Book excerpt: A very important aspect of this book are selected core of ideas relating to achieving happiness in life-ideas which have made people famous, rich, and successful leaders of human compassion. We call these ideas Food for Thought which, undoubtedly, is soul and/or spiritual food for the body. This food for thought addition to the book makes it a unique recipe book compared to all other books of the kind. Surely the body needs food for thought if only for spiritual well being. Indigenous words used to describe some food ingredients in each Asian recipe are included in some of the recipe descriptions.