The Magic Teaspoon
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- 139,00 kr
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- 139,00 kr
Publisher Description
Behind the walls of a hidden monastery garden, a master herbalist teaches the secrets of healing to his apprentice. Half a world away, a tribal shaman gathers medicinal roots along the Amazon. In the hills of Tibet, a Buddhist monk brews a pot of green tea for an ailing brother. And, at home in a coastal Mediterranean cottage, a young mother keeps her child’s fever at bay with a simple spoonful of thyme.
For centuries, people across continents and cultures have experimented with the restoring properties of “nature’s bouquet.” And you, too, can enhance the flavor and vitality of your everyday meals with the health benefits found in such herbs as thyme, basil, parsley, cinnamon, dill, and many others. As a source of vitamins and antioxidants, herbs are natural energy boosters and disease fighters—and you can add them to your menu with the easy-to-prepare recipes found in this book. From amazing appetizers and super salads to extraordinary entrées and dynamic desserts, The Magic Teaspoon offers it all—with just the flick of a teaspoon:
More than 100 recipes for health-boosting meals and snacks—listing the healing virtues each herb brings to your table“The All Naturals” herb chart revealing the best herbs to choose for specific health issuesVegetable profiles—from artichokes to zucchini How to make processed foods healthierThe Sugar Lover’s Survival GuideHow to make potent herbal purées for instant energizersThe 25 top teas for healingThe health properties found in honey, vinegar, and olive oilAnd much more
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Zak, author of the best-selling 20,000 Secrets of Tea, here provides a guide to adding herbs to cooking, focusing first on the types and qualities of herbs, and ending with a lengthy selection of recipes. Zak describes each herb in poetic detail, traveling across the globe and through time to tell the story of each variety, demonstrating how "thousands of years of tradition come to life in 9your kitchen" when using, say, coriander ("a stimulating spice that is antibacterial and antifungal") to enhance a burger. But Zak's at-times outrageous claims for herbs' healing properties, for which theonly medical evidence presented is in a general bibliography, are less persuasive. Though it's plausible enough that "one cup of green tea will give you the antioxidants of seven vegetables," the unqualified assurance that garlic is "anticancer, antiviral, antifungal, antibacterial, antiseptic, and it kills parasites," could use documentation. Easier to swallow are Zak's delicious recipes: dips, iced teas, poultry, meat, vegetables and desserts are all represented. Regardless of their real-world effects, readers will enjoy using herbs to make their favorite foods tastier, and Zak's primer is a helpful how-to.