New raw vegan cookbook GORILLA FOOD by Aaron Ash offers delicious, creative, and healthful recipes

Aaron Ash is a charismatic chef whose organic raw vegan restaurant Gorilla Food has taken Vancouver by storm for its inventive and delicious dishes, all prepared without the use of animal products or a stove. Wildly popular for both the healthfulness and vibrant flavours of his food, Aaron's Ash's Gorilla Food is a favourite dine-out destination for local foodies, culinary tourists and visiting celebrities including Katie Holmes, Woody Harrelson and Andre 3000.

Gorilla Food the book is both an innovative cooking manual and a raw vegan bible; recipes include a raw lasagna made with zucchini noodles, kale, and a cheez (a cheese substitute) made from walnuts, and a raw soup made from seasonal greens, tomatoes, and avocado. There are also wraps, ryce bowls, salads, raw pizzas, and delicious fruit pies, and chocolate desserts that will dazzle diners with their complex flavours and no-bake preparation. Whether you're a longtime raw vegan or a vegan-curious omnivore you will swoon for Aaron Ash's delicious, creative, and incredibly nutritious recipes.

With over 200 delicious raw and vegan recipes, Gorilla Food will make you go ape for living life to the rawest!

AARON ASH: is a raw vegan guru, as owner and chef of Vancouver's renowned Gorilla Food. He is the former personal chef to Mike-D of the Beastie Boys when he lived in Los Angeles. Gorilla Food strives to promote the idea that a sustainable, healthy culture depends on humankind living as lightly as possible. Two new Gorilla Food locations are set to open in the Greater Vancouver area in 2013.

Available in (late) Fall 2012
$24.95 CAD/USD | 248pp
Trade paper | Full color