Angel Foods: Healthy Recipes for Heavenly Bodies [Paperback]

Cherie Soria (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1996

From appetizers to desserts, from sprouting to creating homemade nut and seed cheeses, this heavenly recipe book is a cornucopia of exciting and adventuresome foods. It includes a wide variety of cooked and uncooked low-fat recipes with an international flavor, tempting bits of food for thought, and even a how-to section on kitchen gardening. Filled with illustrations of angels.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Cherie Soria is an internationally known vegetarian cook, living foods instructor, lecturer, and food columnist. In 1998, Cherie founded the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute, the nation's premier raw vegetarian culinary arts school for individuals, chefs, and instructors.

She has assisted thousands of people in becoming more aware of the effect food has on their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 239 pages
• Publisher: Heartstar Productions (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096603290X
• ISBN-13: 978-0966032901
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,483,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cherie Soria is founder and director of Living Light Culinary Institute, and has been teaching gourmet raw vegan cuisine since 1998, and vegetarian culinary arts for more than 40 years. She is the author of several books, including the classic Angel Foods: Healthy Recipes for Heavenly Bodies, and The Raw Food Revolution Diet: Feast, Lose Weight, Gain Energy, Feel Younger (co-authored with Brenda Davis, RD and Vesanto Melina, MS, RD.)

Students have come to study at Living Light Culinary Institute from more than 50 countries and six continents around the world, and Cherie has earned the respectful title of "Mother of Gourmet Raw Vegan Cuisine." She is a beautiful role model for her students, who admire her business skills and appreciate her gentle feminine energy and compassionate nature. Living Light Culinary Institute is renowned for its professional curriculum, experienced staff, supportive atmosphere, and the remarkable success stories of its graduates. Cherie's goal has always been to spread the benefits of gourmet raw vegan cuisine around the globe by training teachers and chefs to inspire others.

Cherie and her husband Dan Ladermann are animal lovers, and have two adopted dogs, Winky and Rudi. She also has three black belts in karate, and loves to practice her skills! Dan and Cherie own three other businesses on the Mendocino coast of northern California, Living Light Marketplace, Living Light Café, and Living Light Inn.

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96 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best of both worlds (raw and cooked)., June 18, 1999

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This review is from: Angel Foods: Healthy Recipes for Heavenly Bodies (Paperback)

If you are looking for excellent raw cuisine, or if you are interested in great vegan recipes, try this book. Having experimented with both for 20 years, I find this book to be among the best in either genre. Almost every recipe I've tried is truly noteworthy, but the living foods recipes stand out as both delicious and easy to prepare. Highly recommended -- by someone who is not big on angels, but who loves to eat well, and hates a lot of prep.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Divine!, March 30, 2008

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Deborah (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Angel Foods: Healthy Recipes for Heavenly Bodies (Paperback)

You will not find a better person to lead you into this heavenly way of being in the world. Cherie is that rare individual who walks her talk impeccably and authentically. Love infuses every interaction, every instruction and every recipe. Her light shines through every single page and you can't help but be warmed by it.

If you thought being vegan meant giving up cheese and creamy desserts, you are about to be enlightened. There isn't one meal you could name that Cherie can't replicate with a vegan substitute, and raw at that. Imagine eating chocolate mousse and not getting fat. Imagine a flat tummy from eating easily digested food and boundless energy from all the available nutrition your body was able to assimilate. All without one moment of sacrifice. If you're like me you'll actually prefer the taste and texture of the raw vegan versions of all your old favorites. This book gives you plenty of cooked meals too so the leap into raw vegan isn't so wide.

Get this book now. I promise you, you will love it. And you'll see why she's behind just about every successful raw vegan chef out there. She has taught them all. And if you ever get the chance, take some of her classes at The Living Light Institute in Fort Bragg, CA http://www.rawfoodchef.com
En-LIGHT-ening! :)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not all angelic, but good enough!, August 31, 2008

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Smartypants "FBGA" (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Angel Foods: Healthy Recipes for Heavenly Bodies (Paperback)

I was expecting a book filled with delicious recipes worthy of the reputation that Cherie Soria deserves, but was very disappointed to find that about half the recipes in the book were for cooked food. Cherie has become the beacon of raw food gourmet and I suspect this book was written a little earlier in her journey. The recipes themselves that I have tried have been wonderful. Other than the high ratio of cooked recipes, I can't find another thing wrong with this book and if you are transitioning to a raw food diet or just want some really really good vegan recipes, I'd go for it.