Feed Zone Portables

When Dr. Allen Lim left the lab to work with pro cyclists, he found athletes weary of food. For decades the sport's elite athletes had been underperforming on bland fare and processed bars and gels. So Lim and professional chef Biju Thomas set out to make eating delicious and practical. Chef Biju and Dr. Lim vetted countless meals with the world's best endurance athletes during the world's most demanding races. Their groundbreaking Feed Zone Cookbookbrought the favorite recipes of the pros to everyday athletes. In Feed Zone Portables, Lim and Biju expand on the success of The Feed Zone Cookbookto offer athletes 50 new portable snacks that will nourish better performance. Feed Zone Portablesmaintains all the most popular features of The Feed Zone Cookbookincluding simple recipes that are easy to prepare, beautiful full-color photographs of every dish, complete nutrition information, tips on how each snack can benefit athletic performance, and time-saving ways to make real food the basis of an athletic diet. New in Portablesare: Two-Bite Portables: Foods to fuel longer workouts Aha! Portables: Convenient twists on favorite snacks Bars: Sweet and savory homemade bars made with whole foods and minimal processing Take & Make: Perfect light meals and snacks for travel and race mornings With simple recipes requiring just a handful of ingredients, Feed Zone Portablesfrom chef Biju and Allen Lim shows how easy it is for athletes to prepare their own food, whether at home or on the go.

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.

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.