Contemplations on the relationship between food, love and family in COOK YOUR WAY TO LOVE & HARMONY

April 7, 2016 - PRLog -- If you're looking for a simple, heartfelt way to get closer to your loved ones and improve any relationships, you need to read this book now.

Helping you:

• Understand the importance of a simple meal
• Show your love for your family, friends, or loved ones in non-material ways
• Learn how to manage stress, difficult topics, or situations like credit card debt
• Let your actions speak to your family, friends, or partner louder than words ever could
• Mend your failing relationship in subtle and non-obvious ways
• Enjoy over a dozen authentic recipes to try out with your loved ones

Reading this book will help you understand how important 'the little things in life' truly are.

Solid relationships are built on trust, honesty, and care, and Cook Your Way to Love & Harmony showcases this in a spectacular fashion - through the viewpoint of Agus, loving husband to Frida, you're given a front-row seat into his marriage, including every unexpected turn in the roller-coaster ride that is married life.

Nothing is left secret, as we see how Agus and Frida manage problems most relationships are faced with today, and the lovingly-made meals that helping to spur them forward on their journey through marriage.

With each chapter revolving around a specific meal that marks a decisive point in their lives, you too can read along and see how cooking has helped their relationship - and potentially yours too.

Over a dozen South-East Asian inspired recipes are included with the book alongside charming drawings, pictures, and stories to go with them.

An entertaining and often deeply introspective journey into the head of a married man trying to do his best by his wife - a heart-warming read that will have you wondering what you've done lately to show someone you care.

Top Reviews

"Contemplations on the relationship between food, love and family in COOK YOUR WAY TO LOVE & HARMONY. A first person memoir about the healing properties of home cooking and a strong family life, written from the perspective of a newly married man navigating his relationship and the heart-wrenching difficulties of aging parents. COOK YOUR WAY TO LOVE & HARMONY combines a nuanced appreciation of the delicate nature of familial relationships with an upbeat epicurean sensibility, creating a fast, easy, and fun read." 5-Star IndieReader Review.

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"Agus & Frida have written a book that will apply to everyone - no matter what age, or what type of relationship. Fundamentally, it shows a married couple through the ups and downs of their marriage, and how cooking, a simple yet caring and deliberate act, can strengthen and focus any bond. For those looking to work on relationships in a subtle, and natural way, it's a must read - the recipes are also a lot of fun, mostly covering South-East Asian cuisine." James C. Steadman

From Inside the Flap

"She loved the way I talked with firm and encouraging words. I loved her sparkling eyes and face full of smiles and fun. In 2010, I proposed and Frida, my Ahbee, accepted.

At the time, I believed that marriage was a simple thing-- just get to a wedding and then live together under one roof.

Every weekend go to the cinema and malls.

Shop together, eat together, and laugh together.

That's it.

Nothing complicated.

I said to myself, I will just have fun with it.

Frida accepted, and we were married in May 2011. Soon after, I learned the hard way that marriage was not as simple a thing as I'd thought it would be..." (Continued)

From the Back Cover

"Homecooking is the true embodiment of love. It makes us show patience, kindness,humility, hope, and perseverance."

Cook Your Way to Love & Harmony is an honest, heartwarming account of Agus Ekanurdi and Frida Antony's experiences and struggles early in their relationship, and how they grew in friendship and love through the power of home cooking.

Inspired by his father, So Kong Hoo, Agus began cooking for Frida soon after they first moved in together.  Their communication skills at that time were undeveloped and their relationship was floundering... but cooking and sharing meals together ultimately led them through this difficult time,into greater understanding and unity.

Readers will see themselves in Agus and Frida, will come to understand much about cooking at home, and hopefully, will be inspired to improve their own relationships by cooking for their loved ones.

Agus Ekanurdi & Frida Antony have been happily married since 2011, and Cook Your Way to Love & Harmony is their first book.

About the Authors

We are Agus Ekanurdi and Frida Antony, and we have been happily married since 2011.

Cook Your Way to Love & Harmony is our first book, written in honour of Agus' late father, So Kong Hoo, who passed away in 2012. He taught Agus the power a home-cooked meal has on both relationships and lives, and we want to share this special message with you.

You will feel inspired, uplifted, and warmed - just like we've been throughout our own relationship and marriage journey.

Inside our book, we share some of the most intimate moments of our lives and the home-cooked meals and recipes that helped shape our relationship to where it is now.