New Raw Food DVD from Australia - Not The Cooking Show
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Not The Cooking Show Review by Michelle Charalambous ANTI-COPYRIGHT - THIS MAYBE REPRINTED WHOLE OR IN AN EDITED FORM WITH PERMISSION AS LONG AS REFERENCE TO WWW.NOTTHECOOKINGSHOW.COM IS INCLUDED AT THE END OF REVIEW/ARTICLE I was intrigued about Not The Cooking Show as I have always been interested in healthy diet options, but have always liked to follow my own intuition and the raw food diet has attracted me as it follows the basic laws of nature. When I received the packaged I was surprised by the high quality production - this is not your 'made-at-home' effort but a professionally produced DVD9 (equivalent to two full regular DVDs), packaged in a great looking white case with glossy disc. When the DVD starts up I was expecting to get straight into the show, but what I found was an animated menu full of strange looking fruit and vegetable characters. I was intrigued and found myself watching for what seemed like ages as each character-full animation jumped around the living interactive menu screens. Breaking out of my spellbound look I was offered three options: Not The Cooking Show, Promo and Special Features. I am one of those that always goes straight to the special features when available so not to disappoint I jumped straight there to find myself in another world of menus offering recipes, information about the crew, a resource list and interviews. The resource list consisted of 17 different products/services represented in the show, each with their own graphical page, further information link (most often website) and some with extra videos! The crew pages contained links to the four main members of the team - with other clips of productions by the co-producer Aran Major (AzInc). Paul Benhaim's page consisted of not 1, but 2 interviews in different settings - both amazing looking sets, a list of all of Paul's books (not just on raw foods!) and a seven page biography which is fascinating reading in itself. Is he really one man?! The recipes, a thought would be a list of what is on the show, but again I was impressed to see a long list of recipes from the show and a number of extras. Each recipe has its own page or two with funky special video and sound effects to keep you bopping while you take down your notes. 'Hidden' in this menu are three extra bonus clips or Director's cut recipes totalling more than 15 minutes of extra viewing time. And still on the extra viewing if you go to the interview section you have Paul's two interviews which describe his philosophy and wisdom on raw foods and how it can be easily integrated into your diet without any major changes. He makes it so simple and you just want to dive in! There are also in depth interviews with scientist and long-term raw fooder Sapoty Brook who describes everything about his natural and simple method of raw foods. Dr John Fielder interviewed in what looks like a permaculturists heaven, describes how he energetically scoots around the world giving lectures on Natural Hygeine whilst being based in his Tropical North Australian retreat centre - whilst 70 years of age. Wow. Then there is an unusual choice - Greg Neville. Greg's a psychotherapist who believes that emotions are what cause disease and has written extensive and published documents supporting the connection between various emotions and their respective diseases. I had to watch this twice. Having had a (juice) break I was ready for the main showing and enjoyed the high resolution viewable on my projector screen. Using the arrow and menu buttons on your remote control made it is easy to navigate the hierarchical structure of Not The Cooking Show DVD. The DVD had already paid for itself with more useful and useable information that I have gained from any living food recipe book so far. The show was all that I had hoped for - a highly energetic show - this guy is passionate! Paul clearly shows (I love easy), simple ways to create (my favourite) Yum Thai Curry, Sweet Macadamia Pie, Carob Mousse and many other recipes. Mixed with each recipe is either a clip of Paul visiting farms (I loved the blueberry farm), health food stores with informative interviews that made the whole show enjoyable. Interesting facts kept popping up, being introduced by our friendly animated Avocado, Banana, Mango, Celery and others - facts such as what macadamias contain, why blueberries are good for you etc. At the end of each recipe segment the actual ingredient list is there so you can press pause and write it all down. The only machines used in the program are a twin-gear juicer, a high quality blender, a dehydrator and a spaghetti machine or 'spiraliser'. The show ends with Paul feeding the crew some raw foods in a spa - and if you let the credits go to the end Not The Cooking Show completes the package with another extra bonus. My rating is ***** 5 stars - highly recommended - the first mainstream quality DVD in the raw food movement. Looking forward to seeing Paul's goal of a TV series realise itself soon. - michelle , posted 10/11/05 |
New Raw Food DVD from Australia - Not The Cooking Show was recommended for:
- Tribe: Go Vegan
- Tribe: Wholefood Farmacy
- Tribe: Cleansing
- Tribe: Vegan Cooking
- Tribe: lazy raw foodists
- Tribe: Rawluck Healing Arts Cuddling Gatherings
- Tribe: Tofutti Cuties
- Tribe: SUPER FOODS