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I had high hopes as this is a brilliant idea for a cookbook, but I was disappointed by the heavy emphasis on self-love and self-worship on almost every page. There were suggested “rituals” for each cycle phase, and while most of them were fine, a couple of them were very problematic (they even suggested doing a tarot card reading in one of the phases!) Most of the recipes lean plant-based; and I know that the crazy amounts of fibre and nuts promoted in these recipes often create the perfect storm for women’s hormones and cycle (as they did mine before I started focusing on animal foods in my diet). 

Some of the recipes gave me new flavour combo inspirations and the photography/formatting of the book is absolutely beautiful. I even went out and made one of the soup recipes already (it was delicious)! But beyond that, I just can’t recommend this cookbook.