Books I ♥ 

Here are some selected favorites that have inspired, influenced, and informed my overall worldview and healing process. Since I never stop reading, this is a list in progress! I also have a reading wish list at the end, along with a list of some of my favorite documentaries.  

Cookbooks

• Healing with Whole Foods, Paul Pitchford
• Nourishing Traditions, Sally Fallon
• Charcuiterie, Michael Ruhlman
• River Cafe Cook Book, Rose Grey and Ruth Rogers
• River Cafe Cook Book Green, Rose Grey and Ruth Rogers
• Jacque Pepin's Simple and Healthy Cooking, Jacque Pepin
• How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman
• Bean Harvest Cookbook, Ashley Miller
• The Ayurvedic Cookbook, Amadea Morningstar and U. Desai
• 660 Curries, Raghavan Iyer
• The Voluptuous Vegan, Myra Kornfield
• Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey, Najmieh Batmanglij
• The Moosewood Cookbook, Mollie Katzen
• Wild Fermentation, Sandor Katz
• Food Allergy Survival Guide, Vesanto Melina (allergy-friendly, gluten-free)
• The Allergy Self-Help Cookbook, Marjorie Hurt Jones (allergy-friendly, gluten-free)
• The Yeast Connection Cookbook, William G. Crook and Marjorie Hurt Jones (anti-Candida, allergy-friendly, gluten-free)
• Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook, Jeanne Marie Martin (anti-Candida cookbook, allergy-friendly, gluten-free)
• The Body Ecology Diet, Donna Gates (anti-Candida, allergy-friendly, gluten-free)
• Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine, Gabriel Cousens (raw, allergy-friendly)
• Soup, Barbara Kafka
• The Natural Gourmet, AnneMarie Colbin

Blogger Cookbooks/E-Books

• The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook, Ali Segersten and Tom Malterre 
• Gluten Free Girl and Chef, Shuana James Ahern and Daniel Ahern
• Super Natural Cooking, Heidi Swanson
• Sweet Freedom, Ricki Heller
• Desserts Without Compromise, Ricki Heller
• Anti-Candida Feast, Ricki Heller

Kitchen Reference

• The Flavor Bible, Karen Page and Kevin Dornenburg
• The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia, Rebecca Wood
• Herbs & Spices: The Cook's Reference, Jill Norman

Diet & Nutrition

• Eat Right For Your Type, Dr. Peter J. D'adamo
• The Tao of Healthy Eating, Bob Flaws
• Healing with Whole Foods, Paul Pitchford
• Nourishing Traditions, Sally Fallon
• Full Moon Feast: Food and Hunger for Connection, Jessica Prentice
• The Fourfold Path to Healing, Dr. Thomas Cowan
• Survival into the 21st Century, Viktoras Kulvinskas
• Eat Fat, Lose Fat, Sally Fallon

Health & Healing

• Healing Lyme Disease Naturally, Wolf Storl
• Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic, by Pamela Weintraub
• The Fourfold Path to Healing, Dr. Thomas Cowan
• The Complete System of Self Healing: Internal Exercises, Stephen Thomas Chang
• Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, Christian Northrup MD
• Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Phyllis A Balch

Oriental Medicine

• Between Heaven and Earth, Harriet Beinfield
• The Web That Has No Weaver, Ted J Kaptchuk
• The Complete System of Self Healing: Internal Exercises, Stephen Thomas Chang
• The Tao of Healthy Eating, Bob Flaws

Food Politics, Sustainability, & Culture

• The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
• In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan
• No Impact Man, Colin Beaven
• The World Without Us, Alan Weisman
• Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond
• The People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn
• The Freedom Manifesto: How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste; Tom Hodginkson
• The Foxfire Books

Spirituality, Religion, & Myth

• When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodron
• The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell

Gardening & DIY

• The New Victory Garden, Bob Thomson 

Films & Documentaries

Here are a few films that I think are intriguing, poignant, and well-crafted.

• FRESH the movie
• Dirt! the movie
• King Corn
• Food, Inc.
• Under Our Skin
• WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price
• No Impact Man

On My Must-Read Wish List

Books I want to read and buy!

• Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child
• The Spunky Coconut, Kelly J. Broznya
• Go Dairy Free, Alissa Fleming
• Gizzi's Kitchen Magic, Gizzi Eckstein
• How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, Mark Bittman
• Jaime's Food Revolution, Jaime Oliver
• Flying Apron's Gluten-free and Vegan Baking Book, Jennifer Katzinger
• The River Cottage Preserves Handbook, Pam Corbin
• In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart, Alice Waters
• Good to the Grain: Baking With Whole-Grain Flours, Kim Boyce
• Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes, David Lebovitz
• Veganomicon, Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero
• The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, Sandor Elix Katz
• The Tao of Love and Sex, Jolan Chang
• Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy Recipes for Natural Remedies and Beauty Fixes, James Wong
• The Gluten-Free Vegan: 150 Delicious Gluten-Free, Animal-Free Recipes, Susan O'Brien
• Allergy-Free Desserts: Gluten-Free, Dairy-free, Egg-free, Soy-free, and Nut-free Delights, Elizabeth Gordon
• The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health, Michio Kushi and Alex Jack
• Disguised as Devil: How Lyme Disease Created Witches and Changed History, M.M. Drymon
• Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul; Deepak Chopra
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life; Barbara Kingsolver