Especias, heroínas de la salud

Especias, heroínas de la salud.

Many spices offer enormous benefits for health and nutrition that are only now beginning to be recognised in the West. Backed by an extraordinary team of medical professionals and institutions, Especias, heroínas de la salud explores the nutritional and medical uses of 30 common, but no less extraordinary, spices, for their astonishing healing properties.

As well as being good for the body, spices are prized for the depth of flavour they bring to dishes. The alchemy of cooking with the perfect blend of spices lies in a balance of sweet, sour, bitter and hot that turns a recipe into something truly special. Internationally renowned chefs –such as José Andrés or Peter Gordon– contribute 20 of the more than 90 recipes in the book, inspired by every corner of the world and including such tempting dishes as Hibiscus- and citrus-crusted king prawns with tangy cantaloupe melon, Tamarind and Tahitian-lime roast duck, and Toasted-pepper, lemon and strawberry ice cream.