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The Elements of Life: A Contemporary Guide to Thai Recipes and Traditions for Healthier Living

by: Su-Mei Yu

ISBN: 9780471757078 | 0471757071

Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Pub. Date: 10/1/2009

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Summary Table of Contents Author Biography

Thai natural philosophy is based on the principle that nature consists of four elements -- Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire -- which are also present in our physical bodies. It is believed that each of us is born with a dominant, or "home" element, and that the path to general wellness requires a knowledge of one's home element in order to achieve harmony with nature. In The Elements of Life, award-winning cookbook author Su-Mei Yu translates this concept for a Western audience, and shows how these Asian principles can be used in readers' daily liv... MOREes to achieve greater health, beauty, longevity, and spiritual wellness. The book is accompanied by an interactive wheel that allows readers to quickly identify their own home elements. Individual chapters focusing on each of the four elements provide advice on planning meals around one's own dominant element in conjunction with the weather and the time of day. An Earth-element person, for example, is advised to eat sweet and salty flavors during rainy weather, and dishes with buttery, rich, sweet flavors when it is cold outside. Yu provides plenty of tempting recipes for every home element, season, and time of day, such as Cold Soba Noodles, Grilled Shrimp and Mango Salad, Persian-Thai Fried Rice, and Stir-Fried Chicken or Pork with Watermelon Rind. Each chapter also includes sections on beauty and mind and spirit, with recipes for restorative face masks, hair treatments, and massage oils based on each home element. The book's lush, evocative design features 110 full-color photographs throughout, including mouth-watering food photographs of finished dishes and beautiful travel photos from Thailand showcasing traditional ingredients, food vendors, and much more. With a wealth of simple, inspiring recipes and straightforward, easy-to-follow advice, The Elements of Life will inspire readers to live according to the elements and to follow a traditional path to health, beauty, longevity, and inner peace.

Discover the Thai approach to food and wellness-and use nature's elements to eat for optimum health, beauty, and spiritual well-being

The traditional Thai philosophy of diet and health involves eating meals planned around your "home element"-earth, water, wind, or fire-as well as the weather, time of day, and other factors. In this book, award-winning author Su-Mei Yu explains this age-old philosophy and gives you information and recipes to help you prepare meals that will promote better physical, spiritual, and emotional health.

She describes the personal characteristics related to the each of the four home elements, as well as the tastes, flavors, aromas, and natural ingredients best suited to them. She shows you how to identify your home element and eat foods that accommodate it through different times of the year and different times of the day. Beauty treatments geared to your home element will help you to relax, rejuvenate, and feel renewed.

This beautifully designed book

Includes an interactive wheel that helps you calculate your elemental sign
Explains how to plan meals appropriate to your home element
Offers tempting recipes for every home element, season, and time of day
Shares dishes with a delicious variety of ingredients and flavors, from Cold Soba Noodles to Stir-Fried Chicken or Port with Watermelon Rind
Contains beauty, mind, and spirit sections with recipes for face masks, hair treatments, and massage oils based on each home element
Features more than 120 full-color photographs of finished dishes and life in Thailand

Written by the IACP Award�winning author of Cracking the Coconut and Asian Grilling, the simple, inspiring recipes and straightforward, easy-to-follow advice found in The Elements of Life will inspire you to live according to the elements and follow a traditional path to health, beauty, longevity, and inner peace.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire: Finding Your Home Element
Basics
Earth
Water
Wind
Fire
Resources
Index
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.

Su-Mei Yu was born in Thailand to Chinese parents and lived there until she was fifteen, when she was sent to boarding school in the United States. After stints as a social worker and an assistant professor, in 1985 she opened Saffron, the first Thai restaurant in San Diego, which has received national acclaim. Yu writes frequently for food magazines including Food & Wine, Fine Cooking, and Gastronomica. Also the author of Asian Grilling and the IACP Award?winning cookbook Cracking the Coconut, she lives in La Jolla, California.

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