Book cover titled 'The Wanderlust Kitchen' by Samantha Dormehl featuring an outdoor scene with two people sitting at a table in a desert landscape at sunset.

Discover how different cultures enjoy the abundance of the earth in an epic food journey to inspire you to a healthier way of living

Do you love food and have a taste for adventure? This indispensable guide to food as medicine for body and soul is filled with bold and beautiful travel photography and over 150 delicious, anti-inflammatory recipes inspired by global cuisines. Learn all about incorporating adaptogens into your diet, intermittent fasting, practicing the art of fermentation, creating healing elixirs and so much more.

Inspired by the cuisines of Asia to Central America, The Wanderlust Kitchen is a treasure trove of anti-inflammatory, gut-healing, alkalizing recipes, harnessing the flavour and diversity of plants. With over 150 dishes - such as Healing Broth with turmeric and black pepper sauerkraut, Beetroot and Quinoa Balls with olive, chili and tomato sauce, Eggplant Schnitzels with Green Goddess Dressing and lemony Asparagus Soup with basil pesto -  each accompanied by gorgeous photographs, this book is a spiritual guide to cooking, health and vitality, luring you to hit the road on your next adventure.

I wrote, designed, styled and photographed all of the recipes, journal entries and travel photographs in this book, making me the single contributor to this food and travel journal, which documents my plant-based food journey. I spend my days creating. Inspired by nature, elemental living and the healing power of plants, I grow my own food and medicine and live a life close to the earth: in a cabin overlooking an indigenous forest, surrounded by mountains and a short drive from the ocean.

A woman with long brown hair is gardening, holding and inspecting a plant with yellow flowers in a garden during sunset.
Woman swimming in a clear, blue river, the Rio Celeste River in Costa Rica, surrounded by dense green foliage.

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