Sunday, January 25, 2009

Healing Tonics or Williams Sonoma

Healing Tonics: 101 Herbal Drinks to Restore and Revitalize the Body and Soul

Author: Jeanine Pollak

Bring the Juice Bar Home with These Simple, Nourishing Formulas!

Now you can mix up health-promoting herbal concoctions right in your own kitchen! From teas and tinctures to smoothies, elixirs, and healing soups, these tasty recipes are easy to make with common ingredients and basic cooking equipment. Tonics are safe and enjoyable to take on a regular basis to promote the strength, immunity, and energy you need to feel better and stay healthier day after day.

Whether you are feeling stressed or low in energy, wish to boost your mental clarity or increase your stamina, want to ease digestive discomfort or support heart health, Jeanine Pollak has formulated an all-natural herbal tonic to meet your individual needs. Nurture your own well-being with recipes such as:

Garden of Eden Elixir - Instant Kiss Euphoria Honey - Tarzan's Total Tonic - Cyclone Cider Deluxe - Spaz-Away Tincture - Post-Potluck 911 - Summer Superman Energy Shake - Steamin' Mama's Lemonade - Herbal-a-Go-Go Energy Elixir



Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction to Healing Tonics

Making Teas, Tinctures, Cordials & Elixirs

Vitality Boosters & Energy Enhancers

Immune Tonics: Building Our Natural Defenses

Brain Tonics & Memory Enhancers

Healthy Heart & Circulatory Tonics

Men's Tonics: Strength and Vitality Enhancers

Women's Herbal Allies: Special Tonics for Life's Different Phases

Digestive Tonics

Herbal Detox: Balanced Formulas for Cleansing

Soothing Blends for Stress and Insomnia

Athletic Endeavors: Performance Enhancers

Structural Healing: Recovery Tonics

Mystic Herbals

Seasonal Tonics for Health and Good Clear

A Materia Medica of Tonic Herbs

Glossary

Resources

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Williams-Sonoma: Mantecadas

Author: Beth Hensperger

Forty kitchen-tested recipes offer standout versions of the not-so-humble muffin. These chewy delights include fruit-, nut-, and spice-flavored varieties as well as less common ingredients like shallots and cheese. Coffee cake and quick bread recipes are included.



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