by Francesc | Aug 21, 2014 | Healthy food and beverages
Summer is usually the time to read some of the books that we label as ‘pending’ during the rest of the busy year. In Harmonia, this summer was the turn for a 2012 brilliant book written by Thomas Seyfried, a biochemical geneticist with more than 30 years...
by Francesc | Jul 7, 2014 | Healthy food and beverages
Dr. Heinicke explains in this article the ‘discovery’ of the precursor of the a very important alkaloid, called pro-xeronine. Great discoveries usually happens when the investigator is looking for something else. In this case, Dr. Heinicke was studding ...
by Francesc | Jun 6, 2014 | Healthy food and beverages
Beautiful plant original from Malaysia but widespread in tropical countries. A close relative of ginger but, in terms of wellbeing, interesting because its vasodilator and anti-inflammatory effects. In Harmonia, we use red ginger in the kitchen as well at the Spa, as...
by Francesc | Jun 6, 2014 | Healthy food and beverages
If the weather is very hot and you perspire a lot, feeling constantly thirsty this is definitively your herbal tea. This herbal blend is quite famous thanks to its ability of calming the thirst, replenishing the fluids and ions lost because the perspiration. In other...
by Francesc | Jun 5, 2014 | Healthy food and beverages
In my language – Catalan – the verb ‘escalivar’ means ‘roasting (vegetables) in the embers’ and we usually make ‘escalivada’ with tomatoes, onions, asparagus, aubergines and red peppers. Once roasted and peeled, we serve...
