by
Miriam Hospodar
What
do you look for in a cookery book? A list of ingredients,
some basic techniques and the recipes themselves, right?
Of course. But if it's Miriam Hospodar's Heaven's Banquet
you're reading, the 700 international recipes are only a
bonus. The real treat is the book itself: a crisply written
treatise on the art of eating for good health. One would,
in fact, go so far as to say that inside these sumptuous
pages, you might just discover your own recipe for a more
flavorful and healthy life.
A
recipe for life? In a mere book? Yes. You'll sense something
delicious coming right from the first page, when Hospodar
starts to speak about how food livens the body's inner intelligence.
"Nature's intelligence," observes the author,
"creates orderly growth and change, ensuring that kittens
grow into cats, not elephants, and that when you plant an
acorn it will always blossom into an oak tree, not emerge
as a cornstalk." The approach promises both breadth
and depth beyond what you'd find in most cookbooks.
And
Hospodar keeps that promise throughout her 600-page book.
Trained extensively in the principles of diet and health
care, Miriam presents the Maharishi Ayurveda approach to
food so delectably it is a pleasure to savor, both for the
newcomer and the well-versed.
There
is such a thing, says Maharishi Ayurveda, as eating for
bliss. And it is not difficult to achieve, either. The simple
truth lies in the oft-quoted proverb "one man's meat
is another man's poison." The secret is in discovering
that your dietary requirements are different from anyone
else's on earth.
To
explain this approach, Hospodar introduces you to the fascinating
concept of body-types: your unique combination of cosmic
energies that sets you apart from your closest blood-relation.
How the three doshas -- Vata, Pitta and Kapha affect what
you eat; how you can understand your unique dosha-type and
what you can do to eat foods that will keep your doshas
happy: you will find answers to these and other questions
in Miriam Hospodar's book.
The
gift of this author is her ability to present the principles
of Ayurvedic nutrition like a best friend sharing a delicious
secret -- easy to grasp and difficult to keep to yourself!
Her simple yet appetizing recipes will make you want to
share your new-found secrets of healthy cooking with friends
and family.
The
fare here is all vegetarian, but the sheer variety of menus
and recipes -- many hundreds to choose from -- is sure to
make you reach for the ladle and the frying pan.
Bon Appetit!
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