The two books of Welcoming Food offer a step-by-step tour of digestion and the way to use foods to maintain or return to optimal health. Thoughtfully drawing on the best modern research and the exquisitely detailed dietary teachings of classical Chinese medicine, Welcoming Food explains how foods work in common sense language and provides easy-to-follow recipes for appetizers, soups, grains, vegetables, fish, meats, breakfasts, desserts, sauces and condiments. Welcoming Food is for everyone, a comprehensive guide to putting food wisdom into delicious daily practice.