Foreword by Jason DonaldPrefaceIntroduction: Where to Sit, Social
Fuel, Five-Ring Fever, Copernican Shift, Eating Together, Head
Count, Diet-Health Paradox, Loneliness, "We" Versus "I", Cultural
Dilemma, Nutritional Pragmatism, The Last WordRecipesEat & Cook
Drinks
Starters
Sides, Salads, Soups
Chicken
Seafood
Pork
Beef, Lamb, Bison
Meatless
Sweets
Oils & Dressings
Sauces & Spices
Nutrition Facts
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Credits
Chef Biju Thomas is a professional chef known for light, simple
dishes bursting with bold flavors. He has designed the menus of
many successful restaurants in Denver and Boulder, Colorado and has
launched his own restaurant, Biju’s Little Curry Shop, in Denver’s
up-and-coming RiNo neighborhood.
In 2009, Chef Biju teamed up with sports physiologist Dr. Allen Lim
to improve the everyday diets and performance nutrition of
professional cyclists and their teams. In the years since, Chef
Biju has cooked for dozens of elite professional cyclists, teaching
them the craft of cooking. His Feed Zone series of books with Lim,
The Feed Zone Cookbook and Feed Zone Portables, feature 225 easy,
healthy recipes and snack ideas for an active lifestyle.
Biju has been a chef for pro cycling teams and coordinated food for
one of the sport’s biggest races, the Tour of California. Biju has
also been the chef for the Dempsey/Del Piero Racing, a Grand-Am and
Le Mans motorsports team. He also contributes recipes to Skratch
Labs, Omega Juicers, and Map My Fitness.
Dr. Allen Lim is a sports physiologist, cycling coach, and a
founder of Skratch Labs, a manufacturer of performance hydration
mixes and the world’s first active nourishment company. Beginning
his coaching career with Jonathan Vaughters’ TIAA-CREF cycling
development team, Lim developed a method of testing for biological
markers of performance enhancing drugs that led to cycling’s
Biological Passport. Lim was director of sport science for Garmin
and RadioShack professional cycling teams and is the only American
scientist to have worked and cooked for teams at the Tour de
France. Lim has worked with dozens of top American cyclists to
improve their performance and nutrition.
"The Feed Zone Cookbook" is full of recipes from Allen and Biju that epitomize the athlete s two greatest purposes in sitting down for a meal: to optimize performance and to maximize the pleasure that comes from eating. Timmy Duggan, professional cyclist Good food may only be a portion of what it takes to ride professionally, but to me it has been truly life changing. Eating real, flavorful, and simple food was a revelation. Tim Johnson, professional cyclist The beauty of "The Feed Zone Cookbook" is that it is practical and based on real-life experience not just theory...Let "The Feed Zone Cookbook" help you find your way into the kitchen with enthusiasm. Active.com After being introduced to The Feed Zone, I began to realize there was another way to eat that actually nourished me as an athlete. Matt Segal, professional rock climber for North Face Athlete Team I cook religiously from the Feed Zone. My diet doesn t have to be boring or austere to go fast. In fact, I go way faster when I m happy, and good food makes me happy. Lea Davison, professional cyclist, Olympian, and U.S. Short Track National Championship Bronze Medalist These recipes are easy, tasty, effective, and made with real love for sport and food. George Bennett, professional cyclist Biju makes cooking high-quality, nourishing food easy. His recipes are mind-blowingly simple, but their flavors and quality are as high as a five-star restaurant. Biju will inspire you to want to cook. Matthew Busche, professional cyclist Meals perfectly tuned to deliver maximum performance and optimized recovery. Outside magazine Exercise physiologist Allen Lim, Ph.D. and chef Biju Thomas, authors of The Feed Zone cookbooks, have spent decades working with endurance athletes to find the balance between taste, sport-specific nutrition, and portability. Men s Health "The Feed Zone Cookbook" features unique, simple recipes for quick meals that will help fuel your workouts and speed recovery. Men s Journal "The Feed Zone Cookbook" is the ultimate guide for triathletes who want to support their training with delicious, wholesome food. Triathlete magazine A no-fuss guide to preparing good food that will satisfy an athlete s cravings and prepare the body for top performance. Swimming World magazine The foods described are intentionally simple to prepare, impressively flavorful, easy to digest, and incorporate mostly basic ingredients that should be readily available even while traveling through unfamiliar lands. There's no overload of buzzwords at all here just honest to goodness recipes made with real food that you'd likely eat even if you didn't pedal a bike for a living. BikeRadar.com"
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