title: Seasoned with Gratitude: 250 Recipes and Blessings Celebrating the Greater Nourishment of Food
author:  Kathryn Lafond 
description: ... A magnificent collection of recipes, but much more as well a celebration of the alchemy of cooking and the magic of nutrition, of life itself. --Larry Dossey, MD, Author, One Mind<br /><br />... A sensuous and spiritual treat thanks to Lafond s reverence for food, cooking, eating, and the relationship between these three and what she calls the Great Mystery. --Rivvy Neshama, Author, Recipes for a Sacred Life<br /><br />... Not only a terrific cookbook filled with nutritious, healthy, and beautiful recipes, it s a journey that reminds us to connect with the foods we eat in a deeper and more meaningful way and it teaches us that the very act of cooking is an honor to engage in something that can heal and balance us. --Tracey Ryder, Cofounder, Edible Communities
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  ## [acknowledgments](nav.xhtml#r_idParaDest-20)
  
  
  First of all, my deep gratitude goes to Daniel Halpern, Libby Edelson, and
  Luke Janklow, without whom I could never have written this book. And to my
  assistant Tucker Gurley, without whom I would never have gotten through the
  last several years. Undying thanks also to all my family, especially the women
  in my clan and most of all to my mother, Vijaya Lakshmi, because my story is
  also her story, and she has had the courage and grace to let me tell it as I
  see fit. My thanks also to Krishna’s father, Adam Dell. And to Salman for
  planting the seed so many years ago over tandoori on Lexington Avenue, for
  being a cheerleader and handing me Rousseau. Thank you to Susan Roxborough for
  being the kind of friend and in-house editor every writer should have. Thank
  you to my many recipe testers like Jolie Hunt, Judith Sutton, and my writing
  assistant Caroline Perkins, as well as to those who read early versions or
  heard pieces of the book over l