Alchemy of Cooking

"e;It takes a brave person to write a cookbook these days,"e; begins Thomas Moore (author of Care of the Soul: A Guide to Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life) in his foreword to The Alchemy of Cooking. "e;In this book you will sense no heroics . . . What you get is a sophisticated man choosing to eat simply and inviting others to share in his culinary happiness. Chef as therapist."e;"e;I was reminded of James Hillman's Freud's Own Cookbook with its recipes for such psychological fare as "e;momovers' and 'Paranoid Pie.'"e;