Sitting the Month

Available from Book Larder when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE! A nourishing and restorative guide to eating well after childbirth, with 88 recipes supported by traditional Chinese medicine. In Taiwan and across the Chinese-speaking world, the transition period into motherhood is treated with such reverence that it has its own name: zuò yuè zi—to sit the month. New mothers are expected to rest for a full month to heal, aided by a diet of warming herbal dishes to help repair the womb and reenergize the new mother. Inspired by her own