The Healthy Kitchen: Recipes for a Better
Body, Life, and Spirit
by Andrew Weil, Rosie Daley
In Eating Well for Optimum Health, one of Amazon's bestselling
health books of 2000, alternative-medicine maverick Andrew Weil
revealed his version of the ideal diet (and backed it up with scientific
proof): a variety of unprocessed, or "whole" foods; just-picked,
organic vegetables; whole grains; "good" fats, such as the omega-3
fatty acids found in fish and nuts; fresh herbs and spices instead
of heavy sauces; and a minimum of meat and dairy products. Eating
this responsibly is certainly an admirable pursuit, but home cooking
of this caliber can be intimidating, requiring much more energy
than it would to pull up to the drive-through and order a burger
and fries. In The Healthy Kitchen, Weil successfully teams up with
Rosie Daley, formerly chef at the ritzy Cal-a-Vie Spa, to show how
to cook with confidence within these dietary guidelines, creating
dishes that are not only good for you, but are also fun to prepare,
beautiful to look at, and delectable.