The Five Elements Cookbook

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A Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine with Recipes for Everyday Healing

By Zoey Xinyi Gong

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Summary

The Five Elements Cookbook by Zoey Xinyi Gong offers a fascinating journey into the culinary practices inspired by traditional Chinese medicine. It explores the interaction of five key elements—wood, fire, earth, metal, and water—and how they relate to food's effects on health. The book provides insightful guidance on achieving harmony in meals that nourish both body and mind.
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Format: Hardback

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You might enjoy this cookbook if you are intrigued by the integration of traditional Chinese medicine and culinary arts to promote holistic health. It offers insights into balancing the body's five elements through detailed, nourishing recipes and culinary techniques aimed at enhancing well-being and harmony through food.

The Five Elements Cookbook

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A stunning and accessible guide to cooking with Traditional Chinese Medicine, featuring over 50 nourishing recipes to eat for healing every day by TCM chef and registered dietitian Zoey Xinyi Gong.

Chef and registered dietitian Zoey Xinyi Gong offers an incredibly fresh, elegant, and authentic approach to food therapy and a truly accessible guide to cooking with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a thousands-year-old practice for holistic wellness.

Named after a foundational theory of what balance and optimal health looks like, The Five Elements Cookbook is a stunning introduction to the beginner concepts of TCM and offers a photographic guide to the most commonly used medicinal ingredients (American ginseng, turmeric, reishi, and more), their healing properties, and how to use them seamlessly in your cooking—whether in a warm tea, restorative bone broth, a sweet smoothie, or your favourite dinner.

Each of the over 50 delicious recipes ingeniously incorporates a food-as-medicine ingredient, with consideration for seasonality, digestion, body constitution, and specific concerns, like menstrual pains, nausea, anxiety, blood circulation, respiratory health, and more. For those with dietary restrictions, each recipe also includes a key for vegan, nut-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, plus the TCM energetics and uses. Recipes span all day and every meal, plus beverages and desserts:

Sesame Goji Granola
Pumpkin and Lotus Seed Hummus with Crudité
Reishi Mushroom Miso Soup
Steamed Whole Fish with Herbal Soy Sauce
Warming Lamb Noodle Soup
Saffron Mulled Wine

With beautiful photographs throughout, this soothing, practical guide is perfect for those looking to eat for healing, nourishment, and joy.

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iThe Five Elements Cookbook blends Traditional Chinese Medicine with modern culinary practices, offering a holistic approach to cooking and eating. The book is praised for its in-depth research, practical application, and stunning photography, making the concepts of Chinese food therapy accessible. Readers appreciate its guidance on Chinese herbs and the easy-to-follow recipes that promise not only delicious meals but also health benefits, all while encouraging a deeper connection with nature.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780358622192

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 March 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins

Contributors:

Photographs by Cassie Zhang

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 878g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Born in Shanghai, China, ZOEY XINYI GONG is a registered dietitian (R.D.) and Traditional Chinese Medicine chef. She is dedicated to modernizing Traditional Chinese Medicine and making it a relevant and practical lifestyle for all, and serving as a bridge between Eastern and Western perspectives of wellness. She is the cofounder of the Red Pavilion, a creative venue in Brooklyn featuring medicinal cooking classes, chef's table, and more. She's been covered by the New York Times, NBC, Serious Eats, Bon Appetit and more. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.