Raw food is food that has been prepared at below 140 degrees Fahrenheit for ensure that the enzymes, nutrients and minerals remain intact and readily available to the body.
Victoria’s Cafe Bliss serves a menu of fresh made fruit and vegetable juice, superfood smoothies, local salads, raw chocolates, seasonal specials and delectable desserts. Everything is made with organic, raw plant-sourced ingredients that are local whenever possible and gently prepared at low temperatures.
Heather Cunliffe, chef and owner of Cafe Bliss, has created a cookbook that offers an array of inspired, mouth-watering recipes that highlight how raw food is not only beneficial to our health but a complete and decadent experience of the senses. Growing up on the luscious coast of British Columbia and raised in her family’s plentiful vegetable garden, Heather offers insight into the benefits of combining local and seasonal ingredients with the powerful raw superfoods from around the world. She shares the journey she undertook in 2008 and how it lead to owning and running one of the most popular raw food cafes in the Pacific Northwest.
With more than forty full colour photographs paired with easy-to-follow recipes, this book is a perfect addition to any foodies bookshelf. Blissful includes recipes for juice and smoothies, breakfast, soups, salads, crackers and condiments, pizza, treats, and pies and cakes. Favourite recipes from the Bliss kitchen include the “Spicy Nori Stix”, a vegan pepperoni stick, “Chocolate Raspberry Orgasm Cake”, a dairy free cheesecake made of cacao and raspberry and “The Bliss Kiss”, a delicious raw chocolate truffle that will convert any non-believer.