A workaholic whose health start deteriorating learns about the macrobiotic diet and begins to enjoy a slightly uncomfortable but rather romantic lifestyle. 

After finishing her studies in Kyoto, Japan, the author worked at an IT company in Tokyo for six years. Her workaholic lifestyle took a toll on her health, so she took time off from work and started making her own meals to improve her health. While searching the internet for information on food and health, she learned about the macrobiotic diet, which changed her life and gave her health back. The change wasn't just the numbers on her physical exam form. She became healthier in mind and spirit, which brought change to her lifestyle, and now she pursues a life in harmony with nature. She quit her job and decided to learn about the macrobiotic diet more professionally. She completed the highest-level course at Rima Cooking School in Japan, the birthplace of macrobiotic diet. Currently, she creates new recipes and curricula to communicate with more people. Above all, she wishes to share her joy of cooking, communicating with seasonal ingredients and feeling nature with all five senses, and to help people learn about the macrobiotic diet. In this book, she presents her homemade macrobiotic meals and displays her whole kitchen for all to see. The author shares her stories about meals that radiate different colors depending on the season, fresh seasonal ingredients that whet your appetite, living without a microwave or disposable goods, and how she discovered her passion, albeit a bit uncomfortable, back in her life. It is a collection of intriguing tales about macrobiotic life.