The Urban Caveman

Eve Gilmore spent six years developing this book as an update of the diet for the 21st-century with the strap line that giving up does not mean going without since the diet excludes grains, beans, dairy and sugar. The urban caveman diet is based on Paleo principles that reproduce modern dishes using alternatives to the excluded foods. Weston Price himself favoured a higher fat lower protein ratio, although it has to be said that there is no standard hunter-gatherer diet. Eve specifies important equipment for the kitchen and explains ingredients and replacements for common non-Paleo ingredients. Coconut is a key ingredient in various forms. The bulk of the book is devoted to recipes, beginning with 'dairy', bakery and patisserie before moving on to breakfasts, starters and various forms of main course involving meat and fish. Finally, there are sections on sources and gravies, deserts, pickles and chutneys. It is certainly the definitive book of its kind.