Cookbooks
Here you will find a listing of new cookbooks that feature recipes using fresh organic ingredients

Get it Ripe: A Fresh Take on Vegan Living is a fun guide to preparing tasty, vegan dishes that anyone would enjoy. Author jae steele - a registered holistic nutritionist provides wit and humor that along with the appealing photos will make you hungry for these meals with a focus on fresh, organic ingredients. Available for $23.95 from www.arsenalpulp.com.

New Good Food: Essential Ingredients for Cooking and Eating Well by Margaret M. Wittenberg offers consumers clear instructions and good reasons for trying out foods that are readily available yet often overlooked. $19.95, 283 pages from www.tenspeed.com.

Eat, Drink & be Vegan by Dreena Burton presents creative and tasty dishes for all to enjoy. 243 pages with color photographs from www.arsenalpulp.com $22.95.

Vegan Vittles by Jo Stepaniak has updated her original publication from a decade ago that includes recipes for plant-based cuisine and has laced it with heart-warming profiles of rescued animals that live at the Farm Sanctuary. $19.95, 244 pages from www.bookpubco.com.

Alive in 5: Raw Gourmet Food in Minutes author Angela Elliott offers the novice instructions on setting up your "raw food Kitchen" then includes delicious, simple recipes for incorporating more (or all) raw foods into your diet in this 128-page 'cook'book $14.95 from www.bookpubco.com.

Going Wild in the Kitchen Chef Leslie Cerier will encourage readers to "Think outside the box" when creating healthy, nutritious meals. Learn how to use unusual ingredients such as sea vegetables, edible flowers, and exotic grains with this fun cookbook, $16.95 from www.squareonepublishers.com.

Food to Live By written by OTA member, Myra Goodman, co-owner of Earthbound Farm, shares her passion for organic food in this 384-page cookbook, $18.85 from www.ebfarmstore.com. 

Simply in Season Children's Cookbook: Fun with food from the garden to table
Beautifully designed cookbook for kids will inspire youngsters to harvest and cook with these fun recipes that are tasty and healthy. Written by Mark Beach and Julie Kauffman, 96pp, $21.99 from www.simplyinseason.org.

The Organic Cook's Bible
Well known author and organic advocate Jeff Cox has written a primer for buying organic items and in-depth information and creative ways to select and prepare delicious, organic food. Over 150 color photos and 250 recipes along with organic farmer profiles add to the fun. $40.00, hardcover from www.wiley.com.

Living in the Raw Gourmet
Raw-foods advocate (and endorser of organic foods) Rose Lee Calabro offers raw versions of many of your favorite recipes. Paperback, $19.95 with color photos, order from Book Publishing Company, www.bookpubco.com.

More Great Good Dairy-free Desserts Naturally
Fran Costigan offers tips, techniques and fabulous recipes for pro-organic desserts made with minimally-processed ingredients, suitable for those who need or prefer non dairy. Paperback, 224 pp with color illustrations $19.95 from Book Publishing Company, www.bookpubco.com.

Fresh Tastes for Breakfast is a wheat and dairy free cookbook that focuses on the digestion and nutritional utilization of foods. Author Ann Miller-Cohen offers tempting breakfast recipes in a spiral-bound cookbook with color photographs. $29.95 from Earth Angel Publishing www.organicannie.com.

The Organic Caribbean Cookbook by Rachel Valentin offers innovative, flavorful recipes featuring organic, Caribbean specialties such as Ochro Rice and Curried Green Figs. Paperback $14.95 from www.RachelValentin.com.

HomeGrown: Organic Lifestyle Pure and Simple by Chef Michel Nischan focuses on fresh organic ingredients that you obtain from your kitchen garden, farmers' market or high quality retailer. Enticing photos depict the nutrient-rich and flavor-packed dishes will make you hungry! Hardcover $35.00, published by Chronicle Books www.chroniclebooks.com.

The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden: Creative Gardening for the Adventurous Cook provides easy to follow instructions and clear diagrams for incorporating fresh herbs, salad greens and tasty vegetables into your daily cuisine. Loaded with useful gardening and culinary tips. Published by Ten Speed Press www.tenspeedpress.com $19.95 paperback.

Disease-Proof your Child: Feeding Kids Right by Joel Fuhrman, M.D. offers practical advise for parents on choosing foods that nourish your child and boost the immune system. He believes that children of any age can learn to love healthy foods. Included are several child-friendly recipes. Published by St. Martin's Press, $24.95 hardcover, www.stmartins.com.

The Perricone Weight-Loss Diet: A 3-part plan to lose the fat, wrinkles, and the years by Nicholas Perricone, M.D. This pro-organic diet with substantiated health studies will alow you to diet by eating plenty of healthy food.www.nvperriconemd.com

The Real Food Revival by Sherri Brooks Vinton and Ann Clark Espuelas offer readers heart-felt food memories, food term clarifications and recipes that extole the vurtues of organic and sustainable farming methods. $15.95 paperback published by Penguin Books at www.penguin.com.  

Refined to Real Food: Helping Families Break the Junk Food Addiction by Allison Anneser and Sara Thyr, ND outlines how to define, find, fix, and feed healthy foods to your family. $15.95 softcover 208 pp www.hoodbooks.com.

Simply in Season: Recipes that celebrate fresh, local foods in the spirit of "more with less", by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert 352-page, full-color cookbook with 307 recipes sorted by season will reduce gasoline consumption by supporting your local farmers. $13.99 from www.simplyinseason.org.

The Organic Food Guide: How to shop smarter and eat healthier by Steve Meyerowitz helps consumers transition to organic foods. He clearly explains how to save money and eat organically. Paperback with illustrations for $8.95 from www.sproutman.com.  

200 Years with San-J, This cookbook with delectable photos features recipes using tamari soy sauce. The simple, yet elegant recipes are by Robin Taylor Swatt. 112-page paperback in color from Pascoe Publishing. The cost is only $2.99,  go to www.san-j.com for details.

Whole Foods Companion: a Guide for Adventurous Cooks, Curious Shoppers and Lovers of Natural Foods, author Dianne Onstad has revised her 1996 guide with updated information on nutritional value, buying tips, culinary uses and health benefits of fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, oils, herbs and spices. 552 pp, B&W illustrations, $45 paperback, $60 hardcover from Chelsea Green Publishing www.chelseagreen.com