How I got to Dorothea Brunialti’s cookbook is an echo chamber phenomenon, and it has to do with my violent back pain, which appeared to be out of nowhere four years ago, and with my diet two years ago, through which this pain (after several other interventions) has resolved in air again. It was a little miracle that pretty much I know about everyone I know, namely that my life is now good again without gluten. Also a friend who presented me a book with pretty Chioggia beets on the cover at some point: there, sure something for you! She was right. This holistic cookbook with the title Essen empty Is something like a sophisticated, creative script for what I’ve been trying to do for two years: to eat healthier. So who is the woman who put these simple but tasty (and gluten -free!) Recipes together – and also garnished these cooking instructions with so much worth knowing about digestive processes, eating behavior and nutrients?