The foods and recipes present key foods for vital health, strength, and resiliency of mind and body. The book highlights an energetic understand of foods and cooking and their effects on day to day health and well-being. The author is a native of the Baltic Sea area of German. She served a teacher, counselor, and chef at Kushi Institute for more than 20 years and is a co-director of the Macrobiotic Wellness Retreat and Macrobiotic Summer Conference.