Ayurveda is perhaps the world's most ancient and intuitive wholistic health science. Do you want a cookbook? Or to know how Ayurveda classifies foods? In any case, one needs to first determine their prakriti or nature, of which there are seven main types.
A good book is called Spiritual Nutrition by Gabriel Cousens It's not just about ayurveda, but there's a couple of good sections on it.