Press Release : November 2010

The Herbal Kitchen

50 Easy-to-Find Herbs and Over 250 Recipes to Bring Lasting Health to You and Your Family - Kami McBride

Do you enjoy eating garlic bread? Does oregano always find its way into your spaghetti sauce? Do you garnish potato salad with paprika? Then you are participating in the ancient tradition of using herbs to enhance the health benefits and digestibility of your food.

THE HERBAL KITCHEN (Conari Press/October 2010/$16.95) by Kami McBride will help readers to recognize the extraordinary pharmacy that already exists in their own kitchen – one that will boost immunity, heal sickness, enhance energy, and ensure overall health and vitality, all without the need for fancy equipment or specialty products. In thirteen informative chapters, life-long herbalist and women’s health educator Kami McBride gives us a detailed guide to the most common herbs, their medicinal benefits and the tips and tricks to using them for a healthier life, including:

• Stuffing your turkey with sage helps to keep away the colds that begin circulating around Thanksgiving;
• Adding ginger to a fish meal kills pathogens found specifically in fish; and
• Sprinkling fennel into your meat marinades helps you to more easily digest the fat in the meat.

Not only will readers find a full glossary of herbs complete with their hidden properties, but it also includes over 250 recipes for herbal oils, vinegars, pestos, dressings, salts, cordials, syrups, smoothies and more making it the most comprehensive guide of its kind.

“These pages discuss many herbs and spices that you already have in your kitchen,” says McBride in her introduction. “My hope is that you will be inspired to think of your spice rack as more than a source of flavor. It is also a medicine chest, full of healing remedies that can help you to keep your family well.”

THE HERBAL KITCHEN provides remedies most of us never dreamed possible using the ingredients in our spice racks and refrigerators and the information necessary to prepare, store, and use herbs, and create a long-term healthcare plan.

Kami McBride is an herbalist and inspiring teacher that has helped thousands of people learn to use herbal medicine in their daily lives in ways that are healthy, safe and fun. She teaches experiential herbal programs in reviving the art of home use of herbal medicine. Her work is centered in sustainable wellness practices, creating self reliance and revitalizing our relationship with the plant world. Kami’s extensive knowledge of healing plants is infused into her specialty of herbal cooking for preventive health. She empowers people in understanding how to use herbs in the home setting for prevention and every day common ailments. Kami founded the Living Awareness Institute serves as an instructor of herbal medicine at Solano Community College, Napa Valley Junior College and College of Marin.

Please contact Kami for an interview.

PRESS RELEASE : FEBRUARY, 2008

Do You Like Your Period?

Author, Kami Mcbride Has Offered Us A Brilliant Healing Approach To Menstruation

Says Dr. Christine Northrup:
Author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause

"I just adore 105 Ways to Celebrate Menstruation. It’s light, fun and empowering. Every woman and girl should read this!"

After listening to more than a thousand women talk about their negative feelings about menstruation, Kami was inspired to write this book to help women explore healthy ways to work with their menstrual cycle, without endangering them to take a pill to shorten their cycle.

105 Ways to Celebrate Menstruation guides women in using their menstrual cycle as a tool for creating a healthier and more balanced lifestyle. More than 70% of women experience one or more of the 100 symptoms associated with PMS.

More than 100 million Americans seek advice from holistic health practitioners each year. Exposure of Hormone Replacement Therapy risks have women looking for non-drug based solutions to address their menstrual and menopausal symptoms.

In this book you will learn:

• How to use menstruation as a tool for personal growth and self-healing
• Tools to better understand your body
• Lots of herbal recipes and meditations that guide and empower women

For almost two decades Kami McBride has been dedicated to empowering women in caring for their body using herbs and holistic solutions. Her book is the culmination of 20 years as an herbalist helping women with their health concerns.

As founder and director of The Living Awareness Institute, Kami provides women wellness programs and courses in learning the art of healing with herbs. The mission of her work is to inspire women to connect with their bodies and understand how to work with the healing power of nature. Please visit www.livingawareness.com.

See Kami in this documentary: Period: The End of Menstruation by Giovanna Chesler.

Please contact Kami for an interview.