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Creative, healthy, delicious, fast and economical recipes!
I am not a vegetarian, but I like to make vegetarian dishes for health and economical reasons. I also find the pressure cooker to be a wonderful time-saver. I already owned two of Sass' PC cookbooks when I bought this one, and this is the best one yet! Sass opened my eyes to easy, quick and creative vegetarian cooking. Except for a handful of exotic dishes, the recipes use regular every-day fresh ingredients, and in interesting (and delicious!) combinations. If you think meatless cooking is just tofu and seaweed, buy this book!!
Love this cookbook
This is a great cookbook. Have tried 2 recipes, one for black beans and one for a squash rice risotto. Both were simple and delicious. Can't wait to try some more, they all sound so good.
ALL THUMBS UP!! WONDERFUL VEGANCOOKING!!!
GREAT BOOK... I COOK THESE MEALS FOR MY BOYFRIEND WHO IS A MEAT AND POTATO GUY AND HE LOVES THEM. THE BEST VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK I HAVE EVER USED. THIS AUTHOR REALLY KNOWS HOW TO BLEND THE SPICES TO MAKE GOURMET MEALS IN MINUTES. I WAS ABLE TO BUY MOST OF THE INGREDIENT AT SAFEWAY OR IN THE BULK BINS AT WHOLE FOODS. THIS BOOK HAS REALLY SAVED ME A TON OF TIME AND MONEY. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT... 5 STARS!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Pressure cookery    4. Specific Ingredients - Natural Foods    5. Vegetarian - General    6. Vegetarian cookery    7. Cooking / Vegetarian    8. Vegetarian cooking    9. Vegitarian   

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the bible on GF cooking
This is the bible when it comes to baking gluten-free. Long ago, before the Internet was publicly available, people had to find information anyway they could on living GF and coeliac disease. When this book was first published in the early to mid-1990s, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Before this book, I had a few recipes from the Celiac Society of America (CSA) and the Gluten-Intolerance Group (GIG), and a couple of really bad cookbooks from the UK (which usually relied on GF flour (wheat flour with the gluten washed) that wasn't readily available in the US and didn't bake all that well. The recipes in all of Bette Hagman's books are great -- staples that you longed for. Lentil chocolate cake -- even the non-coeliacs will want some!

The original and still the most comprehensive
I have celiac disease, which is essentially an allergy to wheat protein, and I've been GF for 5 years now. (Why does that sound like I'm at an AA meeting?) Bette Hagman's books are the first couple of books that I got, and they're pretty good. *GFG-Revised* is a really great book with a lot of the staples that you need in there. The initial couple of chapters about what you can and can't eat are worth the price of the book (sure, you can't have wheat, rye, or barley, but how about quinoa, teff, spelt, or millet?) (Answers: yes, yes, no, yes.) but the recipes are what you should buy it for. The "Revised" edition has been updated with the new "four bean flour" blend.
OK, but not exactly "gourmet"...
I was disappointed in this book.I guess I expected more than meatloaf, cheese balls, tuna casserole and beef stroganoff...
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Subjects:  1. Allergies    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Diets - General    5. Gluten-free diet    6. Glutin-free diet    7. Health & Healing - General    8. Methods - Gourmet    9. Recipes   

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out of date
This book was probably very important when it was published in 1992.But more than 10 years have passed, and the book is out of date.First, I find it suspicious that the authors blame hypoglycemia for 60 different symptoms.They take a "victim" attitude that everything unlikable in one's personality and habits can be blamed on one's hypoglycemia.I hardly find that to be the case in my own life.My bad temper is mine to conquer and not the "fault" of my hypoglycemia.
The best treatment for Hypoglycemia
What an excellent book.Shame on me for not writing this review until now.I have been following the book since 2003 and it has changed my life dramatically.I can think and act very clearly and all my symptoms disappeared.Watch out, if you deviate from the program after starting it, symptoms will worsen.A must read for people with low blood sugar problems.

The best guide I've found yet!
I found I suffered from 49 of the 60 symptoms of LBS just in the last week.I've had this book since I was 6 months pregnant in 1996 and found out I had LBS, but never took the time to read it; until this last week while I was too sick to get out of bed.
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Editorial Review

The world has grown increasingly curious about the benefits of soy in recent years. Not only is it a dietary staple of the people of Okinawa, who live longer than anyone else, it also seems to help prevent heart disease and breast and prostate cancer.Read more

Reviews (26)

Super Healthy diet book

Changed my life
This is a must have for EVERY vegetarian. Very helpful and important information on food & what it does to your body. If everyone ate this way America would be skinny, healthy and in-sync with nature. If you find yourself gaining weight on a vegetarian diet, this book is for you. Following the guidelines, you will find you do not miss what you no longer eat and that you can eat rich, flavorful and filling foods without the weight-gain. You will actually need to eat more to keep from getting too slim.

Dr Sears has distorted/lied about the Okinawa Diet
Dr Sears has distorted his description of the okinawa diet in his book.
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If you have to do the LID, this is a great resource
I'm so glad that I stumbled upon this book. It's a great source of recipe ideas. With this and the low-iodine cookbook on the Thyca website, I have been eating pretty well.The noodle bake and the cabbage rolls are excellent.

Essential reading for thyroid cancer patients!
This book is a true blessing for thyroid cancer patients preparing for radioactive iodine treatments. It provides information and recipes that make it so much easier to live with the low iodine diet. The recipes are tasty, simple and most of all delicious. It's wonderful to have such a great guidebook to show you how to live with this very restrictive diet that patients must go through.

remove the guess work!!
This book saves hours of trying to determine what is and is not appropriate for a low iodine diet.The recipes yield some really delicious meals and snacks.Well worth the price. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Barbara Kafka, inveterate food professional and cookbook writer, she of Read more

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Quirky but great
Kafka is opinionated and I don't always agree with her. (For instance, she hates dilly beans, thinks lambs quarters are far inferior to spinach, and loves ramps). But, I don't mind that - the world would be boring if we all agreed all the time. This is a fun cookbook with imaginative, good, and easy to prepare recipes, and I use it regularly.

Excellent Cookbook - Essential for any kitchen
Barbara Kafka's _Vegetable Love_ is one of the best cookbooks that I have ever purchased. I have made some twenty recipes (of the 700+), and every single one has turned out delicious.
Not just for vegetarians
First of all, in spite of the title, this is not a book filled with almost religious zeal on vegetarian cooking. Instead it is a book on vegetables. It's all about vegetables. And beyond vegetables there are some other things like avocados, which she thinks is technically a fruit rather than a vegetable. And she has some recipes on some unusual vegetables like hominy, well, perhaps not unusual, but not often seen in mainstream cookbooks. And how about a discussion on amaranth or burdock, maybe that's part of your standard diet, but my mother never cooked either one of them.
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Great book, great price!
If anyone is looking for a cookbook for avoiding wheat/gluten in their diet, this is definitely one to consider!

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
I am a celiac and I loved this book. My mom makes meals from this book alot. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She got it right!
I was invited over to a fellow Celiac's house and bless her heart, she'd made three different varieties of gluten free baked goods.By far and away the BEST was the coffee cake recipe from this cook book.I tried not to make a pig of myself, but it was so good!It was light and fluffy [not gritty and dense like most GF breads and cakes].I think I ate half all by myself!I'm not ashamed.
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Fabulous for funghi lovers!
I recommend this book for fungi lovers old and new. Great tips and fabulous recipes, along with cute family stories. I use this book often for dinner parties and family dinners. The colorful cover makes a great coffee table addition, but I use the book so frequently I can't keep it out of my kitchen. I have given many as gifts to my culinary friends. It's a winner.

DELECTABLE
I watched my husband glace at the book and he just started reading it and about 15 minutes later I realized he was still reading it.He doesn't even cook!Anyway, inspired by his attention to this tome, I grabbed my tea yesterday and hung out on the pet's couch for a good read!I was not disappointed! I now feel I wouldn't be shy about cooking with exotic mushrooms.I can't wait to try the mushroom chile (which I read about in Metropolitan Home mag.)for the Superbowl Party tomorrow.Wow! Thanks Amy Farges!

A mouth-watering compendium of more than 175 recipes
A mouth-watering compendium of more than 175 recipes, Amy Farges' The Mushroom Lover's Mushroom Cookbook And Primer is enhanced with a "Mushroom 101" guide and an innovative shopping and preparation primer for more than 30 edible fungi. From Crepe Pouches with Shiitakes, Seared Cod with Porcini a la Grecque, and Lamb Broth with Autumn Mushrooms and Pearl Barley, to Mushroom Cornmeal Muffins, and Old-World Polenta, The Mushroom Lover's Mushroom Cookbook And Primer offers a cornucopia of delicious eating inspired by common and exotic mushrooms, and eminently suitable both for family meals and special event celebrations. ... Read more

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GREAT INFORMATION- PRACTICAL RECIPES - A LIFESAVER !
This book contains recipes that nutitionally conscious people will love -- while using commonly available ingredients.As exciting as the recipes are, the nutritional information makes this a MUST READ cookbook. LOVE IT !! By incorporating these recipes or ideas into my diet (we still eat meat) and beginning moderate exercise (1hour 3xweek) I have cut my diabetes oral medication by half in less than one month !! Doc says 6mo - 1 year to be medicine free !!(after 3 years of gradually worsening diabetes)This cookbook could save your life !

MY FAVORITE HEALTHY COOKBOOK!
Wonderfully Healthy Recipes...... use it all the time!

Best Available for Treating Lifestyle Diseases
The recipes in this book are some of the best available if you are serious about eating a healthy diet.They are not only vegetarian but they eliminate the refined oils and sugars which are such a major factor in causing diseases like atherosclerosis, heart disease, adult onset diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels.They are the recipes used at the Newstart lifestyle program where they get excellent results with just diet and exercise.The recipes are delicious; we use them in our home all the time.I highly recommend this cookbook to my patients. ... Read more

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You've got to read this book!
I received this book as a gift. There are quite a few books on this subject on the market and this one is the best. I too could not put it down and finished it in 3 days. It's a huge book, a great resource that is well researched and written.. I have a few friends who've purchased this book and really loved it too. I can highly recommend this book.
Repetition, bad advice, unsound science
If ever a book cried out for a managerial editor and a science advisor, this is it. The book repeats the same exclamation in one recipe after another (soy protein, not soy flour!), andyes, the exclamation mark was included every time. Many recipes call for lard or ground pork rinds...It turns out the writer mistakenly thought that liquid oils contained trans fats, so she substituted saturated fats. Unbelievable.

Best cookbook in my collection!
If there were only one cookbook in my kitchen, this would be the one!Now I can cook in a manner that allows me to stick to my low carb lifestyle while my husband and kids enjoy every bite as well.After many successful (and repeat) recipes, four of my friends/ family members have purchased the book.You will not miss the sugar or the carbs in any of these amazing recipes. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Barry Sears got a lot of attention--and royalties--with hisdiet books Read more

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It's not as complicated as Sears wants you to believe
Sears wants you to think he has come up with a complicated system which he calls The Zone.
More figuring out if you're female
The Zone is a great diet if you have good recipes (not many in here) and if it has the proportions that you need for your personal meal. I've gotten a few good ones out of "What to Eat in the Zone". There are two different weekly menus - for women and for men. Not so in this book. It is based entirely on men. If you are a woman, you have to figure it out for yourself how much to cut down on the ingredients. Some things are obvious - if it calls for 4 oz of meat, you go to 3 oz. But the rest of the recipe is too difficult to figure out. Some people say the Zone is complicated enough as it is, and this book doesn't make a case against that, unless, of course, you are a man.
Not enough edible recipes
This book was good in that I could skim through 3 short chapters and understand the Zone concept completely. It's really all I needed to know to get going. Also, the quick list of food blocks in the back was great.However, the recipes are gross.I have never seen so much cabbage in a cookbook.Just gross.The Formula has better recipes. ... Read more

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Controlling your own health
I loved reading this book because it was packed with information on the foods we love. More than 9,000 scientific studies have proven beyond doubt that food is our best medicine. This book shows which foods are the most healing. In nature animals know which foods to nibble on to get well, with this book...we will too! I think the best way to use this book is to completely read it cover to cover and write down every food you think you need. Then, try to incorporate those foods into your diet. Studies have identified 107 of the most powerful healing foods, spices and herbs. There are some compounds which just cannot be absorbed by the human bloodsteam unless they are eaten in a food.
I never knew that about food.....
This book is great, from a-z it goes through a multitude of diseases and disorders and how to best combat them with food. It's layed out nicely and easy to read.

Doctor's Book of Food Remedies
When I first checked this book out in my local library, I searched everywhere for this book and Amazon.com helped me out with my search.This nook gives you knowledge on different foods and also how to prevent certain dieases that are occuring as of the moment.I am glad my search was over in finding this book. ... Read more

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Insightful, Inspiring & Entertaining!
I bought this book for a friend with cancer and after reading the preface and first chapter just couldn't put it down! Verne Varona writes with an amazing clarity, insight and entertaining style while demystifing all kinds of nutritional myths. His information about acid and alkaline is the best I've read anywhere and his sugar craving information has allowed me to challenge what was a formidable addiction. It seems like he's taken the best of numerous cultural medicines and combined them into a practical and refreshing melting pot approach. Best of all, after five weeks on this program I feel better than I have in 30 years! I have as much kitchen savvy as kangeroo, but his recipes are easy-to-follow and absolutely delicious. Whether you have cancer, concerned about cancer or just in search ofgood health, this highly motivating book is a must read for anyone wanting to improve or recover their health. That's my take! Well Researched and thought out
Loaded with the latest Research and many years of practical experience, made this book such a beleivable read, a book I can reference and read over and over again, I specifically used a pink highlighter to zoom in on all the important points, which runs rampant without the whole book. If you are a person who wants valid, clear information on how to take care of yourself for the rest of your life whether you have cancer or not, this is the book for you, I healed my cancer fifteen years ago using these principles and there never outdated, like so many diet trends out there!! this is a keeper. Thank you for your hard work, in putting the book together. L.K. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Cancer Prevention    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet therapy    5. Diets - Special Conditions    6. Diseases - Cancer    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Nutrition    10. Oncology    11. Personal Health    12. Prevention    13. Complementary Medicine    14. Diets & dieting    15. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Cancer    16. Health & wholefood cookery    17. Health    18. Fitness    19. Healing   

Editorial Review

Movie fans can argue the merits of Rocky vs. Rambo, but no one can accuse Sylvester Stallone of being a couch potato. In Read more

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Sly at 60 -- Awe Inspiring!
My wife and I tried Body for Life six years ago.Although we had tremendous results, the rigidity of the program was too much to keep up with over a prolonged period of time.Sly Moves explains how to more practically maintain a superb physique without having to overwork, journal, starve, and become all-consumed.For me, Stallone's book is truly inspirational.Sly describes how he trained for each of his Rocky and Rambo movies, the nutritional and exercise mistakes he made along the way, and what he learned REALLY worked to maintain a well-defined and healthy body after 30 years of experimenting. In ten weeks I'm down 40 lbs., back to my old BFL shape, but this time larger and leaner.People have asked "How?" at work, as the book makes its round through the office.I'm 50, and genuinely believe will possess the fitness level Sly has today at 60 when I reach that milestone.Stallone has proven that it CAN be done, and I can't thank him enough.

Practical & Motivating
Being a Stallone fan, I wanted to enjoy this book. Being an athlete, I did not expect to learn much. In fact, being a cynic I expected an elaborate INSTONE advertisement.
Sly Review
If you are looking for a book aimed at getting you off the couch and start a healthy lifestyle this book is for you.
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Fundamentals, plus
Very good book for people looking to enhance their kitchen creativity. Unlike some of the competition, this does not have a lot of weird ingredients you need to struggle to find -- it's chock full of enjoyable and easy recipes, and can help you to find vegan possibilities for nearly any meal. Highly recommended.
love love LOVE!
Love this book, love Sarah and Tanya, love the recipes, love the humor, the creativity, the nice balance of easy recipes and fancier dishes.. I have nothing but love for these gals!I eat the banana pancakes all the time, have tried several of the breads with great results, and the lasagna is awesome!I served it to non-vegans and everyone raved.

Good for new vegans
For the price, this book is pretty good for new vegans. It contains a lot of interesting and useful information and some very good recipes. However, I've not had the best luck with all the recipes I tried. For example, the, "Light Apple Bran Muffins," recipe stated, "Makes six muffins." I'm pretty sure I followed the recipe correctly, yet I had enough batter for 12 big muffins; and I had to adjust the baking time. I've also had to make adjustments on other recipes I tried. Even so; the recipes are easy to follow, and for the most part, they are pretty good. The index can be dificult to use. Overall, this book is helpful if you're just starting to embrace a vegan lifestyle. You might want to check it out of your local library and try it out before buying it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Vegan cookery    4. Veganism    5. Vegetarian - General    6. Vegetarian - Vegan    7. Cooking / General    8. General cookery    9. Vegetarian cookery   

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Hepatitis C Cookbook
This author puts extreme stress on food being of organic origins, and reducing intake of red meats.Unfortunately she loads recipes with whole milk, cream and butter.The butterfat in these products are is unhealthful as eating meat fat.They should be limited in all diets, but especially in foods prepared for people with liver damage.
Hepatitis C cookbook
Wonderfully put together.Easy to read and understand.This person knows from experience what she is talking about.Really helped me as a Hep C sufferer!I would reccommend this book to anyone who has Hep C or has a friend or family member who does.I have never seen anything like it!THANK YOU. ... Read more

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The Schwarzbein Principle Vegetarian Cookbook
excellent and yummy recipes - not involved with lots of ingredients.I'm using it nearly every day as I learn more about this lifestyle.

Being Healthy
I now own four of the Schwarzbein books. Being a vegetarian makes it particularly hard to get the right nutrition. Dr. Schwarzbein's information and wonderful recipes make it easy. If you want to be healthy by using logic and eating well, these are the books to read!

Too Many Carbs!!!
Generally, Dr. Schwarzbein is on the right track.However, as someone who was diagnosed with Insulin Resistance Syndrome two and a half years ago and who has tried every possible way of eating, I can confidently state that there is no way to recover from the symptoms of this illness--diabetes, high blood pressure, high insulin, high cholesterol, high triglycerides and obesity--and eat as many starchy vegetables and grain products as Schwarzbein includes in this cookbook.I'm not surprised that another reviewer and his wife experienced a surge in cholesterol level from eating this way.In her orignal book, The Schwarzbein Princple, Dr. Schwarzbein shows several levels of recommended carbohydrate consumption based on the physical health of the individual.If you have any or all of the above-listed symptoms, I can tell you from experience that you must use the lowest carb level she recommends, which means you will have to be very selective with the recipes in this book.I can tell you from personal experience that if you have I-R Syndrome or any of it's symptoms, you can't continue to eat starchy vegetables and grain products and hope to get better.I've watched family members continue to go downhill on the standard diets offered by their endocrinologists.I strongly recommend you try Protein Power, Atkins or Neaderthin and keep your carb intake between 30-55 grams per day max.It's hard to do, but it beats ending up blind or on dialysis. ... Read more

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An encyclopedia of delicious dishes
I've been on an Indian cooking kick lately; which, incidentally, has me feeling pretty darn good.
great book
great book if you are vegetarian, who loves indian cooking. good explanations and very tasty recipies. plus -this big book that makes you hungry for more and more experiments in the kitchen.

Mother of All Indian Vegetarian Cooking
This is truly the sourcebook of Indian Vegetarian cooking. Author must have spent enormous amount of time perfecting the recipes. We have tried many and found them to be very easy to follow and results to be very sunptuous. It is not easy for me to be pleased by ordinary recipes as I was born in Bombay and lived there for first 25 years of my life. In Bombay, one is exposed to all regional Indian cooking and recipes, both at various homes and many, many restaurants in the city. This book has that authentic aroma and ring of Indian kitchens and Indian pots and pans. Author is smart enough to guide foreigners through complicated Indian cooking procedures and make them easy to follow. Her mastery and extent of recipes is extraordinary. Highly recommended. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Christina Pirello turned to a whole-foods diet after being diagnosed with terminal leukemia at age 26. To the shock of her doctors, and without any medical treatment, she went into complete remission. She was surprised herself, as she'd been a vegetarian for more than 10 years and wasn't convinced that cutting prepackaged foods, sugar, and dairy from her diet would make that much of a difference to her health.Read more

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WOW!Love the food, Love the Learning!
I cook for my family of four by night and also for a single man by day.Each one of us has our own unique style of eating and various taste buds.
Great introduction to Macrobiotic cooking
I never knew there was so much to macrobiotic eating. Christina really gives you the information you need and how to get started cooking with these types of foods. It's not hard at all to do and I know it's so much healthier!

Christina is awesome
The book is chock full of veggie recipes written as lively as her TV series.The chocolate-hazelnut torte is out of this world! ... Read more

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So you have a fig tree...
After buying a house with a large fig tree in the winter, my wife and I were astounded to see the size of the crop that appeared come the summer.So what do you do after you've begged all of your friends to come over and take bags of figs home, made fig-strawberry jam, eaten figs with cheese until you can't any more, and still have piles on the tree and higher piles on the ground?You run out and buy the Fig Heaven cookbook of course!With 70 excellent recipes, you will surely find many an excellent idea, from fig pinenut pasta to fig,green tomato, purple onion salad.Of course, you will still have enough figs so that your friends can take home all they want, but you will also fill your summer table with delectable dishes!

Fabulous Figs
An absolutely incredible book on figs - from the mythical and biblical history to the botany and cultivation to the recipes, Fig Heaven is the definitive fig cookbook. For those of us without access to fresh figs on a regular (if ever) basis, Simmons supplies recipes that utilize a number of dried figs that are available year round in most larger grocery and specialty stores. Recipes are easy to follow and very good! From simple salads, desserts and even preserves to my favorite dinner (chicken, couscous, and dried fig salad with toasted almonds)Simmons covers a range of tastes and styles.