Quiet the Fire: an Anti-inflammatory Cookbook for People Who Are Tired of Hurting

I am a registered dietitian. I am also a person whose hands ached every morning between thirty-eight and forty-one. I changed how I ate over fourteen months — not all at once, not perfectly — and the ache faded. I cannot promise you the same. I can promise you the food. This book contains a hundred and ten recipes built around the foods that the research keeps pointing back to: oily fish twice a week, olive oil as the default fat, leafy greens daily, berries small handfuls, walnuts and almonds, turmeric used in real cooking amounts, cinnamon, ginger, garlic. There is also a chapter on what to do with bone broth besides drink it, and a section on the seven ultra-processed foods that the data is loudest about (it’s the usual suspects). No “anti-inflammatory smoothie” hype. No “magic foods” page. Just the seventy percent of dietary advice that actually has trials behind it, organized into meals you can cook on a Wednesday. Bring your doctor along; this is not a replacement for one.