Being Biotiful

Una auténtica biblia para los amantes y profesionales de la gastronomía de todo el mundo. Una guía completa que explica de dónde vienen los alimentos, cómo se transforman y cuál es el camino para convertirlos en algo nuevo. La cocina y los alimentos es un extraordinario compendio de información básica acerca de los ingredientes, las técnicas culinarias y los placeres del comer, que deleitará y fascinará a cualquiera que haya cocinado, saboreado la comida o disfrutado alguna vez de ella. Organizado a modo de diccionario, con numerosos cuadros explicativos, en sus páginas podemos...

Through these pages, we will learn about the evolution of Spanish cuisine from Iberian acorn flour cakes to Ferrán Adrià's spherical melon caviar. We will discover that the best story about the fruitful coexistence between Christian, Jewish and Muslim cuisines is owed to the prostitute Aldonza: "La lozana andaluza"; that on Columbus's second voyage to the 'West Indies' his sailors ate three manatees, believing them to be rather ugly mermaids; that Spain is the only country that can boast of having had a gourmet dog; that the first written document on potato omelette is dated in the year of...

It's not easy to balance daily life—work, family, and social events—with proper exercise and nutrition, but this guide offers tools to make it a less harrowing task. The book advocates the combination of running and developing healthy eating habits to achieve that for which many people strive on a daily basis: the healthiest lifestyle possible. Clear nutritional guidelines, healthy strategies, and simple recipes are provided to aid in eating well to go along with a running regimen. Readers learn what foods are most beneficial to amateur runners and how to put their plans for proper eating ...

El sobrepeso constituye, además de un desafío estético, un problema médico. La única solución pasa por adoptar una dieta equilibrada. Los consejos dietéticos y los sabrosos menús que presenta este libro consiguen que se puedan llevar a la práctica las recomendaciones médicas sin renunciar a los placeres de la mesa.