Aveline Kushi's Complete Guide to Macrobiotic Cooking: For Health, Harmony, and Peace

by Aveline Kushi, Alex Jack, Michio Kushi (Foreword)

"Food is the chief of all things, the universal medicine. . . . Food transmutes directly into body, mind, and spirit . . . creates our day-to-day health and happiness." -from The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health Even in medical schools, alternative medicine is blossoming. Two thirds of them now offer courses in complementary healing practices, including nutrition. At the heart of this revolution is macrobiotics, a simple, elegant, and delicious way of eating whose health benefits are being confirmed at an impressive rate by researchers around the world. Now in this marvelous guide, they give us the basics of macrobiotic eating and living, and explain how to use this powerful source of healing to become healthier and happier, to prevent or relieve more than two hundred ailments, conditions, or disorders-both physical and psychological. This encyclopedic compendium of macrobiotic fundamentals, remedies, menus, and recipes takes into account the newest thinking and evolving practices within the macrobiotic community. The authors integrate all the information into a remarkable A to Z guide to macrobiotic healing-from AIDS, allergies, and arthritis, to cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. They also clearly explain what we need to know to start eating a true macrobiotic diet that will provide us with a complete balance of energy and nutrients. Living as we all do in environmental and climactic circumstances that are largely outside our personal control, it is vital that we follow a healthy lifestyle, including a flexible diet that we can adjust to meet our own individual needs. The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health gives us precisely the tools and the understanding we need to achieve this goal. Use it to build a strong, active body and a cheerful, resourceful mind.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Health, Nonfiction, Cooking

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Vesna · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's written with a lovely introduction to Japanese traditional way of eating and cooking by Aveline's childhood experiences in Japanese mountain village. Really enjoyed the book!

[Paquita88088 · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favourite and most important cookbook. I acquired this book a year after I moved out of my parents' home. This book saved me from more than just that one year of boring semi healthy home cooking. It has provided me not only with the building blocks of cooking well and a way for structuring meals, but also with practical solutions to figuring out how to start living macrobiotically. I love the illustrations and the poetry throughout the book which help to meditate positively upon the significance of macrobiotic attitudes to nutrition. Not so long ago, and many different cooking books later (which helped me to build upon cooking successes initiated by this book), I dipped back into the "Complete Guide" and was really surprised how much I had missed in my initial period of working with the book. I would thoroughly recommend this to anyone who loves cooking!

[Celeste · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. Every vegetable, every food is described with detail and with love. Everything I need is here - from preparations, to cooking utensils, and macrobiotic principles. Kushi gives bits of history about her life - makes the book very personal and fun to read. However, many of the recipes are for family-sized portions. If you're cooking for one or two, you'll have to modify.

[Jo-Ann Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most important and worn cookbook I own. Essential information on natural foods.