Alchemy of Cooking

&quote;It takes a brave person to write a cookbook these days,&quote; begins Thomas Moore (author of Care of the Soul: A Guide to Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life) in his foreword to The Alchemy of Cooking. &quote;In this book you will sense no heroics . . . What you get is a sophisticated man choosing to eat simply and inviting others to share in his culinary happiness. Chef as therapist.&quote;&quote;I was reminded of James Hillman's Freud's Own Cookbook with its recipes for such psychological fare as &quote;momovers' and 'Paranoid Pie.'&quote;