A thought-provoking cookbook exploring the psychology of food and how to eat to nourish the mind and body. From a morning shot of espresso to an absentminded sandwich at your desk, or a hastily assembled dinner with the leftovers from the fridge, eating is a ubiquitous daily undertaking. But what is its real impact on our emotional lives, and how can we better nourish ourselves? With over 150 recipes,  Thinking & Eating  shows us how ingredients and dishes can support certain ideas, emotions, and states of mind. In each recipe we discover how food can store, memorialize, and transmit the most important ideas of our lives. OVER 150 RECIPES TO NOURISH THE MIND - INTRODUCES SIXTEEN KEY INGREDIENTS  that evoke emotions like hope, playfulness, and self love. - INCLUDES "CONVERSATION MENUS"  that prompt fascinating conversations for eating with friends. - FULL PAGE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY THROUGHOUT "In an age where our Instagram feeds are inundated with food porn and every week brings a new diet or trend, trust The School of Life to challenge us to think differently about how and what we eat..." – Elle Decoration Magazine “This is a unique kind of recipe book – an inspired marriage of psychology and cooking, and a guide to just the sort of foods to put on our plates in order to grow a little calmer and more relaxed in ourselves, kinder to others and readier to face everyday challenges.” – Mail +(UK) “A cookbook unlike any other…” - Mindful magazine “A very intriguing book. Much food for thought.” - Kathy Gunst, Here & Now (NPR) resident chef ***What readers are saying*** "Excellent subject matter for contemplative “food for thought“ "One of the most engaging books I've ever read. It combines food, psychology, and philosophy in a way that is exciting and makes it feel like the solutions to a lot of life's dilemmas could be pulled together on your kitchen counter." "A wonderful and smart idea to think about the emotional aspect of food, eating and hosting others for meals." We know well enough that the right sort of foods can help us to be healthy. But, with equal importance, the right foods are also capable of altering our moods: they can be crucial sources of inspiration, playfulness, generosity, and optimism. This is a unique kind of recipe book about what we should eat in order to feel like our best selves―an inspired marriage of psychology and cooking, and a guide to just the sort of foods to put on our plates in order to grow a little calmer and more relaxed in ourselves, kinder to others, and readier to face everyday challenges. Written by a team of philosophers, chefs and psychologists from the School of Life, the book teaches us how to administer sugar and salt, carbohydrates and proteins, spices and marinades in order to regulate and soothe our spirits―and give our minds a much-needed uplift. The book suggests the very best recipes drawn from around the world that we might prepare at any time of day, from stews to soups, curries to cakes. The approach turns cooking into an ideally therapeutic activity―by which we can recover faith in ourselves and hope in our lives. The School of Life is a global organization helping people lead more fulfilled lives. Through our range of books, gifts and stationery we aim to prompt more thoughtful natures and help everyone to find fulfillment. The School of Life is a resource for exploring self-knowledge, relationships, work, socializing, finding calm, and enjoying culture through content, community, and conversation. You can find us online, in stores and in welcoming spaces around the world offering classes, events, and one-to-one therapy sessions. The School of Life is a rapidly growing global brand, with over 6 million YouTube subscribers, 351,000 Facebook followers, 218,000 Instagram followers and 163,000 Twitter followers. The School of Life Press brings together the thinking and ideas of the School of Life creative team under the direction of series editor, Alain de Botton. Their books share a coherent, curated message that speaks with one voice: calm, reassuring, and sane. 3. With friends One of the major obstacles to developing a good social life is the idea that doing so might be easy. Living well around other people, deepening and nourishing friendships, learning how to speak to someone with directness and vulnerability, hearing someone else’s story without interrupting or shutting them down are all part of an art that we are too seldom taught and rarely even think we might have to learn. We accept that we will have to acquire skills to cook, but food can only ever be as fulfilling as the conversation and friendship that unfolds around it. In an ideal world, we wouldn’t divide the two tasks: learning how to cook would mean, more broadly, learning how to nourish – in mind and spirit – those we love. The panic isn’t really about the practicalities of getting everything organised before the doorbell rings. It has a deeper root: we