Reviewed by annieb123 on
Kosmic Kitchen Cookbook is a well curated recipe collection and tutorial guide to food and wellness by Sarah Benjamin and Summer Singletary. Due out 4th Aug 2020 from Roost Books, it's 288 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.
The book is quite well written, layman accessible, and it has an easy to follow logical format. The sections are split thematically: First, an introduction to the classical elements (earth, air, fire, water, ether) and how they relate to life processes, there's a bit about Ayurveda also. The second section contains info on tools and ingredients as well as processes in the kitchen and daily life. The third section contains the recipes and tutorials arranged around the seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter). The recipes are mostly made with easy to source ingredients (some specialist/herbalist ingredients may be slightly more difficult to source).
Ingredients are listed in a bullet sidebar with only American standard measures given. Info and tips about the ingredients or the recipes themselves are given in sidebars below the preparation information. Yields are given in the header info.
The authors have also included a hefty resource section with glossary, bibliography, and reading lists which include information for further learning/education, as well as a cross-referenced index. The photography throughout is clear, colorful, and illustrative. The text is printed in an easy to read font and graphically the whole is cohesive and appealing.
I feel most readers will find useful recipes and information here, but it will be of special interest to readers who are interested in alternative healing, Ayurveda, or classical elemental healing (earth, air, fire, water, etc). Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 20 July, 2020: Finished reading
- 20 July, 2020: Reviewed