Cookbooks

Leslie Cerier, "The Organic Gourmet" has written several cookbooks specializing in whole foods and organic cuisine. In each cookbook, chef/teacher and cookbook author Leslie Cerier, presents whole foods that are not just good for you, but also pleasurable and delicious.

In her cooking classes and cookbooks,
Leslie shows you how to:

• Celebrate the earth's bounty
• Approach cooking like a creative sport
• Learn what to stock or how to stock it
• Cook exciting vegetarian dishes that will enhance your immune system, give you energy, rejuvenate your senses, keep your bones strong, and help you maintain an active lifestyle.
• Expand your cooking repertoire and boost nutrition
• Enhance flavor and create international dishes
• Substitute ingredients by color, flavor, seasonal availability, texture, cooking times, and whim
• Eat local, seasonal, and remarkably delicious meals that lessen your carbon footprint.

A gluten-free diet can help you feel more energetic, improve digestion, aid in weight loss, and dramatically improve the symptoms of many mental and physical health disorders. It's no wonder that more and more people, both with wheat allergies and without, are discovering the health benefits of going gluten-free. In Gluten-Free Recipes for the Conscious Cook, Leslie Cerier, "The Organic Gourmet," presents over 100 remarkably delicious recipes for easy-to-make, gluten-free, vegetarian meals. You'll learn to create delectable, high-protein breakfasts, dinners, desserts, and more, use organic and seasonal ingredients to put a fresh twist on your favorite family recipes, and come up with your own original gluten-free creations.

As vegetarianism continues to gain momentum, organic foods are making their way to the forefront of a health-conscious nation. Author and expert chef Leslie Cerier is crazy about the great taste and goodness of organically grown foods. In her latest cookbook, Going Wild in the Kitchen, Ms. Cerier shares scores of her favorite recipes that spotlight these fresh, wholesome foods.

Going Wild in the Kitchen is the first comprehensive global vegetarian cookbook to go beyond the standard organic beans, grains, and vegetables. In addition to providing helpful cooking tips and techniques, the book contains over 150 kitchen-tested recipes for healthful, taste-tempting dishes--creative masterpieces that contain such unique ingredients as edible flowers; sea vegetables; wild mushrooms, berries, and herbs; and goat and sheep cheeses. It encourages the creative side of novice and seasoned cooks alike, prompting them to follow their instincts and "go wild" in the kitchen by adding, changing, or substituting ingredients in existing recipes. To help, a wealth of suggestions is found throughout. A helpful resource list for finding organic foods completes this user-friendly cookbook.

Going Wild in the Kitchen is both a unique cookbook and a recipe for inspiration. So let yourself go! Excite your palate with this treasure-trove of unique, healthy, and taste-tempting recipe creations.

Real people from Hawaii to Brooklyn swing wide their home kitchen doors and invite us all to share real foods, simply prepared, with full-flavor and healthy results.
August September 2009 issue of Living Without Magazine.

This book contains very useful information about a variety of sea vegetables, mostly from the North Atlantic (if I recall, this book has strong ties to Maine Sea Coast Veggies). Very basic recipes demonstrating the versatility of sea veggies - from breakfast to dessert. The only books that I enjoy more (demonstrating the usefulness of sea veggies) would be Cathe Olsen's "A Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook...." and "The Garden of Eating". J. Steinbachs

I have hundreds of cookbooks and have been cooking a long time. This cookbook stands out on my shelf. I could never make a really good stir fry until Leslie explained the steps and possible stir fry combinations to me in her cookbook. She also has excellent recipes for sometimes difficult to find vegan,wheatless and sugarless recipes. I love this cookbook.

— Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and the Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life