Chef JP Alfred of San Diego-based PEACE PIES Restaurants announces the release of his new vegan and raw food recipe book FRESH, FUNKY & RAW!

ENCINITAS, Calif. - Oct. 4, 2018 - PRLog -- (San Diego, CA) - Respected Chef and San Diego-based restaurant owner JP Alfred proudly releases his new plant-based raw recipe book Fresh, Funky & Raw!: Delicious & Nutritious Plant-based, Gluten Free, Soy Free, Vegan, Raw Recipes to help you eat healthy and live well. (Deeper Well Publishing).

Whether you are a vegan, raw foodist, vegetarian, gluten intolerant, soy-sensitive, or a just a lover of great food, Chef JP Alfred has created a wonderful collection of hand-picked recipes from the kitchen of his award-winning restaurants, Peace Pies located in Encinitas and Ocean Beach, two of San Diego's most popular beach communities.

Now, with his helpful guidance, anyone can make these popular and delicious dishes in their own home. Mouth-watering appetizers, staples, salads, entrées, and desserts are all within the book to prepare and enjoy!

When asked about his food, restaurants and his new book Chef Alfred, shared, "PEACE PIES is committed to providing RAW, VEGAN, GLUTEN-FREE, and SOY-FREE foods to all. We offer a delicious and wide-ranging menu consisting of appetizers, salads, beverages, entrées, desserts, dried goods, and accessories to aid in the live food lifestyle.

We have proudly built strong relationships with numerous local farms who supply us with the freshest local ingredients. He continued, "We are continually creating new recipes to keep things new, vibrant, and exciting, and we practice a stringent ZERO-WASTE policy, including composting of our food scraps and using earth-friendly packaging. I am also excited to share my new vibrant recipe book with my customers old and new. And I'm even more excited that many of my customer's favorite foods we serve at Peace Pies will now be able to be prepared and enjoyed at home."

JP Alfred is the owner and executive chef of Peace Pies, a raw, vegan, organic, and gluten-free eatery, which has two locations in the San Diego region and has been operating for the past ten years. Peace Pies won The Best of Raw Awards for Best Raw Restaurant and Best Eco-Raw Restaurant in 2014.

JP owns a homestead in San Diego, where he lives with his wife and three children, and he grows a portion of produce for Peace Pies in his home garden. He is also the author of This is Raw, his popular first published raw vegan cookbook.

Available now at Peace Pies restaurants, San Diego Farmers Markets, online at Peace Pies (https://bit.ly/2pCppTO) and for pre-order on AMAZON (https://amzn.to/2Ct11fP • Oct. 16th)

$24.95 US • 200 pages • ISBN: 978-09857152-6-7

Interviews (subject to schedule and availability), review copies and hi-res photos are available upon request.

Please visit http://www.peacepies.com for more information.

Contact: Anthony J.W. Benson/Bang the Drum Communications (858) 381-3304 • bangthedrumcomm@gmail.com