A Spoonful of Ginger: Irresistible, Health-Giving Recipes from Asian Kitchens by Nina Simonds

Search this book for Recipes »

Notes about this book

  • Eat Your Books

    2000 James Beard Award Winner, International Association of Culinary Professionals Award Winner

  • meganhanna on January 15, 2010

    mmm

Notes about Recipes in this book

  • Garlic beef with broccoli

    • MmeFleiss on January 04, 2018

      This was very good, although it ended up a little too salty because I used cooking wine and powdered bouillon for the stock. Next time I will go with the suggestion of water instead of the stock.

You must Create an Account or Sign In to add a note to this book.

Reviews about this book

This book does not currently have any reviews.

  • ISBN 10 0375400362
  • ISBN 13 9780375400360
  • Published Jun 01 2000
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
  • Imprint Alfred A. Knopf

Publishers Text

From Nina Simonds, the best-selling authority on Chinese cooking, here is a ground-breaking cookbook based on the Asian philosophy of food as health-giving. The 200 delectable recipes she offers not only taste superb but also have specific healing properties according to the accumulated wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine.


The emphasis is on what's good for you, not bad for you. It's primarily a question of balance: eating in harmony with the seasons; countering yin, or cooling, foods (spinach, tomatoes, asparagus, lettuce, seafood) with yang, or hot, foods (ginger, garlic, hot peppers, beef) and neutralizers like rice and noodles.


The wealth of information Nina Simonds offers here derives from her extensive research into he evidence amassed over three thousand years by practitioners of Chine medicine, and from her interviews with leading experts today in food as medicine, who offer first-hand testimony.

Other cookbooks by this author