Delights of the Garden

by Imar Hutchins

The co-founder of the Delights of the Garden vegetarian restaurants presents more than 100 easy recipes prepared without the nutrient-destroying effects of heat. Using no dairy products, meat, or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385479654
• ISBN13: 9780385479653
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Main Street Books
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

delights of the garden

This is a great book for those making a gradual transition into eating raw foods. Recipes are easy to prepare and tasty, there's no raw carrot and water soup here. Thanks Mr. Hutchins

Keep up the good work

I didn't realize how significant this book is until I didn't have it. Thanks for publishing this book Imar. More than anything in D.C. I miss Delights.

Delicious raw foods recipes!

This un-cookbook includes several basic recipes to get you started...great for someone just beginning to explore a raw foods diet. Once you taste those, you'll want to jump into the more complex recipes, many of which are combinations of the simpler ones. My favorite is the Kenyan Quiche (veggie tuna made from carrots, sweet corn salad, and seaweed "noodles" mixed together in a sesame-raisin crust). The uncooked soups are wonderful, blending veggies with heated water for warmth. I recommend a good blender or food processor for easy creation of these tasty meals. One basic recipe used throughout the book is kush, made from cracked wheat bulgar, which is not a whole, raw grain. I make my own mixture of raw grains (wheat, rye, quinoa, amaranth) and soak them for 24 hours, then substitute it for the wheat bulgar. It has a different consistency, but tasty all the same.

Wonderful book

This is a wonderful book. It has appetizers, entrees, and of course desserts from Imar's Delights of the Garden Restaurants. My favorite, because it is simple and tastes great, it the basic Kush. It is basically soaked cracked bulgur wheat with seasoning and veggies, but the flavor is fantastic. The desserts are easy and taste great. For those concerned with fat intake, the recipes do not have a calorie tables and some do use oils. If you are vegan, some of the recipes call for honey, but you can substitute maple syrup to taste. I highly recommend this un-cook book. Included in the front matter is a well written discussion on nutrition and in the back is an essential nutrient appendix. One last note, make sure you have a good food processor for some of the dishes. We busted our cheap Regal belt-driven processor and bought a nice little Cuisinart direct-drive. Enjoy