IN THE NAME OF ALLAH: NO PLANT IS ILLEGAL

Instead of denouncing alcohol, which God forbade in the holy, unchanged Quran, faithless bishops from all parts of South America assembled in Lima in 1569 in order to denounce coca, the so-called 'pernicious' Creation that is supposed to give Indigenes strength. … Glory to Him, the exalted One, yet coca survives — it was a bitter effort of eradication and persecution, yet the Merciful saved it from the hands of those who dare to allege that He made a mistake and to this day He is punishing its enemies, who are killed in greater numbers by the hands of drug cartels than cocaine consumers by cocaine. What are they even fighting for? Will they ever learn to surrender to the Almighty? Should they not fight the deadliest drug in the world instead: alcohol? Should they not fight drunk driving, fornication, rape, cancer, and addiction? Should they not treat alcohol like they needlessly treat coca if they honestly want to make a difference? Did God not side with the weak when He forbade those utterly pernicious beverages which man himself, not God, erroneously created? And can we expect the same Compassion from the elites worldwide?

Vegans, prostrate to God: it was discovered that Erythroxylum leaves from Chapare, Bolivia, when compared to an average of 50 vegetable products found in Latin America, are "higher in calories (305/100g compared to 279), protein (18.9g: 11.4g), carbohydrate (42.6g: 37.1g), fiber (14.4g: 3.2g), ash (9.0g: 2.0g), calcium (1540mg: 99mg), phosphorus (911mg: 270mg), iron (45.8mg: 3.6mg), vitamin A (11,000 IU: 135 IU) and riboflavin (1.91mg: 0.18mg)". And while the ordinary consumption of coca leaves benefits health, the concentration of cocaine alkaloid in the leaf is so small that it will not lead to addiction nor to any physical health issue according to a broad cocaine study conducted between 1992 and 1994 by the World Health Organization. Au contraire, the study, which covers 19 countries and 22 cities, encourages readers to focus on the positive health effects of coca.

You are reading the first cookbook that cooks with coca. Here you will find an extensive vegetarian collection of the so-called Novoandina Kitchen, which seeks to continue and adapt the traditional Incan kitchen to a global world. A wide range of cooked and baked goods, and even dishes, can be made with coca simply by grinding the leaves into a healthier version of flour called "harina." Harina can also be stirred into juices or blended in smoothies. Keep in mind that you can mix harina into any food requiring flour, the magical recipes in this cookbook will show you how. So buy organic, que aproveche and bon appétit!