Natural Foods Cookbook, Maxine Atwater, Nitty Gritty Productions, 1972

Published at the height of the early natural foods movement, this 1972 Nitty Gritty cookbook offers practical guidance for cooking with whole, unprocessed ingredients. It includes substitution charts, pantry recommendations, and over 100 recipes spanning soups, vegetable entrées, egg and cheese dishes, fish and chicken, salads, desserts, and more.

The format is straightforward and instructional, with hand-drawn illustrations and recipes focused on simple techniques and nutritionally oriented ingredients such as whole grains, lentils, natural cheeses, and germ oils.

The softcover shows noticeable wear, creasing, and rubbing consistent with age and use, but the binding remains intact and all pages are legible.