Cooking the Whole Foods Way: Your Complete, Everyday Guide to Healthy, Delicious Eating with 500 Recipes, Menus, Meal Planning, Techniques, Buying

The recipes were simple enough to make for a busy mom, inspiring enough to get you cooking, and yummy enough to eat. This was just what I was looking for. I felt the personal touch to her style of cooking/writing brought her into the kitchen with me. I would love to see her cooking show someday.

Take it from someone who has always been a bit hesitant to try new things (and who has also not had a very healthy diet in the past) - This book, along with Pirello's other books, have helped me start to include more variety in my diet and to understand how these foods help me feel better physically and mentally. Any of her books are great purchases.

I cook for my family of four by night and also for a single man by day. Each one of us has our own unique style of eating and various taste buds. Everyone of us agree the recipes in this book create some fabulous meals. While there is a learning curve on some new fruits, vegetables and grains to use; Christina guides you through the process with a great index and introduction to each section. If you are truly interested in spending some time learning how to eat Macrobiotically this is the cookbook for you. It is well worth the investment.

I really love this book! As for the women above that wished the index was better (it does contain a substaintial 500 recipes) I have it divided with post its so I never loose one delicious recipe. This book is the best way to ween yourself off dairy, you really won't miss it. She is very informative and funny too! She also has another great book that was just published with more of the background info on the strengths of different foods. She has completely changed the way we eat and I feel so much healthier!

Wow! Not since reading Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy by Dirk Benedict has a book about nutrition (in the case of Cooking the Whole Foods Way, a Cookbook!) changed my life so completely!. I've been a vegetariian since 1993, but had always believed marcobiotics was "pushing it" a little. I was so wrong! Christina Pirello has eliminated all fears of unfamiliar and unknown foods. She doesn't simply give you recipes; she tells you what the ingredients will do for your health and (finally!) explains WHY some foods are not good for you and some are! Exactly what do carrots do for your health? What makes mushrooms good for you? What vegetable grows through rock--not around it? How can an onion help satisfy a craving for sweets? Why do we crave certain foods? Why is garlic a healthier choice for meat-eaters than for vegetarians? How does food influence your mood? Learn to take control of your life and become healthier and happier for it! Don't want to be vegetaria? That's okay. Christina Pirello isn't trying to turn you into one. She's just giving carnivores and omnivores a chance to balance the meat in their diets. If you are vegetarian, you just may end up macrobiotic. Funny, that's not as scary a thought as it was before I read this book!