Table of Contents

Foreword by Levi Leipheimer Foreword by Timmy Duggan Introduction by Allen Lim Breakfast Portables Apres Dinner Desserts Basics Appendixes Index Acknowledgments About the Authors Credits

About the Author

Dr. Allen Lim and chef Biju Thomas are authors of the best-selling Feed Zone Series of cookbooks including The Feed Zone Cookbook, Feed Zone Portables, and Feed Zone Table.

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.

Reviews

"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 something every athlete will want to have in the kitchen, not on the bookshelf. There is so much excellent data in this book on the science of eating it is easy to forget that the recipes are actually delicious."--Ultrarunning

"The Feed Zone Cookbook was a huge hit and probably the most popular book in the Canadian Running office over the last couple of years."--Canadian Running

"Lim and Thomas have spent decades working with endurance athletes to find the balance between taste, sport-specific nutrition, and portability."--Men's Health

"Packed with recipes that will not only offer healthy alternatives, but actually taste good as well."--NBCSports.com

"The beauty of The Feed Zone Cookbook is that it is practical and based on real-life experiencenot just theory...Let The Feed Zone help you find your way into the kitchen with enthusiasm."--Active.com

"The foods described are intentionally simple to prepare, impressively flavorful, easy to digest, and incorporate mostly basic ingredients that should be readily available Just honest-to-goodness recipes made with real food."--Bike Radar

"The ultimate guide for triathletes who want to support their training with delicious, wholesome food."--Triathlete

"Tons of straightforward meal recipes (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) that are both quick and easy to prepare. These meals are perfectly tuned to deliver maximum performance and optimized recovery."--Outside

A no-fuss guide to preparing good food that will satisfy an athlete's cravings and prepare the body for top performance.--Swimming World