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Magda Carlas, doctor and specialist in nutrition, proposes to enjoy different edible caprices because, despite what is accepted, neither tasty food always gets you fat nor it is needed to suffer to be healthy. As she affirms: “a whim, in its right measure, can cheer us up, or help us to carry out a diet, or to avoid too many appetizers and, at the same time, provide important nutrients.”

Doctor Carlas offers in Caprichos sanos her knowledge in medicine and nutrition in order to relish, with no regrets, some small delicious temptations which will make, among other things, our life much nicer. In short: having a caprice can be an intelligent, easy and pleasant way to improve our diet and our health.

Although market definition is an area where they sell food of any sort, Ada Parellada presents the market as a place of tradition. And that is all there in the market is good, not only in the sense of sensory qualities, it is a positive place in a more universal way: the market is an area of knowledge transfer, sustainable space and social relationship.

And yet there are fewer young people that are willing to go to market. And is that their hours are limited, they have to queue, and it is a space where you can make clear some ignorance to the food item.

For this reason, Ada Parellada wants to strengthen, with this book, the young people must return to the market, and take with them the skills to be comfortable in that environment.

This book brings together the best dishes that the famous Catalan cooker Ada Parellada considers essential at Catalan mealtimes. A good escudella soup, a delicious veal-based fricandó stew or some crema catalana custard desserts must be part of our diet and so Ada gives us their recipes. For gourmets, she recommends the best restaurant for eating these meals. If you love good Catalan cuisine, this is your book.

Silvia is a journalist with a disorganized and stressed life, and is constantly putting on weight so her doctor recommends her to go to a health spa to enjoy its tranquility and good food. The doctor is right because Sílvia achieves her therapeutic goals and, besides, writes a chronicle as a personal diary, this book, telling her experience in the Teocrates Club. 12 cenas para sentirse mejor is a good book for those who want to shed a few kilos in a healthy way and keep on enjoying food. In this book, there is also useful information that Sílvia learned in the spa, specially a dietetics lessons. Because of that, 12 cenas para sentirse mejor is a practical and funny text which depicts the rhythm of life followed by many people who never practice sports, travel constantly and are addicted to restaurants. This way to live, typical in the big cities, our way, can gain quality if we take the advices of doctor Magda Carlas from time to time, and then we go to places where we are forced to be healthy, practice exercise, relax and, above all, to eat conveniently.

If you have a bad day, if you think that the world does not understand you, if you do not have much money or you are on a diet, Capricis de Barcelona is your book. A fantastic guide that will discover you the indispensable edible cheap delights of Barcelona: a sinful chocolate ice cream, a glorious frozen truffles, a French chocolate cup or the best tapa of foie. None of these caprices will solve your problems, but they will show you that the essence of life is in small pleasures.