EWG's Favorite Cookbooks - EWG Newsletter

Dear Readers,

My favorite gifts are recently released cookbooks. I love to give and get them. I know picking new books can be a challenge -- there are so many great recipes to sift through. So I asked the EWG staff -- as they turn their attention to healthy food and farming -- to put together a list of some of their favorite cookbooks for this holiday season.

If you shop through our special Amazon links, not only will you be able to conveniently do your online shopping but you'll be supporting EWG at the same time -- no matter what you purchase.

Happy cooking!

Ken Cook
President, Environmental Working Group

EWG's Staff Picks:

• The Earthbound Cook: 250 Recipes for Delicious Food and a Healthy Planet by Myra Goodman -- a beautiful and inspiring cookbook by the co-founder of Earthbound Farm with simple information on how to protect the planet one meal at a time.


• The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect with Your Kids, One Meal at a Time by Laurie David and Kirstin Uhrenholdt -- Laurie enlists more than 50 child-care experts, writers, celebrities, activists, musicians, and chefs -- including Nora Ephron, Maya Angelou, Dr. Harvey Karp, Judge Judy, Michael Pollan, Sheryl Crow and Alice Waters -- in support of family mealtime rituals.


• Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children by Ann Cooper and Lisa Holmes -- A great resource for busy parents who want to make sure their kids have healthy and tasty lunches.


• The Conscious Kitchen: The New Way to Buy and Cook Food -- to Protect the Earth, Improve Your Health and Eat Deliciously by Alexandra Zissu -- For anyone who longs to make easy green changes when it comes to the food they buy, cook and eat, this is an invaluable resource filled with real world, practical solutions.


• Easy Green Organic by Anna Getty -- In this fact-filled guide and cookbook, Anna explains how to shop for organic, seasonal and local ingredients, how to keep an eco-friendly kitchen and how to cook meals that are as scrumptious to eat as they are healthy for you and the earth.


• Dr. Mercola's Total Health Cookbook and Program: 150 Delicious Grain-Free Recipes and Proven Metabolic Type Plan to Prevent Disease, Optimize Weight and Live Longer by Dr. Joseph Mercola -- This two part book outlines over 150 healthy and delicious new recipes.


• In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart by Alice Waters -- Ideal for the cooking novice, this book showcases basic cooking techniques every cook can and should master along with recipes using each method.

P.S. At EWG, we want to keep providing you with the information you need to make smart, healthy choices for you and your family. We are approaching the end of the year and need to reach our 2010 fundraising goals so that we can continue to do the research you count on.

If you make a tax-deductible donation of $125 or more to help EWG meet our goal, you will receive our new 2010 Holiday Gift Bag -- stuffed with a variety of eco-friendly products including The Earthbound Cook: 250 Recipes for Delicious Food and a Healthy Planet, a Klean Kanteen insulated bottle, a stylish, reusable ChicoBag and many more -- as a special thank you gift for you or someone special on your list! And if you donate today, a generous donor will match your gift, doubling your impact!