It’s fairly obvious that one can’t be a ‘perfect’ environmentalist. But that’s okay. Perfection isn’t the goal. A good life is. And a good life has as much to do with your intent as with the end result.” —from the IntroductionThe Newman’s Own Organics Guide to a Good Life is the essential book for those of us who can’t live in an organic hemp tepee but do care about our quality of life, global warming, clean water, and disappearing resources.Nell Newman sho...

More than any other chef at work today, Michel Nischan creates sophisticated, modern food by embracing the food tenets of the past: Use what's readily available, celebrate variety, respect the land, and eschew waste. Whether it's explaining the virtues of secondary meat cuts, which fish are in least danger of overfishing, or how heritage bean and grain varieties help to support biodiversity as well as healthy diets, Sustainably Delicious proves that the most satisfying food comes ...

This information-packed book offers up sound nutrition advice on why eating delicious fresh fruits and vegetables will help you live longer, feel better and keep the weight off.EatingWell’s Test Kitchen delivers more than 100 new recipes that star fresh produce, such as Balsamic & Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower, Pork Roast with Walnut-Pomegranate Filling and Caramelized Pear Bread Pudding (for a sample of fall recipes). Divided up by season, the recipes cele...

From food for pets to investment alternatives, Newman describes how simple choices lead to big results. "Supporting sustainable agriculture, supporting family farms, and being able to donate the profits to charity are all extremely gratifying." We all can share in the gratification by following Newman's lead.

The #1 New York Times bestseller that helps you eliminate processed food from your family's diet—from the creator of the one hundred Days of Real Food blog.Inspired by Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, Lisa Leake decided her family's eating habits needed an overhaul. She, her husband, and their two small girls pledged to go one hundred days without eating highly pr...

A landmark book by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being.Why are we drawn to the ocean each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? In Blue Mind, Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these questions, revealing the remarkable truth about the benefits of being in, on, under, or simply near water.Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with compelling...

Turn ingredients into superstars with Tyler Florence Fresh, a new look at easy and sophisticated cuisine.Tyler Florence shows off his bold side with a celebration of fresh everyday foods prepared in innovative and delicious ways. Using each fresh ingredient as a launching pad, Tyler builds innovative dishes flavor by flavor, showing you how to put easy-to-find ingredients to work in unexpected ways.Tyler’s approach is grounded in the alchemy of ing...

This handy pick-up guide to cholesterol is unique, including listings of cholesterol counts for thousands of everyday food stuffs.Gem Cholesterol Counter is the easy way to monitor your cholesterol. With a clear introductory section on what cholesterol actually is and how you can lower it, followed by fat and cholesterol counts for all common foods, this is an indispensable pocket-sized guide. Interspersed with interesting factoids this book dispels any myths and gives practical ad...

First published in hardcover in 2002, Local Flavors was a book ahead of its time. Now, imported food scares and a countrywide infatuation with fresh, local, organic produce has caught up with this groundbreaking cookbook, available for the first time in paperback.Deborah Madison celebrates the glories of the farmers’ markets of America in a richly illustrated collection of seasonal recipes for a profusion of produce grown coast to coast. As more and more people shun indust...

Beauty doesn’t have to be costly, nor does it need to negatively affect the environment. You can be beautiful while keeping your body healthy. There are beauty recipes that utilize all-organic ingredients. That’s one of the lessons included in this collection of three books. Other topics discussed are herbal remedies and natural beauty care guide.

Dare to get more out of your greens!From healthy, superfood packed entrée salads to indulgent affairs featuring premium ingredients, this bold collection of more than 60 recipes for voracious omnivores and vivacious salad lovers features unusual and dynamic ingredient pairings that take salads to a whole new level.In Mixt Salads, the co-founder and executive chef of San Francisco’s beloved boutique salad joints shares his inventive, flavor-forward ...

The seventeen day diet allows a person to lose weight quickly and at the same time keep it off. The diet was created in cycles in order to change foods around so that a person does not eat the same foods all the time therefor they don't get tired of eating the same foods. The diet also allows things like alcohol and carbohydrates that are normally forbidden on other diets. The diet is broken down into four simple parts that make it easy to follow and allow maximum weight loss. The four par...