Coconut Kitchen Cooking with Nature's Most Beautifying Superfood

by Baird, Meredith

• ISBN13: 9781939629722
• ISBN10: 1939629721
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-06-09
• Publisher: Familius

Summary

Coconut Kitchen explores all things coconut—the rising star of the world’s superfood movement and one of nature’s most versatile foods. Author Meredith Baird, one of the key authorities in the raw food movement for the last decade, touches upon the endless array of health benefits that the coconut offers—from health to wellness to beauty secrets—that have long been eliminated from the western diet. Through 60 recipes complemented with stunning full-color photography throughout, Coconut Kitchen provides recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, plus amazing coconut beauty products.

Author Biography

Meredith Baird has had a lifelong passion for gourmet vegetarian cuisine. She pursued her culinary career in Napa Valley where she was able to incorporate her knowledge and love of wine into a healthy lifestyle and gourmet cuisine. After California she moved to New York to join the Matthew Kenney team. For several years Meredith was an integral part of the Matthew Kenney Lifestyle brand. She has assisted in writing several books with Matthew, as well as in opening the Matthew Kenney Restaurant and Academy. Intermixed with her passion for food is a great love of design.

She has been an integral part of the restaurant design on several cutting edge sustainable projects. She believes in living life beautifully both internally and externally by nourishing yourself with life-filled, health-giving, beautiful food, while at the same time allowing yourself aesthetic pleasure through art, fashion, photography, music, and design.

Table of Contents

• Chapter One: Coconut Intro—All about Coconuts
• Chapter Two: Process and Products
• Chapter Three: Practical Consumption
• Chapter Four: Fermentation
• Chapter Five: Breakfast
• Chapter Six: Lunch
• Chapter Seven: Dinner
• Chapter Eight: Dessert
• Chapter Nine: Skincare