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Chili & Cornbread Casserole

September 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This dish takes a fair bit of time to make, but it’s one of my favorites for a hearty meal to serve to company.  I’ve been making it for a while but it wasn’t until recently when I made it for friends in Canada that I took pictures. I’ve adapted this recipe from: Chili and […]

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Your Body Knows Best by Ann Louise Gittleman

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

I like Ann Gittleman. She is the former Pritikin nutritionist who realized that ultra-low fat was not a healthy way to eat and took on her boss in the book Beyond Pritikin. Some of her ideas and viewpoints make a lot of sense and she is willing to forge her own path without getting bogged […]

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Sweet and Natural: More than 120 Sugar-Free and Dairy-Free Desserts

December 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Sweet and Natural: More than 120 Sugar-Free and Dairy-Free Desserts Meredith McCarty St Martin’s Press, NYC 1999 (this review was written October 8, 2006) The first thing about the book is that the title is misleading. The recipes are actually vegan, not just dairy-free, and most of them are full to the brim with sugar […]

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Ethnic Cuisine: The Flavor-Principle Cookbook

December 24th, 2007 · No Comments

(This review was written Jan 21, 2007.) Ethnic Cuisine: The Flavor-Principle Cookbook by Elisabeth Rozin Revised edition, 1983 (original 1973) This is one of those books that all cooks should be exposed to at least once. It organizes the world of food in a completely novel, but understandable, way. The idea is that each cuisine […]

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