Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking: Amazon.ca: Julee Rosso: Books

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Julee Rosso, the co-author of The Silver Palate Cookbook brings us the cookbook for the '90s, focusing on today's number-one food-health concern: reducing fat. Rosso offers a broad collection of more than 800 delicious and easy, new recipes and a treasure trove of nutritional information, gardening and shopping tips, seasonal and international menus, and food history and lore. Illustrations.

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Finally, a cookbook for the way we eat today. The co-author of The Silver Palate Cookbooks now presents a classic collection of fresh, healthful food for home cooks everywhere. A feast of fabulous fare for the seasons and holidays that applies inspiration and joyfulness to the lean, healthful way we all want to eat today. Two-color illustrations throughout.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a reliable resource for many years, Mar 1 2004

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My copy of this cookbook is well-thumbed with pages folded down and notes written in the margins, testifying to its position as my favorite cookbook for well over five years. I entertain friends for dinner on average of once a week, and many of the recipes in this book have become consistent lower-fat favorites. The breakfast recipes are especially good. The German pancake, morning glory muffins, and raspberry muffins are winners. The all green fruit salad is great, the corn and black bean salad is a never-fail, and the recipe for "A Perfect Little Spanish Cake" is partly why my husband fell in love with me when I made it for him in a heart-shaped pan for Valentine's Day when we were dating! I would never part with this cookbook.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Unreliable, Nov 14 2002

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It turns out that this is the public relations member of the Silver Palate team, not the cook. The recipes read well and some turn out to be delicious, but you can't count on it. I, for one, don't have time to spend cooking from a book that I know gives me a fifty-fifty chance for a tasty result and that contains a number of errors. I gave my copy to Goodwill.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's a treasure to be opened!, Oct 22 2002

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I was given this book as a gift in maybe 1994 but never had the counterspace to make its recipes on until I got married in 2000! Since then, my husband and I have often enjoyed meals from it. In a nutshell, it is a fabulous means of eating healthy but flavorfully and without a lot of fat! Some of its pros: with each recipe is given the calorie, fat, cholesterol, and carb content of it as well as how many people it serves; it offers an abundance of informative, health-conscious information on some of its pages (such as a section listing a variety of fruits and vegetables and the nutritional benefits of each one, as well as a section that defines and explains things about cholesterol, fat, sodium, etc. in relation to the body); on pages throughout, complete meal menus using recipes that complement each other well are suggested; the recipes are quaintly classified by seasons, holidays, and even by day and time of day--i.e., morning/breakfast, "Afternoon Tea", "Mother's Day Brunch", "Sunday Evening Dinner," etc. Recipes involve more prep time than your average cookbook recipe (like Betty Crocker, for instance), but that's because every single ingredient you use is FRESH! NO CANNED and NO FROZEN stuff. So, your body is guaranteed optimum taste and nutrition! I must add that my husband has never been big on vegetables; yet, whatever vegetable side I've made from this book so far, he has scarfed it down with a smile! I never truly enjoyed cooking until I started using this book. It revealed to me that I CAN make gourmet-tasting meals, and THAT by itself is a swell reward!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Can't live without this book
I was thrilled to find Great Good Food. I used to make everything out the of the Silver Palate cookbooks and New Basics. However, all of the recipes were so calorie-laden. Read more

Published on April 19 2001 by Nancy M Tucker

4.0 out of 5 stars Some Great Recipies
I need a book that will provide recipies that my kids will eat too. This book has these meals. The Chicken Pot Pie is great and diary free! Read more

Published on Feb 20 2001 by J. Detering

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic selection, wonderful food
There isn't much wrong with this book. The artwork is interesting, the selection astounding and it makes for entertaining reading while planning a weekly menu or a celebration... Read more

Published on Nov 22 2000 by Heath C. Newburn

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Good Book
I really like the recipes and my family enjoys the food I prepare using this book. The only problem I have found to date is the number of servings is not always correct. Read more

Published on Nov 21 2000