For thousands of years, China has maintained a great civilisation and one of the world's healthiest populations on the fundamental idea of qi (pronounced "chee"): the essential energy, or life force, that flows through people and the natural world. Perhaps as early as the fourth century B.C., Chinese qi masters were applying a unified body of yin-yang theory to channel the outer energy of the environment and the inner energy of individuals for optimal health and productivity.
The Feng Shui Cookbook (pronounced fung-shway) draws on this ancient wisdom to show how you can utilise the principles of yin-yang balance in your kitchen and your cooking to eat for essential energy. The design guidelines, recipes, and food-for-thought notes harness the powers of yin and yang to relax you when you're stressed, stimulate you when you're tired, bring out your best personality traits or the characteristics you need for a particular situation, and tap your potential in the areas of career, wealth, family, health, and social connections. You'll learn how to eat for wisdom, honesty, conviction, motivation, and forgiveness . . . and to strengthen, nourish, stimulate, concentrate, or cleanse your qi. You'll even discover how food can help you express joy, grief, anger, fear, and wonder. The Feng Shui Cookbook opens the door to an adventure in the ancient art and science of eating that can feed your essential energy for better health, greater prosperity, and a fresh view of pleasure at the table.