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The Washington, DC, non-profit health organization Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine recently released a report on the five healthiest cookbooks of the decade. About PRCM...



The five best books chosen by this organization of "Doctors and laypersons working together for compassionate and effective medical practice, research, and health promotion," speak to a very specific agenda. The list, however comes at a very opportune moment when so many people are concerned with both healthy and responsible eating. Readers will have had their smouldering interest in this topic fueled by a recent best selling cookbook, The Conscious Cook, which is listed as #3 on the PCRM "best" books list.

Harford County Public Library has all the books on the list for you to check out. Here they are:

The kind diet : a simple guide to feeling great, losing weight, and saving the planet by Alicia Silverstone (Find this book in our catalog) Vegan cookery.

Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Recipes for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Cooking Crap (and Start Looking Hot!) by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (Find this book in our catalog) Also vegan cookery.

The Conscious Cook by Tal Ronnen (Find this book in our catalog) This is currently getting an awful lot of press and media coverage - you may well have seen this vegan cookery book reviewed on your favorite morning news show. It covers the very current topic of responsible eating.

The Engine 2 diet : the Texas firefighter's 28-day save-your-life plan that lowers cholesterol and burns away the pounds by Rip Esselstyn (Find this book in our catalog) Features a mostly vegetable diet that also includes whole grains legumes and small portions of meat.

Cooking the whole foods way : your complete, everyday guide to healthy, delicious eating with 500 vegan recipes, menus, techniques, meal planning, buying tips, wit, and wisdom by Christina Pirello (Find this book in our catalog).

Labels: Cookbooks, healthy cooking, vegan cookery