Product Description

"Eat Taste Heal makes the ancient healing wisdom of Ayurveda accessible - and deliciously so - to modern cooks everywhere. Read this book." - Deepak Chopra

Eat Taste Heal: An Ayurvedic Cookbook for Modern Living provides modern applications of Ayurveda, humankind's most ancient system of healthy living. A complete guidebook and cookbook in one, this book offers every reader an individualized blueprint for achieving vibrant health. Fulfilling the adage, "Let Food Be Thy Medicine," Eat Taste Heal offers recipes that are inviting to both the kitchen novice and master chef.

The authors are a unique trio: physician, patient, and chef. Dr. Thomas Yarema, M.D., director of the Kauai Center for Holistic Medicine and Research, created for his patients an understandable dietary program rooted in common sense. Daniel Rhoda, a patient who found healing through Ayurveda, demystifies the ancient science that helped restore his health. Chef Johnny Brannigan, an internationally trained Ayurvedic chef, has created more than 150 recipes to empower individual healing through the exploration of taste.

Winner: Maverick Award- Excellence in Photography

Winner: USABookNews.com- Award Winner, Health/ Diet Category

Winner: USABookNew.com- Award Finalist, Health/Alternative Medicine Category

Winner: Writer's Digest Magazine- Award Winner, Reference Book 2006

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15184 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Holistic physician Yarema, patient Rhoda and chef Brannigan contribute their individual perspectives on India's ancient medical science, ayurveda, to this attractive volume. Introduced to the system by different routes (disillusionment with Western medical practices, illness and transcendental meditation, respectively), the authors detail an array of ayurvedic techniques (diet, breathing, meditation, exercise, aromatherapy). Much more than a cookbook, this guide can serve as a complete introduction to ayurveda. Readers will learn how to identify their ayurvedic type; detect and treat imbalances and illness; select foods, daily routines and activities best for them; adapt to seasonal and aging patterns; and, most importantly, put the power to heal in their own hands. Based on cuisines from around the globe, the recipes demonstrate how to vary ayurvedic meals to nurture each of the ayurvedic types. The tempting selections include Roasted Sunflower Pâté, Gnocchi with Pumpkin Sauce, Seared Sesame Trout with Coconut Curry Sauce, and Mango and Passion Fruit Cheesecake. The recipes are easy to follow and require little preparation time. The authors stress that adopting an ayurvedic lifestyle requires time, commitment and much self-inquiry, but make an enthusiastic and persuasive case for doing so. Color photos. (Jan. 25)
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From the Publisher
"Ayurvedic cooking for healing is ancient, timeless, practical wisdom based upon taste, hot and cold energy and the post-digestive effect of food at the cellular level. A proper diet is good medicine. In the near future, medical professionals, instead of prescribing just drugs, will suggest proper, individualized balancing recipes to their patients. Dr. Yarema, Daniel Rhoda and Chef Brannigan’s profound work in the field of food as medicine, Eat Taste Heal, is a most timely and practical guide for people everywhere." - Dr. Vasant Lad, author of Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing

Customer Reviews

Very new to this
I get the feeling that this book gives you a good start in regards to Ayurveda. This book has a lot of information and great recipes that are broken down into Vata, Pitta & Kapha. If you're looking at a recipe for Pitta and you're a Kapha, it tells you at the end of the recipe what you can substitute OR if you should avoid it. This book also gives you Dual-Dosha recommendations.

It's easy to read and the beginning gives you a good overview of what you should know. I tend to be easily overwhelmed by too much information when starting something new. This book doesn't have that effect on me. I also like pictures in my cookbooks. I like to know how it should look if I've not made it before. I'm starting off with this book knowing there's a lot more to get into if I want.

An Incredible Guide to Ayurveda
This is a beautifully crafted, comprehensive guide to the ancient science of ayurveda. You can tell that a lot of care went into the creation of this book. It makes a perfect introduction to those new to Ayurveda, and a great resource for those already immersed. It explains, in an easy to understand format, all you need to know to determine your ayurvedic constitution and what foods/ recipes are best for you. The recipes are great, with many vegan and gluten free variations possible. The food photography is world class and stunning. I highly recommend this book.

The Best Ayurvedic Cookbook out there!
I am usually not so easily impressed, but this Ayurvedic cookbook is simply the best! Beautiful to look at with a very well-written easy to understand Ayurvedic theory part, the recipes are mouthwatering and simply delicious using only the healthiest ingredients. New and unusual combinations make this book a must-have not only for people on an Ayurvedic regimen, but for anyone who loves healthy gourmet food! I own probably every Ayurvedic cookbook out there, since I am an Ayurvedic practitioner myself, and I find most other Ayurvedic cookbooks boring, but not this one!