http://www.cybermacro.com/forum/ Each week one Important question will be asked, discuss that question here... en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:00:52 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.cybermacro.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.cybermacro.com/forum/ http://www.cybermacro.com/forum/showthread.php?6041-Your-favorite-tofu-cookbooks&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:17:05 GMT What are your favorite tofu cookbooks? The Book of Tofu, by William Shurtleff & Akiko Aoyagi, is one of mine...make that two of mine: It turns out there are two vastly different editions!

The 1975 edition includes 250 recipes The 2001 edition has 500 recipes, plus more illustrations, and updated text as well. Here are the ISBN numbers (book ordering ID numbers) of each:


Copyright dates 1975, 1979. ISBN: 0-345-35181-9 Paperback, 432 pages. Ballantine Books : New York. (Small sized book, approx. 4.5 inches x 7 inches)

Copyright dates 1975, 1979, 1983, 1998, 2001. ISBN: 1-58008-013-8 Paperback, 335 pages, but it is a large-sized 8 3/4" x 11" book so a larger amount of text gets packed into fewer pages. (Trust me, I did a page-by-page comparison in the first half of each book.)

If you can only buy one version of the book, buy the bigger book, since it has new added chapters and double the number of recipes printed in the earlier editions (the smaller book size). The big book also contains, for the first time, recipes for Japanese farmhouse tofu, which alone are worth the asking price of this version of The Book of Tofu. Lots of fun.

A few other things to be aware of include (1) the authors' indefensible preference for deep-fried tofu. As those of us who have read the book (and articles printed in Macrobiotics Today) by Dennis Wilmont know, (only available now on his website http://www.willmountain.com/Essentia..._Books_s/1.htm ) deep-frying is not a health-supporting cooking technique. The section on deep-fried tofu in The Book of Tofu is an inexcusable 44 pages, while their other chapters average 10 pages each. (2) Each recipe does, however, use only natural foods, and none requires the inclusion of meat. (3) The original (small book version) edition is still worth having because the newer larger version omits some great recipes borrowed from The Farm, among others (perhaps the permission to borrow those recipes was rescinded)...I own and use both versions of The Book of Tofu.

:hungry: ]]> Macro Question of the Week Uphill http://www.cybermacro.com/forum/showthread.php?6041-Your-favorite-tofu-cookbooks http://www.cybermacro.com/forum/showthread.php?6013-Arachnoiditis&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:49:52 GMT hi,
a friend of mine has arachnoiditit, suffering tremendous pains and even hard to get and walk.
caused by lumber puncture (spinal tap) after misdiagnosis (turned out she had rocky mountain spotted fever)
basically they say, there is no cure for it. and all she can get is "pain relief".
the common symptoms are stinging, burning pain, as well as other neurological problems, and constant irritaion, scarring, binding of nerve root and blood vessels.

wonder if there are any ways to relieve pain and hopefully improve the conditions?
she is vegetarian, by the way, but not macrobiotics.
and sometimes takes acupuncture, too.
thank you. ]]> Macro Question of the Week jin http://www.cybermacro.com/forum/showthread.php?6013-Arachnoiditis