Sarah Raven is not only an inspirational cook, but also a qualified doctor. Here she brings together her unique talents to offer a magnificent canon of recipes, sharing her medical knowledge to explain exactly how and why certain foods help protect your body and give you the best possible chance of a longer, healthier life.

The 250 sumptuous and colorful recipes include Coconut sugar marmalade, Spiced aubergine salad with pomegranate raita, Lemon chicken and summer herb salad, Cashew hummus, Black bean burritos, Blood orange sorbet and Basil yoghurt ice cream. Woven through the book are 100 mini 'superfood' biographies, where Sarah draws on her expertise and experience to explain the science behind key ingredients, including kale, broccoli, salmon, red wine, blueberries, apples and seeds.

With luminous photography by Jonathan Buckley, this generous and stylish book offers recipes to make you feel well, look well and live longer--by using the most beneficial ingredients and without ever compromising on sheer deliciousness.

Sarah Raven is a woman of many talents: a doctor, broadcaster, teacher and writer. She has made regular appearances on the BBC; she runs her own cookery and gardening school at Perch Hill in East Sussex, and she is the author of Sarah Raven's Food for Friends and Family, Sarah Raven's Complete Christmas, Sarah Raven's Garden Cookbook (which was the Guild of Food Writers' Cookery Book of the Year 2008) and The Cutting Garden.

sarahraven.com / @srkitchengarden