Goop Clean Beauty

The editors at Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop, a weekly newsletter turned multi-faceted lifestyle resource, have consolidated their best lifestyle tips into a single helpful volume with the aim of helping people detox and develop healthy habits. The book emphasizes holistic living, which means that the wholesome recipes work optimally when used in concert with hair and skin treatments, yoga, healthful make-up, and beauty supplements. The plentiful recipes that serve this end offer creative ways to combine the limited foods that fall under their narrowly defined culinary purview. Right off the bat, however, the no-nos are established, and the list is extensive: no alcohol, caffeine, dairy, eggs, beef, pork, shellfish, raw fish, gluten, soy, potatoes, or tomatoes, and that’s just the beginning. The book even includes a “mani-pedi manifesto” outlining chemical-free polishing products. This is a helpful book targeted at an elite contingent who have no worries about food budgets. (Dec.)