishers Weekly "Dozois is arguably the most accomplished editor in the field of modern genre short fiction."-SF SiteAUTHORBIO: GARDNER DOZOIS edits the Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies and Asimov's SF magazine from his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor ten times.
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Very Difficult Reading: Not Worth the Effort.......2002-08-22
Though there are a few gems in this collection, the majority of stories here are difficult to read at best, incomprehensible at worst. Even stories by writers like Joe Haldeman, most of whose stories and novels are clearly written and easily understood, are overly dense and don't "flow" in the least. Just as an example, the first page of the first story (by Jack Vance) in this collection starts like this: "Guyal of Sfere had been born one apart from his fellows and early proved vexation for his sire. Normal in outward configuration, there existed within his mind a void which ached for nourishment." And most of the stories that follow are written in a similar style that reminds of some of the worst writing in the sword-n-scorcery fantasy genre, which I despise.
However, I did enjoy the stories by Cordwainer Smith, Frederick Pohl, and Ian McDonald. But, the rest of the stories were really not at all worth the effort. Even after rereading several passages in order to comprehend the overly wordy material, the story lines of most of these were just pointless. And some, like Coranda by Keith Roberts, aren't science fiction at all. Coranda is clearly an example of fantasy, with its pretentious character names and *complete lack* of science.
I hate to blame editor Dozois here. I really enjoy reading the magazine he edits, Asimov's, every month, so I do think he usually has good taste in material. But I would think there are better "far future" stories in existence than these.
SF writers I love most: Heinlein, Philip Dick, Joe Haldeman (his story in this book is arguably his worst ever), and David Gerrold. All of these authors write (usually) in a straight-forward, easily understood style. It's the stories (and characters) themselves that matter, not pretentious, showoffy, purple prose. This collection, for whatever reason, is just the opposite.
Or maybe I'm just a total idiot.
Worth reading; don't get too excited, though.......2002-06-28
Of the 17 stories, I would say most are average. There are a couple of dogs and a few gems. I thought Reed, McDonald, Anderson were excellent. Strong finish, otherwise pretty average, but worth reading.
Not Dozois' Fault.......2001-11-20
With the exception of Gene Wolfe's The Map, the best these stories can do is mediocre. Dozois, I'm certain, did an excellent job picking out these stories, and that the fault lies with the authors themselves.
BORING!!!!!!!!!!.......2001-08-03
I have never before written a review for a book, but in this case I felt I owed it to my fellow readers to warn them to save their money. Except for "Bumberboom", and the very last story in the volume (Which was fairly interesting), this book was a complete waste of my money and time. The writing was laborious, complex to the point of being incomprehensible; As if the writers were engaged in a contest to see who could write the most cerebral gibberish. As I said, save your money.
A stellar Far, Far Future SF stories collection.......2000-08-16
Gardner Dozois collects a fine assortment of really far future SF stories in one of his best anthologies to date.
The theme of "far far future" is handled in many diverse ways, as the stories themselves were written over almost fifty years.
Jack Vance has an excerpt from his Dying Earth series...and Paul McAuley has a prequel to his "Confluence" novels. In between lie classics like Pohl's satiric Day Million, Silverberg's Nightwings and a story related to Gene Wolfe's Book of the Sun series. And many others, from authors like Michael Moorcock and Poul Anderson.
All in all, this is one of the best SF anthologies I have yet read.
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- A Simple, Starter Cookbook for Vegetarians
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- Great book-If you're on the Fuhrman Plan
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A Simple, Starter Cookbook for Vegetarians.......2005-08-15
This book is great for people who aren't gourmet chefs or for people who want to learn how to switch over to a healthier lifestyle and eat more vegetarian food. The recipies are very easy to follow. However, if you are used to a high salt, high fat diet you will find the food bland. You'll need to adjust the seasoning and decrease it over time to acheive the full health benefits. This cookbook gives great ideas on some surprising vegetarian meals. It also tells you the nutritional content of each recipe.
I love it!.......2004-10-10
Wow! This was exactly what I was looking for. I read Eat To Live by Joel Fuhrman and was looking for a true vegen cookbook with recipes that you could like.
It has things in there like vegetarian meat loaf, meatless chili, veggie burgers, lasagna, cheesless enchiladas, soups, rice flour muffins, pie, oat flour oatmeal cookies, falafel, dressings, sauces, wheat-free bars, beans, stuffed peppers, potato salad, and even cookies... plus lots more.
And no meat, dairy, eggs with very little (if any) sugar (uses fruit) or grains.
There's a recipe planner where basically if you eat meals from this cookbook, you are going to lose weight and get some extreme nutrition all with familiar recipes.
I've never eaten like this before so this is a first and I'm new at it. It's working for us, though and I can tell a big difference. Plus I eat until I'm full and have lost 15 pounds this first week (maybe some of that was water?).
Anyway... I LOVE this cookbook and it's definately organized and the meals are easy to make - as long as you have a food processor. I wish they had a hard cover version.
Great book-If you're on the Fuhrman Plan.......2004-10-04
If you're on Joel Fuhrman's Eat to Live plan then this cookbook is indispensable. Recipes are free of processes foods, oil, salt, and there are many wheat-free options.
Outstanding, simple to make vegan recipes + nutrition info.......1997-10-10
A great book for people who like to eat but hate to deal with complicated recipes. The week of integrated recipes and nutrition information is great. Try the yam pudding. All recipes are animal, oil, salt, sugar and wheat free!! Great when allergies or food sensitivities are a problem
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