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Title: Fabulous Lo-Carb Cuisine by Ruth Glick, Sanny Wroblewski ISBN: 0-9706293-0-3 Publisher: Light Street Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (21 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Simple but delicious recipes
Comment: This is a cookbook of "normal" recipes, not "guests are coming what can I make to impress them" recipes. As the author says in the prologue (and you MUST read the introductory passages, they contain vital information on how serving sizes and carb counts are computed), these are the recipes that she and her family use day in and day out. They are all fast, simple, and straightforward. Time saving tips are also included. And (with the exception of the sloppy joes) I've found them to be good-to-excellent ("I'd make this again" to "Can I make this again tomorrow?"). For the kitchen clueless, there are also some helpful "goes well with xxx on page xx" notes to make assembling a complete meal a breeze. I'd prefer if there was a general index in the back for main ingredients ... the "xxx was on sale at the store, now what can I make with it" syndrome ... but the book is thin enough that scrolling through the table of contents or paging through the sections is a doable search.
Rating: 3
Summary: I Was Disappointed
Comment: From reading many of the other reviews, I thought this book was going to be really great. I ignored the reviews that mentioned the 2 tsp dip serving sizes thinking I could convert them to more realistic portions. This is one of my complaints; however, you can convert many of the appetizer recipes and they still have reasonable carb counts. My biggest complaint is that the book is small without much variety. There is one recipe per page and a few recipes take two pages unnecessarily. Chapter 4 is called, "The Meat of the Matter (as well as chicken, eggs and fish)". There are 30 recipes in this chapter. Seven of these are for omelets or quiche and 3 for stuffed peppers (I am not a fan of eggs or bell peppers so there are only 20 recipes to consider in the MEAT section of the cookbook for me). I feel like a lot of effort was made to stretch the length of this book by offering variations of the same recipe as different recipes (for example, Marzipan and Orange Almond Candy are the same recipe with the only difference being the type of extract plus lemon juice in one and water in the other). I think offering a recipe and then some variations is a better use of space and would provide space for more recipes. There are some unique and easy recipes, I just don't think this book was worth [$$$]
Rating: 5
Summary: Best little cookbook for low-carbers
Comment: I own a bunch of low-carb cookbooks, most of which are bigger than this one, but the recipes in here are ones that I keep using over and over. Some readers have complained that there isn't enough variety, but when I look at the bigger and more expensive cookbooks I own, I realize I may only use one or two recipes from them, while this one has a bunch of yummy, realistic recipes that don't taste fake. (By realistic I mean recipes that don't call for odd specialty ingredients or for tiny amounts of some perishable item you'll end up throwing out.) Actually, if the only two recipes in it were the cauliflower with cheese and the kung pao chicken, it would be worth the price. For anyone past the Induction stage of the Atkins diet, this cookbook could well become the mainstay of your cooking repertoire.
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Title: 500 Low-Carb Recipes: 500 Recipes from Snacks to Dessert, That the Whole Family Will Love by Dana Carpender ISBN: 1931412065 Publisher: Fair Winds Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Ultimate Low-Carb Diet Cookbook: Over 200 Fabulous Recipes to Add Variety and Great Taste to Your Low-Carbohydrate Lifestyle by Donna Pliner Rodnitzky ISBN: 0761534563 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 23 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Lauri's Low-Carb Cookbook: Rapid Weight Loss with Satisfying Meals! (2nd Edition) by Lauri Ann Randolph ISBN: 0966796314 Publisher: Avalon Enterprises Inc. Pub. Date: 30 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: 15-Minute Low-Carb Recipes: Instant Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More by Dana Carpender ISBN: 159233041X Publisher: Fair Winds Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Low-Carb Meals in Minutes by Linda Gassenheimer ISBN: 157959512X Publisher: Bay Books & Tapes Pub. Date: 30 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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