So Fat Low Fat No Fat or All Around the World Cookbook

So Fat, Low Fat, No Fat

Author: Betty Rohd

Betty Rohde loved to eat -- and it showed. When her doctor told her she was "a walking time bomb," she knew she'd better change how she ate, but she didn't want to change what she ate, or deprive her family and guests of their favorite foods. Using calorie-reducing cooking techniques and low- and no-fat ingredients, she was able to enjoy hearty, flavorful meals that were low in fat and calories but not in satisfaction. Refreshingly simple and realistic, So Fat, Low Fat, No Fat collects more than 200 of her delicious recipes for low-fat home-style fare, including:

• Homemade Biscuits

• Ham and Potatoes au Gratin

• Scalloped Potatoes

• Pizza Mexicana

• Cream Cheese Brownie Cake

• Creamy Chicken and Noodles

• Corn Pudding

• Hot Fudge Sundae Pudding Cake

Including advice on reading food labels, suggestions on resisting temptation while eating out, and innovative tips for transforming your favorite dishes into tasty low-fat fare, So Fat, Low Fat, No Fat makes healthful cooking easy and fun.

Publishers Weekly

The author, told that her high triglyceride and cholesterol counts made her a ``walking time bomb,'' launched into a low-fat diet based on her own recipes that netted her a 40-pound weight loss in six months. Most of the two hundred recipes she developed (and, originally, self-published) are low-fat versions of dishes basic to the traditional American diet that make liberal use of fat-free versions of such staples as mayonnaise, sour cream, milk, cheddar and cream cheese. Rohde calls for other common fat-reducing substitutions (e.g., replacing the oil in baked goods with apple sauce). The recipes are uncomplicated and call for such convenience foods as frozen vegetables and canned low-fat soups and spaghetti sauce. The author, who dislikes fish, offers only a single fish recipe (baked catfish). Her strong suits are salads, chicken dishes and desserts; their virtues are ease of preparation and a close kinship with the everyday versions of the familiar high-fat originals (e.g., buttermilk pie). Not meant for the gourmet, this collection will interest family cooks with limited time and the motivation to prepare reduced-fat meals. Preparation time and fat counts (in grams) are given; calorie counts are not. (Jan.)

Table of Contents:

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TIDBITS Helpful Hints Keys to Lifelong Weight Control ABCs of Cutting Fat Tips for Working Women Snacks APPETIZERS SOUPS AND SALADS Soups Salads Salad Dressings POULTRY Chicken Turkey MEAT AND FISH EGG, CHEESE, AND RICE DISHES PASTA AND PIZZA Pasta Pizza VEGETABLES POTATOES BREADS CAKES, PIES, AND COOKIES Cakes Pies Cookies DESSERTS POTPOURRI INDEX

New interesting textbook:

All Around the World Cookbook

Author: Sheila Lukins

A culinary genius who helped change the way America eats, Sheila Lukins is the cook behind the phenomenal success of The Silver Palate Cookbooks and The New Basics Cookbook, with over 5 million copies in print. Now Sheila embarks on her first solo journey, visiting 33 countries on a cooks tour of cuisines, ingredients, and tastes. The result is pure alchemy--a new kind of American cookbook that reinterprets the best of the worlds food in 450 dazzling, original recipes. In addition, there are new wines to discover, menus to experiment with, ingredients to learn, spice cabinets to raid--and travelogues to savor. Main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club's HomeStyle Books and Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service; and selection of the Quality Paperback Book Club. 444,000 copies in print.

Publishers Weekly

Turn the more than 500 pages of this latest cookbook by Lukins ( The Silver Palate Cookbook ), and one grows almost giddy. From Argentinian barbecue to Mexican zarzuela, she includes nearly every incarnation of the international and edible. True, many cookbook writers are well-traveled, but few set out, as Lukins did, to create a cookbook with the feel of a travel album: illustrations and sidebars along make the volume a fascinating jaunt. Through conversations with home cooks and professional chefs in 33 countries, Lukins researched the ways that people cook and eat abroad, adapting cross-cultural recipes to American kitchens with flair. The table of contents clues us in to the breezy, chatty style of its author: breakfast foods are clustered under ``Room Service,'' while appetizers and aperitifs fall under ``Wish You Were Here.'' No attempt is made to cluster all the recipes from a region together, which helps to give the text its considerable charms. Chicken soup, for example, is presented in a chart, tabulating 22 countries' versions of this classic. 350,000 first printing ; BOMC Home Style main selection, QPB alternate.