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Sample the flavors of Aranwa Sacred Valley Hotel & Wellness and the Urumbamba Valley of Peru with this simple yet delicious Salterito Salad. Aranwa’s three restaurants blend contemporary Peruvian and Spanish cuisines and you can put Aranwa’s spin on any meal you are creating at home with this bright and flavorful side dish!

Italy is the perfect setting for a romantic spa vacation…breathtaking landscapes, unique spa experiences, delicious food and wine. The northern regions are best known for healing thermal spas, mainly situated along the volcanic highlands. These spas specialize in traditional thalassotherapy (using marine-derived elements such as seaweed). For couples, especially honeymooners, discover the enchantment of Romantic Spas in Italy.

The Lodge at Woodloch is serving up some tasty treatments this summer season. Added to the spa’s menu are two new services that are delectable, rejuvenating, and oh-so-scrumptious!

Taking a day away from home or work to visit a spa is a great way to escape your stresses, but sometimes you need immediate relief…after hours. At-home spa treatments are great practices to unwind and give yourself (or a friend) some much needed pampering while saving time and money. An important element of all spa treatments is the ritual…in this case, soaking, relaxing, and making time just for you.

While Asian-inspired Bento Boxes might not be exactly what you would expect from the Willow Stream Spa in Riviera Maya, Mexico, but the Bento Box is simply a gorgeous way to deliver Executive Chef David Andrews’ delicious spa cuisine. These petite portions provide the spa-diner the chance to enjoy some healthy, seasonal fruits and veggies that will refresh on any summer night!

In the ever-advancing world of skincare I’m always fascinated by treatments that remain rooted in natural ingredients that you might be able to find in your refrigerator or pantry. While I don’t stockpile caviar in my fridge, when I hear “caviar facial,” I immediately imagine hundreds, perhaps thousands of dollars of delicious fish eggs spread across my forehead and cheeks – and who wouldn’t be turned on by that?

Hot summer days and nights are the perfect time to try new salads with cool lettuce and fresh fruit with light, crisp flavors. Cal-a-Vie’s Chef Steve Pernetti brings us the perfect vegetarian rice and seitan salad with bursts of juicy grapes that will be sure to refresh guests at summer picnics and barbeques! Enjoy Pina Colada Sorbet as a post-summer meal treat!

You don’t have to be a wine connoisseur (or spa aficionado, for that matter) to enjoy these getaway resorts—these Californian retreats warmly welcome you with a taste of wine country. Cheers!

Ananda in the Himalayas is a destination spa devoted to holistically healing the mind, body, and spirit through its philosophy of combining Ayurveda, Vedanta, and yoga. Nestled near the shores of the River Ganges, Ananda, once the residential palace of a maharajah, has created a spiritual oasis against the backdrop of the majestic Himalayas. Offering cuisine designed to rejuvenate, Ananda’s food concept incorporates the fundamental principles of Ayurveda and is created to suit each of the body constitution type —Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. The following is a popular recipe for the Vata dosha type, courtesy of the Ananda Kitchen.

Green Mountain Spa at Fox Run is a health and weight-loss retreat for women, specializing in non-diet weight loss since 1973. Founded on the vision that diets do not work, Green Mountain at Fox Run stresses the idea that eating right is critical to successful, permanent health and weight management. Green Mountain has helped women to make realistic changes in their lives in order to help them achieve their health and weight loss goals, and to maintain them as well. With delicious, nutritious, and easy prepare meals and snacks, Green Mountain has created a nutrition program that is realistic and can benefit women even without dedicating time to a retreat. Sample some of the healthy and satisfying cuisine with these Green Mountain recipes.

Dear Susie,

I lost my only child, my 6-year old son to a few weeks ago after he bravely fought an intensely aggressive 21-months battle. I am emotionally, physically and mentally drained out and exhausted. Also, it still feels unreal. I am looking for a 5-7 days retreat to heal my mind, body and spirit. A retreat where I can connect to my soul, the earth and help focus on rebuilding my energies and my life. Activities I am looking for are: yoga, meditation, holistic discourses, healthy meals, Ayurveda, massages, walks, spiritual awakening, all scheduled by the retreat so I have a daily itinerary to follow.

The Big 4 Restaurant at The Huntington Hotel and Nob Hill Spa, and its chef Gloria Ciccarone-Nehls are known in San Francisco for their award-winning contemporary American cuisine. Known for specializing in wild-game, Ciccarone-Nehls may not be the first person that you would associate with “spa cuisine”. However her expertise does not end at delicacies for the carnivorous, the kitchen at the hotel and spa prepare menus seasonally, making full use of the local, Northern California agriculture. The Huntington Hotel has an excellent, light spa menu that perfectly complements its meaty menu.

In Mexico, fresh corn is roasted or grilled until smoky-sweet and deliciously chewy. For this classic chowder, the corn is pan-roasted, then cooked to a golden velvet with leeks and aromatic vegetables.

Founder Deborah Szekely and Chef Jesus Gonzales like to give food a quick last touch as it is served. It might be as simple as a quick sauté of leeks, corn and peppers for this corn soup, a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil over tomatoes and basil or a dash of fennel powder on grilled fish. That last touch always lifts each fish a notch, adding freshness and flavor, a hint of texture or temperature contrast and eye appeal.

Appetizers, dips and other starters can start to really add up calories before you even take a whiff of your main course. But Robert Pritikin of the Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa in Miami, has developed a solution for calorie counters everywhere, and it consists of delicious recipes that include classics that have been updated for a low-fat, health conscious alternative. The Pritikin Principle doesn’t ask us to try to defeat our hunger drive, but to satisfy it with nutritious foods that keep us satisfied while still allowing for weight loss.

Spa Recipes from Cavallo Point

Delicious desserts may not be on your list of top five criteria for choosing a destination spa, but that may change after trying Tree at The Lodge at Woodloch’s recipe for Dark Chocolate Crème. Tree Restaurant has re-invented traditional spa cuisine by presenting diners with all the sophistication and succulence of a five-star gourmet meal, while maintaining its wellness focus.

Spa Ojai’s new café menu is the perfect prelude to a treatment. Brought to you by Vital Juice Spa fans already know that Spa Ojai, with its painted tiles, sparkling white adobe architecture and bubbling hot tubs, is among the most beautiful day trips from LA. But there was once a drawback. The café fare […]

Southern cooking ain’t all deep fried and battered. Virginia Willis, chef and author of Bon Appétit, Y’all, serves up healthy and delicious Southern cuisine, plus she’ll be visiting Rancho La Puerta May 15 – May 22. Enjoy Virginia’s spa recipes: Valdosta Grilled Trout with Olive Oil and Thyme Toasted Pecans. It’s not just good for the soul, it’s good for you.

The dictionary says that toxic means “poisonous,” but modern cultural connotations far outstrip that definition. We speak in the same breath about the “toxic” effects of too many mochaccinos and martinis, the News at Eleven and the rush-hour commute. It’s become commonplace to think of the world as toxic.

“Stress Reliever” and “Bloat Away” aren’t results-oriented spa treatments. At COMO Shambhala Estate at Begawan Giri in Bali, they’re health-boosting beverages from the spa’s specialty juice menu. The menu features 20 targeted (and whimsically named) juices that blend local fresh fruit and vegetables with herbs, such as fennel and parsley (great for digestion), to delicious effect.