Jacob LitoffJacob Litoff was born and raised in Mansfield, Connecticut. He has been playing violin since the age of four, and earned his degree in music performance at Boston University. He worked as an active freelancer on violin, viola and cello and string teaher for several decades, and he has composed and arranged a few pieces, as well. He founded the Charles River Sinfonietta, a non-profit organization that gives mainly chamber music concerts a few times each year.Jacob has been on a vegan and macrobiotic diet and lifestyle for over 40 years. For most of his life he has studied ways to control one's health and to prevent and recover from many illnesses through diet. He has occasionally written articles for macrobiotic magazines. Over the years, he has created and altered dozens of delicious recipes which he is publishing here in his first cookbook. Read More Read Less