Ancient Wisdom, Modern Kitchen: Recipes from the East for Health, Healing, and Long Life

"Loaded with useful information to take care of your health," this award-winning cookbook offers healing insights and recipes from eastern traditions (Sacramento Book Review).Ancient Wisdom, Modern Kitchen reveals how easy it is to tap into the three,000-year-old secrets of the Eastern healing arts. This entertaining and easy-to-use book provides scores of delicious recipes, anecdotes about various herbs and foods, and all you need to know about acquiring ingredients—even if you don't know the difference between a lotus seed and the lotus position.Highlighting "superfoods," such as goji berries, as well as more familiar ingredients like ginger, garlic, and mint, Ancient Wisdom, Modern Kitchen includes indispensible information:• An overview of traditional Chinese medicine, herbs, and food therapy• Details on one hundred healthy Asian ingredients• Healing recipes for common health concerns, including fatigue, menopause, high cholesterol, weight control, and diabetes"Recommended as an accessible introduction to integrating ideas of traditional Chinese medicine into cooking." —Library Journal"A revelation . . .A deeply interesting book. One that, given the right set of circumstances and half a chance, could change your life." —January magazine"Part cookbook, part introduction to Chinese medicine, Ancient Wisdom, Modern Kitchen introduces a holistic approach to food that is second nature in China and vital to medical practice there." —Guohui Liu, MS, MB/BS, LAc, faculty member at Oregon College of Oriental medicine and National College of Naturopathic Medicine, and author of Warm Diseases: A Clinical Guide and other worksWinner of the Cookbooks: International category and Finalist in the Health: Alternative Medicine category for the International Book Awards.A San Diego Book & Writing Award Winner (Cookbook Category) Read more