WHO is Nomi Shannon?
Nomi Shannon, A.K.A. The Raw Gourmet, is the author of the best selling raw vegan book The Raw Gourmet, and co-author of Raw Food Celebrations. In 2008, Nomi received three ‘Best of Raw Awards’ for Best Raw Educator, Favorite Raw Chef and Favorite Raw Book (for Raw Food Celebrations). Raw since 1987, Nomi has been featured in Alive magazine, Get Fresh, San Diego North County Times, Galveston News, as well as numerous radio shows. Nomi offers a free online newsletter as well as a free 7 part email class called The Raw Truth at www.rawgourmet.com. “The Raw Gourmet” I was introduced to raw food in 1987 ago by a holistic physician. At that time, I had serious digestive problems and felt ill no matter what I ate. For the first time in my life, I was gaining weight and had begun to develop an alphabet of maladies. With my physician’s encouragement, I began to eat about fifty percent of my food raw. Most of us already eat quite a bit of raw food, such as fruit, salads, coleslaw and even smoot
