The Spring season is plenty of signals of rebirth: a new cycle begins and the energy of this season manifests in nature in many way. This is the time when trees and plants, begin to blossom. The human body too start awakening after winter's long sleep.

In the mood for love
In the springtime the hormones of the human species begin to wake-up and love is in the air. It seems that everywhere you look, people are falling in love. Couples stroll hand in hand while the radio plays romantic songs. That's what people mean when talking about "Spring Fever".

This strange kind of "fever" can be easily explained: adrenalin, endorphins and some neurotransmitter levels raise as people become more active in sunnier and warmer weather. The body is more active and starts feeling good: it causes the same feelings as being in love. After winter cold and inactivity, the body is ready for action, which pumps up adrenalin and make the brain react faster: the result is that perception and therefore feelings are enhanced and emotions are experienced in a different, stronger way.
It also means that both men and women are more sensuous since all senses are naturally on high; even mood and blood pressure change: in other words, everyone feel in love and need someone else to share these feelings and new energy. That's why, spring is definitely the season for passionate love, the time of the year when you're in the right mood to find your soul mate.

Body and soul
But Spring is also the time of the year to nourish and heal both your body and soul and fulfill all your senses: this will bring you warmth and nourishment throughout the cold winter.
After months of heavy, warming foods and drinks, we should follow a lighter diet, rich in fresh fruits and vegetables and high in vitamins and minerals. Spring has throughout history been a time for cleansing the body. Herbs used for this purpose are called alteratives and are useful in ridding the blood of waste products and toxins.

Spring offers you plenty of season fruit and vegetables that are particularly healty, and that at the same time delight your senses with sweet flavours, bright colours and delicious perfumes. Greens that can be found in this time of the year are particularly useful for cleansing your body. Dandelion, chicory, malva, can be used in salads and soups and sometimes in drinks or wine, to please your guests when serving a light lunch or dinner, while many herbs can be used to add a new flavour to the punches you usually serve in your garden parties: a Garden Tea Punch, or a Fresh Herb Cooler are original seasonal drinks with a surprinsingly new taste.

Many fruit possess that same vital energy of new growth; rich in vitamins and minerals, they bring energy to your body: strawberrys for examples, are rich in vitamin C while peaches and pears are rich in sugar and are very nutritious. All this fruits acan be combined together to make fresh fruit salads, but you can also put them in a mixer and make delicious smoothies and alcohol free drinks: a Pear-Ginger Smoothie or a Santa Cruz Boardwalk are refreshing beverages, perfect in every occasion.
But fruit and vegetables can also add a very special touch to many alcohol cocktail too: many well known recipes include fresh fruit, from the peach and cranberry flavoured Woo Woo to a mexican Chimayo or a Tutti-Frutti; moreover seasonal fruits can be mixed in a variety of ways to create your own original recipes: all you have to do is… try!.