Science shows it's not just what we eat that matters; eating together matters, too.
Chef Biju Thomas and Dr. Allen Lim have returned to the kitchen to champion dinner, the most social meal of the day. In their third cookbook, Feed Zone Table, Biju and Allen offer over 100 all-new recipes to bring friends and family to the table in a way that nourishes life and sport. Feed Zone Table will inspire your family-style dinners with a delicious line up of drinks, starters, main courses, side dishes, fresh sauces, and desserts. Biju rolls out easy techniques for making flavorful food that's fun to prepare and share.
Enjoying dinnertime and eating well will nourish you, your family and friends--and your sports performance. Dr. Lim saw these benefits first-hand while working with professional athletes and shares new research on how social meals benefit everyone. Lim reveals why it matters--what science has to say about food, camaraderie, performance, and the pivotal role that the dinner table can play in an athlete's preparation. Sports are often an escape from life, but Feed Zone Table is a warm invitation back to the table.
We perform best when we nourish our bodies and feed our souls.Bring great food and people together with Feed Zone Table and you'll feel the difference.
Industry Reviews
"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"
