Fast Food, Good Food: More Than 150 Quick and Easy Ways to Put Healthy, Delicious Food on the Table

by Andrew Weil

Overview

Delicious, nutritious, quick, and easy recipes from bestselling author Dr. Andrew Weil's own kitchen.

These days, fewer people than ever are cooking meals at home. Convincing ourselves that we don't have time to cook, we've forgotten how fast, simple, and wonderfully satisfying it can be to prepare delicious meals in our own kitchens for the people we love. In Fast Food, Good Food, bestselling author Dr. Andrew Weil reminds us, with more than 150 easy-to-prepare recipes for delectable dishes that are irresistibly tasty and good for you.

These recipes showcase fresh, high-quality ingredients and hearty flavors, like Buffalo Mozzarella Bruschetta, Five-Spice Winter Squash Soup, Greek Style Kale Salad, Pappardelle with Arugula Walnut Pesto, Pan-Seared Halibut with Green Harissa, Coconut Lemon Bars, and Pomegranate Margaritas. With guidance on following an anti-inflammatory diet and mouth-wateringly gorgeous photographs, Fast Food, Good Food will inspire the inner nutritionist and chef in every reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316329422
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	10/20/2015
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	200,333
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Andrew Weil, MD is the founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and a partner of True Food Kitchen. He is the author of several bestselling books, including Spontaneous Happiness, The Healthy Kitchen (coauthored with Rosie Daley), Healthy Aging, 8 Weeks to Optimum Health, and Spontaneous Healing. He lives in Tucson, AZ.

Hometown:

Tucson, Arizona

Date of Birth:

June 8, 1942

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Education:

B.A. in Biology, Harvard University, 1964; M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1968

Website:

http://www.drweil.com

Editorial Reviews

10/19/2015
Bestselling author Weil (True Food; 8 Weeks to Optimum Health) shows home cooks how to prepare healthy meals without spending hours in the kitchen. Known for his belief in an anti-inflammatory diet, Weil includes a food pyramid and options for following an eating plan that he believes “can help your body maintain optimum health.” While health food staples such as kale, kasha, and quinoa have a strong presence in this worthy title, indulgent, flavor-packed options without much prep are in abundance, including salmon Niçoise with olive, spearmint, and caper vinaigrette; linguine with clams; and dark chocolate date and nut truffles. Cocktails also make the cut, including the Cortes Island Caesar, a version of a Bloody Mary, and Vermont Bluegrass, a shaken bourbon cocktail made with homemade maple cinnamon syrup. Readers will find that a handful of recipes include standard vegetarian options, such as swapping out the chicken for tofu in a spicy Szechuan stir-fry or cold buckwheat noodles with vegetables. Full-page color photos showcase dishes, artfully displaying the raw shredded carrots of Tunisian spiced carrot salad dressed in oil with garlic and spices and tucked in a radicchio leaf with a sidecar of crumbled feta. These lovely recipes and images remind the reader that eating healthy food doesn’t have to be difficult or boring. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"Andrew Weil has done it again! His recipes are informative, easy, nutritious, interesting, and fun. I love this book; it is a must for anyone who wants to eat delicious food that is healthy too." —Nora Pouillon, owner of Restaurant Nora and author of Cooking with Nora and My Organic Life

"While I often appreciate pushing the envelope as it relates to technique, we must never lose sight of why we cook: to nourish and make people happy. Dr. Weil's Fast Food, Good Food will help you and your family make food memories by balancing nourishment with joy and excitement."—Thomas Keller, Chef/Proprietor, The French Laundry

"Eating healthy can be oh-so-hard when the prospect of delivery seems both faster and easier. But with Dr. Andrew Weil's new book, you'll have 150 fast ways to get nutritious food in your belly."
—Amanda Woerner, Daily Burn

"Cooking need not be arduous, especially with Dr. Andrew Weil by your side. His new book...reminds us that cooking can be fun, fast and fulfilling....In a friendly and easygoing tone that makes this cookbook a joy to read, Dr. Weil also shares helpful tips on pantry essentials and maximizing your kitchen's efficiency. Just what the doctor ordered."
—Alan W. Petrucelli, Examiner

"This isn't a book for the coffee table, although the photographs are vibrant and beautiful to flip through. Dr. Andrew Weil's latest cookbook is meant for the kitchen. The simple, no-fuss recipes are approachable for even the most amateurish of cooks, but the food is exquisite....Fast Food, Good Food doesn't preach, it teaches you everything from how to use those kitchen tools that sit in your drawers to how to stock your pantry—a first step when adopting healthy eating habits."—Angela Carlos, The Daily Meal

From the Publisher

09/15/2015
In this light-handed anti-inflammatory diet cookbook, integrative medicine proponent Weil (True Food) shares appealing recipes that are easy to prepare. Elegant appetizers (e.g., walnut-crusted quince and manchego bites, lemony hummus with dukkah-spiced pita chips) will satisfy all manner of eaters, as will worldly mains (e.g., broiled halibut with green harissa, roasted salmon topped with sake-glazed shiitake). Weil includes plenty of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free recipes and steers clear of unconventional ingredients that appeared in his previous titles (e.g., sea buckthorn juice). Desserts such as triple chocolate brownies and coconut-lemon bars aren't guiltless, but they get a nutritional boost from olive oil and ground nuts. VERDICT Weil's accessible recipes will attract flexitarians, especially those with a penchant for seafood, vegetables, whole grains, and olive oil.

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