Salomon Montezinos - Discovering Raw Alkaline Cuisine: Through Love, Passion and Health One Chefs Journey

Rave Reviews

Discovering Raw Alkaline Cuisine is like discovering a hidden treasure of vegan culinary creativity and perfection! Chef Montezinos' passion, love, and talent shine through every page, every recipe, every ingredient. Delicioso!

ANN LOUISE GITTLEMAN, New York Times award-winning author of 30 books on detox, health, and healing

Referring to Montezinos simply as a chef, even a master chef, is like saying Mozart was just a guy who wrote music.

XS MAGAZINE

Montezinos is a perfectionist and a visionary, with the energy and imagination of a dozen royal chefs.

BON APPTIT MAGAZINE

Montezinos Swiss schooling intensified his dedication to health and nutrition, and its influence is evident in every phase of his cooking.

HARPERS BAZAAR

One of the hottest new restaurants in America. Montezinos was one of the first in this country to combine Eastern and Western flavors, and he is a master of the genre.

ESQUIRE MAGAZINE

One of the most creative chefs in the United States today.

FOOD & WINE MAGAZINE

The finest restaurant in the world.

DIRECTOR-GASTRONOME FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

Unlike anything youve experienced before except in a dream.

FINE DINING MAGAZINE

Montezinos cooking is fascinating for its melding of seasonings and spicesfood of the highest caliber with the best balanced nutrition.

MD MAGAZINE

Only an artist like Montezinos could conduct the astounding variety of flavors into a harmonious symphony of tastes.

GOODLIFE MAGAZINE

Copyright 2011 Chef Salomon Montezinos and Judith Ann Castille.
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ISBN: 978-0-9836531-1-0 (printed book)
ISBN: 978-0-9836531-2-7 (ebook)

Design by Amy Fisher, Fisher Graphics, Inc.

Cover photo by Gary Jung/garyjung.com

Photographs of Rabbit Run Farm
courtesy of Denise Muir, Owner

For our families,
with special places in each of our hearts
for Opa and Grampy.

Acknowledgements

My sincerest thank you

To my beautiful wife, Judy. My most special thanks go to her, for without her time-consuming efforts, this book would never have become a reality. Not only is she creative and ultra intelligent, she also has the capacity to grasp how I want my recipes to read and my thoughts expressed. She was the artistic force behind this bookfrom the overall design, to the photographic elements to the prose. I thank her for all of that and for her love and patience.

To Debra van Schaardenberg for being my nutritional sherpa, my guide through the world of healthy blood and the foods that help get it that way. Not only did she unselfishly open her home to me and all of the class attendees, while pulling the classes together administratively, she spearheaded the whole idea of doing the classes in the first place.

To Denise Muir and her Rabbit Run Farm, where her hydroponically grown organic vegetables and fruits are some of the most beautiful and delicious this side of Eden. Her produce is an inspiration.

To Amy Fisher of Fisher Graphics for her creative professionalism, her witty, infectious sense of humor, and for bringing our dream to life.

To all of my friends, family and class attendees who encouraged me to persevere and write that book.

A warm thank you from Judy

To my sister, Lyn Breedon, for her unconditional love and support and for being my sounding board. Whatever did I do without her for the first two and a half years of my life?

To Eileen Wesley for being a rock and a shoulder at the same time.

To Dr. Molly Barrow for helping me to see through it all.

Introduction

An ntroduction to Easy, Delicious Raw Alkaline Cuisine Through love, passion and Health

Exactly who am I, and whats in this book for you?

I am a chef. It is my passionit is what I love. I am not a doctor, a dietician, a nutritionist, or a scientist. I am a human being that has experienced the results on my body of a variety of different foods and diets over my lifetime. Through the different phases of my life, I have come to appreciate the feeling of extreme well being when I ingest a diet of raw, alkaline forming foods. I combine my diet regimen with an exercise routine that works best for me; I am happy to be in this space and time.

The mere fact that you have even picked up this book indicates that you must have at least an interest in increasing the quality of your life through your food choices. You may even already be an advocate for a raw diet, an alkaline diet, or a combination of both. There are millions of words that you can find today in bookstores and on the internet that will help guide you in your own journey to achieving your best through proper sustenance.

This book is not intended to indoctrinate you into the life of a raw, alkaline diet per se. This book is my answer to the oftenasked question: where can I find raw, alkaline recipes for meals that taste good? No one seems to have come up with the answer. Using my many years of experience as an award winning chef, I sought to try to find the improbable mix of healthy, yet delicious raw cuisine. I believe that I have indeed succeeded, and I know that those that have eaten this food agree.