[Raw Food]; Christian, Mr. & Mrs. (Eugene & Mollie Griswold Christian)]

Uncooked Foods & How to Use Them, A Treatise on How to Get the Highest Form of Animal Energy From Food. With Recipes for Preparation, Healthful Combinations and Menus.

New York: The Health-Culture Company, [1904].

Small octavo (19 x 13 cm.), 246 pages. Stated Second Edition (from author's preface) of this early raw food cookbook. The authors' argument tends to be twofold: that early man ate raw foods and it was good enough for him; and that cooking saps food of its nutrients. Includes an interesting collection of recipes, primarily, though not entirely, vegetarian. Internally clean and sound. Publisher’s gilt-stamped, dark blue cloth is dampstained, otherwise very good. Previous owner’s ownership inscription to front fly. Laid-in is a small broadsheet, "Christian's Natural Food Co., Price List... 1909"

Price: $60.00