Every machine needs its special kind of fuel for best efficiency. My body is a marvelous machine, too, with a special Designer and instruction manual. In order to know what are the best foods for my body, I can study the owner's manual prepared by God, the Master Designer. And, that is what this cookbook is all about.

The Cooking by the Book cookbook contains 316 pages of healthy recipes, nutrition helps, and menus. Companion cooking videos are also available. The cookbook's twenty chapters include recipes and eating principles for such subjects as organizing the natural food kitchen, better breakfasts, lively lunches, breadmaking, bean cuisine, grains/pasta/rice/gluten and potato dishes, vegetables, salads, desserts, beverages, sprouting, menu planning, weight control and more. The recipes in the cookbook have been tried and tested on hundreds of adults in Marcella's 'Taste of Nature' Cooking Classes over the past 30 years. Recipes consist of the following guidelines.

• Use plant foods in as natural, unrefined a form as possible
• Furnish a good quality protein for main dishes
• Use foods low in cholesterol and saturated fat
• Feature low-sugar, low-calorie desserts
• Use readily available ingredients, simple and economical to prepare
• Are free of irritating spices and condiments
• Are tasty, attractive, and healthful