200 pages. the preliminaries are stained, which I initially thought were caused by a cooking accident, but are actually a cheeky publisher's decoration. Apart from a small crease on the front cover's lower edge, the book is immaculate. ""Aine McAteer is an innovative macrobiotic chef who divides her time between Hawaii, Australia, Spain and the West Coast of America. Since the age of nineteen, Aine has travelled extensively, seeking out the best teachers to fuel her passion for nurturing health and vitality with natural whole foods. Aine takes the world of healthy eating to new dimensions of elegance and dispels the myth that this means sacrificing taste. Aine McAteer the former personal chef to Nicole Kidman, Pierce Brosnan and Robert Redford shares her secrets for creating food for maximum enjoyment as well as nutrition. Inlcudes cleansing soups and broths, simple salads and pastas, to-die-for desserts." (Publisher)