num_pages: 320
description: From Nina Simonds the best-selling authority on Chinese cooking here is a groundbreaking cookbook based on the Asian philosophy of food as health-giving. The 200 delectable recipes she offers not only taste superb but also have specific healing properties according to the accumulated wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine.The emphasis is on what's good for you not bad for you. It's primarily a question of balance: eating in harmony with the seasons; countering yin or cooling foods (spinach tomatoes asparagus lettuce seafood) with yang or hot foods (ginger garlic hot peppers beef) and neutralizers like rice and noodles.Feeling tired? Ms. Simonds offers a spoonful of ginger in her hearty chicken soup. A cold coming on? Try Cantonese-Style Tofu (to sweat out the cold) in Black Bean Sauce (healing to the lungs and digestion). Your immune system needs building up? Wild mushrooms (a cancer deterrent) are tossed with soba noodles (a stress reliever). Concerned about cholesterol and clogged arteries? Instead of giving up all the foods you love indulge in Yin-Yang Shrimp with Hawthorn Dipping Sauce.Whatever your health concerns may be you will find the right restorative and satisfying recipes. Babies and toddlers have special needs as do adolescents pregnant and menopausal women the aging--and all of these are addressed with specific recommendations. The wealth of information Nina Simonds offers here derives from her extensive research into the evidence amassed over three thousand years by practitioners of Chinese medicine and from her interviews with leading experts today in food as medicine who offer their firsthand testimony.It is all here in this remarkable book. But above all it is the range of dishes from the exotic to the earthy that will convince you that you can enjoy marvelous food every day--relishing its good taste and knowing it is good for you.
language: English
title: A Spoonful of Ginger : Irresistible Health-Giving Recipes from Asian Kitchens
publisher: Knopf