Spa Style Asia Therapies Cuisines Spas

Spa Style Asia is the authoritative guide to Asia's healing traditions and the luxury spas that practice them. The book opens with Spa Therapies, a study of the major healing systems of Asia--Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, and Thai. It offers an overview of the cultural and historical backgrounds of these healing traditions, details what you can expect from specific treatments and therapies, and provides recipes that can be recreated at home. Spa Cuisine surveys the major national cuisines of Asia and provides healthy recipes for complete meals comprising soup, appetizer, main course, dessert and drink, together with calorie, protein, carbohydrate and fat counts. While Asia is the primary focus of these first two sections, traditional Asian treatments and recipes that have been updated with a modern twist, and international therapies and cuisines are included in the New Asian and Cosmopolitan chapters respectively. Spa Digest is organized geographically, and serves as an illustrated directory to the region's extensive range of quality spa retreats. Insights into the essence of each property will help you decide on the spa that best suits your needs, personality and preference, while a fact-packed Spa Statistics panel summarizes the facilities, treatments and therapies, provisions for couples, availability of spa cuisine, services, recreation options and contact details.

Here is the authoritative guide to Asian's healing traditions and the luxury spas that practice them, including both their therapies and their cuisines. The Spa Therapies section includes an overview of the major healing systems of Asia, giving their cultural and historical backgrounds, and details about what one can expect from specific treatments and therapies; it includes recipes and treatments that can be re-created in the home. Spa Cuisines surveys the major culinary traditions of Asia and provides healthy recipes for complete meals, including calorie, carbohydrate, protein, and fat counts. The Spa Digest is organized geographically, and focuses in detail on 50 of the top spas (from a Spa Directory of more than 100). Insights into the services and ambiance of each facility will help you decide on one that best suits your needs. A fact-packed Spa Statistics sidebar for each featured spa summarizes facilities, treatments and therapies, provisions for couples, cuisines, services, recreational activities, and full contact details. With nearly 400 full-color illustrations, a "Spa Speak" glossary, bibliography, and index, Spa Style Asia serves a complete illustrated dictionary to the region's extensive range of quality spa retreats.