The Organic Food Shopper's Guide

by Jeff Cox

Why Should You Choose Organic Foods?

Organic food has never been more popular, and for good it tastes better, it's more nutritious, and it's better for the environment. This handy guide shows you how to select the freshest, tastiest varieties and transform your organic groceries into memorable meals. You'll find guidance on what to look for when shopping, how to handle each food in the kitchen, and why, when foods are organic, they're so darn good for you. Here's everything youneed to enjoy food that you can feel great about
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Profiles of more than 100 organic foods
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Complete coverage of fruits, vegetables, nuts, herbs, dairy, eggs, meat, and more
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At-a-glance advice on peak seasons, nutrition, good varieties, and what to look for
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Detailed information on preparation, storage, complementary flavors, and kitchen uses
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More than 100 tasty recipes and dozens of cooking tips

Genres: Nonfiction, Food, Cooking, Green, Health

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 4, 2008

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting -- this book covers mostly fruits and vegetables with a few other staples like milk, beef, chicken, eggs, coffee and chocolate to name a few.

Information provided includes season available & god varieties (fruits and veggies), what to look for, storage and prep tips, nutritional highlights and what the food goes well with. There are paragraphs about each food, their organic advantage and uses and there are sometimes other informational paragraphs (highlighted in green) relating to specific subjects, e.g. "Dangers in Conventional Dairy Products" found in the section about "Cheese and Other Dairy".

Finally, almost every food has at least one recipe accompanying it.

[Winifred · Rating 4 out of 5]

It seems to be a really informative book. First it tells you a lot about the standards and what it means to be certified organic. Then it also lists a lot of fruits and veggies, giving you the season, good brands to buy, and also inserts a little recipe for that food item. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but Amazon reviewers say it's great. (Not a Vegan/Vegetarian book though, so you'll have to substitute for those).

Overall a good book to have on hand. =)

[Esther · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was mostly helpful in knowing what seasons what items grow and at giving me a general idea of why going organic is such a very good idea. If you want something focused more on the reasons to go organic, look for another book. If you want a blow by blow of what foods to buy at what times and why they are better organic, then this is the book for you.

[Lifeisadance · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book to use for Ingredients - good sections with details on each ingredient.
Really useful reference book on Organic Food and all ingredients. Very well laid out book with Great information in it. Size makes it easy to use. Organic foods are reviewed, detailing how to buy, what look for and how to store. Another great book from Jeff Cox

[Hannah C. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this book for my research paper, and it was pretty helpful. I got a lot of notecards out of it and it did fit in with my topic. I definitely would not read this if I didn't need to for school, though.

[Amy Sjoquist · Rating 3 out of 5]

didn't read the whole thing