"Their new cookbook, Food and Life, transforms kitchen cupboard into medicine cabinets, highlighting the arsenal of wellness that resides in everything from foie gras to the humble pea." T: The New York Times Style Magazine More than a cookbook, 'Food & Life' is an ode to food and to the art of delicious and healthful cuisine. Whereas today's fashionable diets create deficiencies and imbalances, and deprive us of part of the joy of living, 'Food & Life' is a celebration of food as an integral part of happiness. Filled with imagery both beautiful and instructive, this volume features explanations of the nutritional virtues of fruits, vegetables, beans, grains, meats and fish--and their effects on our physical and mental well-being--plus delicious gourmet recipes balanced for all seasons and all stages of life. World-renowned chef Joel Robuchon offers delicious gourmet recipes balanced for all seasons and all stages of life, and respected acupuncturist and neuropharmacologist Dr. Nadia Volf provides detailed explanations of the nutritional virtues of fruits, vegetables, beans, grains, meats and fish--and their effects on our physical and mental well-being. AUTHOR: World-renowned French chef Joel Robuchon has devoted his culinary art to bringing people health and happiness. Originally from Poitiers, Robuchon was awarded Meilleur Ouvrier de France in 1976, Chef of the Year in 1987, and Chef of the Century in 1990. Today Robuchon holds the most Michelin stars of any chef in the world .In 2014 he will open Atelier de Joel Robuchon in Bangkok, New York, and Mumbai, along with a gastronomic restaurant in Bordeaux. Dr. Nadia Volf, MD, PhD, is a professor, a neuropharmacologist, and an acupuncturist with thirty-five years of experience. She is founder and co-director of the Scientific Acupuncture Department at the Medical University of Paris, France. Dr. Volf has given lectures at Harvard Medical School, George Washington University, and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in Chicago. She is the author of several books, as well articles published in scientific journals. The aim of her life and practice is to combine modern science with traditional wisdom to bring people knowledge of health and longevity. Harald Gottschalk has had more than 60 solo and collective exhibitions in France and abroad. Parallel to his personal work, Gottschalk collaborates on many prestigious projects and publications with international brands. 100 illustrations