Bacon - The Moon Juice Cookbook

THE PURSUIT OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN A LIFE OF FOOD

Food can be powerful medicine, and no one has experienced its effects more dramatically than I have. Before I began to cook and eat in a way that allowed me to thrive cosmically, my thyroid was slow, allergies were rampant, and I had the general feeling that I wasnt optimizing this life and the body I was traveling in.

Theres nothing I love more than talking to people about the ways in which they can use food as medicine. The moment I lock eyes with someone who is looking to have a greater experience of life and thinks that food may be the most significant environmental factor in achieving that, all I want to do is cheer them along on their journey. I love offering suggestions, tools, and organizational tips that are delicious, exciting, and grounded in common sense. And you will find that and much more in the pages that follow.

As I awakened to the healing potential of food, I realized I wanted to create a space where other people could enjoy the beauty and artistry of food while also gaining access to its medicinal powers. By integrating the advice and tutelage of a group of doctors, healers, and health nuts with my culinary knowledge, my travels, and traditional regional pairings, I knew I could help people target specific health issues. I developed the vision for Moon Juice, a space that would be beautiful, flavor mindful, and truly healing, and a year later we opened our first store, in Venice, California.

From the start, I wanted Moon Juice to be a place for everyonenot just yogis and vegans, but also those who had eaten with abandon the night before and might come in nursing hangovers, or people on a first date wanting to indulge in something mood altering that didnt include caffeine or alcohol. A place where people could learn how to make simple yet life-changing additions to their diet, rather than be preached to about limiting themselves. And most important, I wanted it to be a source for the most medicinally potent foods that delivered the earths beautiful flavors and textures.

Today, Moon Juice supplies an active global Moon Family with foods, potions, and lifestyle tools. Moon Juice excites and inspires people looking to get on the path and satiates those like myself who are already down the rabbit hole. Our products are organic, plant based, super nutrient dense, high functioning, and always activated (sprouted). The delicious recipes often include elements from Ayurvedia and traditional Chinese medicine wrapped up into flavor profiles and techniques from my fine-dining days. Our original focus on juices and plant-based milks has broadened to encompass an extensive range of cosmic provisions, and Moon Dusts.

When I compose a recipe, I find inspiration in both the far-flung and the unadulterated flavors found at local farmers markets. I take my cues from traditional pairings, chefs I have worked with, holistic and intuitive remedies, and my own desire to create beauty on the plate and on the palate. Every Moon Juice, milk, or cookie should taste extraordinary as it works synergistically to heal and nourish your physical form, brain function, and spirit at the deepest level.

This isnt a book about everything you should abstain from and remove from your life. This is just a cookbook filled with really delicious recipes that will give you new range in the kitchen. The only difference here is that when you become seduced by the flavors and the process of making these foods and begin to eat them often, you will begin to experience pretty radical life shifts and contribute to the health of our earth.

Discovering the ways in which foods can be healing, and coming to recognize what is empowering to your system will help you to tune your palate. It may take some trial and error to find your own best path, but Ill be there to help you every step of the way, acting as the kind of guide I wish Id had on my own journey to regaining my health and vitality.

Id love to sit with you and show you how easy it can be. I want to feed you raw chocolate bites, and get a coconut yoghurt culturing on your countertop as we unpack the dehydrator that just arrived in the mail. I want to be the one who gets to hug you as you tell me you actually really like the taste of unsweetened green juice, and that maybe world peace really does start in the kitchen. Until we have the opportunity to cross paths, this book is for you, and your friends, and their friends, and the hundreds of thousands of new friends we havent met yet. It contains everything Id tell you if we were together and you told me you wanted to change your life. There is a vast, beautiful world of live medicinal foods for you to explore. Let your body learn with joy. As you feed yourself plants, good fats, minerals, and enzymes, you will feel inspired and satiated on very fundamental levels, and begin to settle into an emotional well-being that you wont want to disrupt.