Copyright © 2009, 1999 by Carol Ann Rinzler
Introduction by Jane E. Brody
Foreword by Manfred Kroger, Ph.D.
You’ve no doubt heard of food for thought, food for love, food for strength, health food, healing food, soul food, brain food, and the like. For as long as people have inhabited this planet, edibles have been imbued with all sorts of attributes beyond satisfying hunger and sustaining life. And in many cases, popular notions about the powers of various foods and beverages have been documented by modern scientific investigations that have demonstrated, for example, the soothing qualities of chicken soup for sufferers of the common cold, and the antibiotic properties of garlic.