In this popular and comprehensive book, nutrition researcher and founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation Sally Fallon recalls the culinary customs of our ancestors and looks ahead to a future of robust good health for young and old. Nourishing Traditions offers modern families a fascinating guide to wise food choices and proper preparation techniques. Fallon unites the wisdom of the ancients with the latest independent and accurate scientific research.

The revised and updated second edition contains over 700 delicious recipes that will please both exacting gourmets and busy parents — plus a wealth of informative nutrition information, research summaries, and suggestions for how to serve various foods. More than just a cookbook, this is a treatise advocating for a renewed traditional approach to food and cooking.

Author Bios: Sally Fallon combines a background in nutrition with training in French and Mediterranean cooking. A creative and innovative cook, she has studied gourmet culinary techniques in both Paris and the United States and has devoted many years to researching genuine versions of traditional cooking methods. She is a popular speaker and the author or coauthor many articles appearing in holistic health publications. Fallon is also the founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation in Washington, DC, and serves as editor of the Foundation’s quarterly journal, Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts.

Mary G. Enig, Ph.D., is an expert of international renown in the field of lipid chemistry. She has headed a number of studies on the content and effects of trans fatty acides and has successfully challenged government assertions that dietary animal fat causes cancer and heart disease. She is a licensed nutritionist, nutrition consultant, contributing editor to numerous scientific publications, Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and President of the American Nutritionists Association.

Authors: Sally Fallon, with Mary G. Enig
Paperback: 676 pages
Edition: 2nd
Illustrations: Black and white illustrations
Publisher: New Trends Publishing, Inc. (2001)
Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 inches