Feed Zone Table: Family-Style Meals to Nourish Life and Sport

Enjoying a homemade meal with friends and family is a great way to nourish the body for life and sport. Dr. Lim and Chef Biju know that eating together promotes greater happiness and performance for professional athletes. Feed Zone Table will do the same for you.Chef Biju Thomas and Dr. Allen Lim have returned to the kitchen in a campaign to change the way athletes eat. While athletes calibrate training and diet for better performance, it's a pursuit that often isolates them from friends and family, especially when it comes to the most social meal of the day: dinner. And athletes aren't the only ones eating dinner alone: research shows that most people are not in the habit of consistently eating with others. Drawing from his work with professional cyclists, along with extensive research from a full line-up of scientists, sociologists, and psychologists, Dr. Lim makes the case that we are who we eat with. The simple act of eating together nourishes emotional health and in turn has a tremendous impact on how the body absorbs nutrients. In fact, for athletes this social fuel is as important as chemical fuel. It's a compelling call for athletes and nonathletes alike to return to the dinner table.To inspire these family-style meals, Chef Biju Thomas delivers more than 100 all-new recipes. Serve up Sparkling Ginger Soda and Kimchee-Spiced Salad, Grilled Romaine and Miso & Maple-Marinated Cod, or Red Chicken with Baked Biriyani. Chef Biju rolls out easy techniques for making delicious fresh sauces and chopped slaws to add bright flavor to any dish. From drinks to dessert and everything in between, Feed Zone Table is filled with food that's fun to prepare and share.It's the HUMAN part of the human performance equation that matters most.Dr. Allen Lim is an exercise physiologist who made a name for himself working alongside top American athletes and teams on the pro cycling tour. His role eventually led him well beyond analysis of power meter data, and he found himself reengineering sports drinks and making meals for the team. While he still works with cyclists, Allen now also works with some of the world's best climbers, ultrarunners, and adventurers. He is the cofounder of Skratch Labs, a start-up with an ambitious goal: to help people take better care of themselves and their families. Biju Thomas is a professional chef with a passion for feeding people good food. Biju has cooked for some of cycling's top athletes and teams. With a knack for simplifying the task of cooking, Biju has convinced even pro athletes to get into the kitchen so they can enjoy the benefits that come from preparing fresh, healthy meals. His latest endeavor is Biju's Little Curry Shop, a fast-casual restaurant with locations in and around Denver serving made-from-scratch food inspired by his family. He has big plans to bring the curry to a city near you.Also available in the Feed Zone series: The Feed Zone Cookbook and Feed Zone Portables