Review of Nourishing Traditions
Have you ever wondered what people did before refrigeration? What about before people canned with pressure cookers? Can you imagine your life without a freezer? Have you ever considered how ancient civilizations from all over the world did not just survive, but thrived without our modern conveniences? Do you ever wonder why people in the United States suffer from such bad health problems from cavities to being overweight?
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
In the most interesting cookbook you will ever read, Sally Fallon answers these questions and much more. Her book, Nourishing Traditions, is a must-read for anyone interested in nutrition and healthy living. If you are looking for a repeat of what dietitians and health professionals say on talk shows, do not bother buying it. On the other hand if you are confused about how one study thinks consuming high fructose corn syrup is the same as any other sweetener versus another study refuting this claim, you need this book.
This book is not politically correct. It states on the cover, “The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats.” Ms. Fallon sought to discover what people groups ate that allowed them to thrive, prevent dental problems, and other health-related problems. She goes against what the average American has been told by their doctor, and it makes sense with all of her research as well as the research of the Weston A. Price Foundation. This foundation is dedicated to bring back nutrient-dense foods into the American diet through education and supporting organic farming and locally farm-raised food.
In Nourishing Traditions, you will learn about the importance of lacto-fermentation, raw dairy products, grassfed meats, and soaking your grains. This cookbook has hundreds of recipes from all over the world. Korea, Cuba, Africa, the Middle East are just some examples. It is the only cookbook that I have read from cover to cover. She has quotes from medical journals and research, from literature, and other places to help illustrate the points she is making. I learned so much about nutrition from this book. I have found some great recipes, too.
In addition, my favorite sections in Nourishing Traditions are on feeding babies, food allergies, milk and milk products, and a catalog of fresh vegetables. The latter tells you how to prepare some vegetables you might have been too afraid to try. My family loves her recipes for potato and leek soup, creamy mayonnaise dressing, kimchi, and chicken enchiladas with red sauce.
If you have spend anytime in the kitchen preparing food and are interested in not using pre-packaged, processed foods, then you need this book. You can rediscover the art of cooking with nutrient-dense food. For those of you living in the city and/or without means to raise your own garden, meat, or goats for milk, then this book also lists resources to help you find sources in your area. After reading Nourishing Traditions, you won’t listen to the nutritionists on talk shows or news programs claiming that calories are calories and that it does not matter from where they come. I highly recommend purchasing and/reading this cookbook. It is great for the homesteader, those with food allergies, and those wanting to serve truly healthy meals to their family.
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Thank you for posting about this book! I discovered this book by accident a few weeks ago and feel like it is the answer to all my questions about food. It’s recepies are the first that I don’t need to alter! They are great and healthy without having to change them; which to me is a gold mind of a find! One day I’d like to thank Sally for publishing this book!
When you thank Ms. Fallon, thank her for me, too. I am curious. What are some of your family’s favorite recipes from Nourishing Traditions?
[...] refer constantly to the book, Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon. I have always wondered how people groups were able to preserve their food [...]