Mother Nature Knows Best

Despite the mantra of the 1950’s when Father Knew Best, we all know Mama’s the one holding the apron strings. The wisdom of mothers’ hands has been passed down from one generation to the next, through food, spices, herbs and home-made medicines better than any pharmaceutical solution. If you’ve ever tasted my mother-in-law’s homemade chicken soup with the ickiest cold since time memorial, you’ll know –Mama really does know best.

Mama’s Home Remedies: Discover Time-Tested Secrets of Good Health and the Pleasures of Natural Living is a tribute to the old wives’ wisdom that transcends modernity. It will inspire you to reach for your vegetable pantry before you head for the pharmacy. Among other things, the instrinsic magic of beets, potatoes, and wine grape leaves are revealed in these pages. Written by Svetlana Konnikova who grew up in the vineyards of Moldova, this book tells us to return to our roots – literally.

Part natural living guide, part naturopathic treatise, Mama’s Home Remedies offers all kinds of advice women used to glean at the kitchen table as they nourished their families’ hearts, bodies and souls. 

• Cabbage leaves applied to the forehead can alleviate headaches.
• Inhaling the steam from potato water drains your sinuses. 
• My all-time favorite remedy for the winter blues: pomegranate juice.

As we speed along in our rapid-fire lifestyles, we’re lucky to have Ms. Konnikova’s immense knowledge wrapped in Mama’s Home Remedies’ 314 pages. The next time I’m faced with a health challenge, I will seek a gentler solution straight from Mother Nature, and my mom-in-law's soup pot for they are the world’s first and only true healer.