Foodwise: Understanding What We Eat and How It Affects Us

The Story of Human Nutrition

Ranked #61 in Healthy Cooking

Wendy Cook's fascination with nutrition began during her wartime childhood. Amid the deprivation and food-rationing of that era, her mother's organic garden and its rich abundance made a profound impression. In her twenties, while married to Peter Cook, Wendy discovered the artistic and magical effects that food could have in creating a convivial atmosphere. During that time, she cooked for many well-known people, including John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Dudley Moore, and Peter Ustinov. It was only later when her daughter became ill, however, that Wendy came to study and understand deeper... more

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