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A landmark in Scottish literature.......2001-09-24
Maybe more time is needed for literary audience, both Scottish and worldwide, to recognize this book as a new page in history of fiction literature. After Joyce's Ulysses there happened a kind of a great explosion that opened a way for numerous unimaginable ideas to push through from a vague, sometimes disordered author's mind to the reader's. After Ulysses, it seemed as if all the boundaries in literature have been trod over. Suddenly, everybody was ALLOWED to play with the language and style, to play with readers' good taste, to play with Freud, with Kafka, to jump over classics of literature. It was quite hard to be special in a case when everything possible is allowed. But, when everything is allowed, it doesn't automatically mean that everything is already used or even tried. Being special in a world with no boundaries can be achieved by overcoming the boundaries within us and not outside us. And that is certainly what Gray managed to do in his Lanark. He - or, should I say Lanark/Duncan Thaw - is not really impressed by a society that is allowed to do everything. Because he himself is not able to do everything. So the boundaries must lie within him. Because of the belief that these boundaries are still something set by society, Thaw wants to flee out of it, to be self-sufficient and independent and, moreover, alone in the world. But where to find those gates that would lead him to such kind of a world? As a real, or at least realistic being, as Thaw, he finds the only way of that transcedention in death, so he commits suicide. As Lanark - ressurected, imaginary, surrealistic Thaw - he enters big mouth. In a way, he is trying to find the gates of his own heaven, because everyone believes, or at least would like to believe, that there is a world where they could be completely satisfied. For Lanark/Thaw, it is a world without other people, so he is in a constant search of some kind of such gates. In a search of such heaven, he only finds out that he's been living in hell all the time - both in his real and surreal life. As in O'Brien's The Third Policeman - hell is all around. And not because it is in society, but because it is inside a person: in Thaw, Lanark, Gray, us. Hell is there because we can see that being without others is as impossible as being with them. And this is a boundary that could hardly be overcome.
Gray at least reached it and tried to define it. Lanark is, as far as I can say, the only book that could stand side by side to Ulysses. In a way, it is a response to it. Ulysses is a book with, in global, quite an optimistic, positive spirit. Its light-heartedness can be found in an answer to the question about the word that all the people in the world know. Less as a Christian soul, but more as a pure, sincere human being, Joyce answers: LOVE. And since then love seemed to be the only hope. But Gray can't be satisfied by that. By his opinion, LOVE could be the word all the people in the world know, but he fears that most of them can't do better than just to say it. Lanark is thatways in a search of some kind of a new hope. But the world he lives in seems to be too fluid, too slippery to find any firm point that one could rely on. Even when one would just give himself to the fate because everything is written, Lanark comes to the conjuror, to the creator of the whole world he lives in just to find out that even the creator's mind is not defined completely. Finally, Lanark finds his own rest and satisfaction in giving himself completely - not to fate, but to the people. In the moment of his death he finds out that accomodating and compromising can bring at least a bit more satisfaction than being completely individual. Like Molly Bloom, in his bed, in his last moments, he says YES to everything that should come.
As much as being that global, this book also works on a local basis, being one of the rare and possibly the first books to expose all the secrets and wrongs of Scottish society. It is Gray's intimate contemplation on a somewhat sad existence in/of an industrial city such as Glasgow, where everything seems to be rid of heart and soul. While revealing it, Gray at the same time still gives something to that society to be adorned with. And that is certainly this precious book. A masterpiece that only needs to be recognized as such.
A legible nightmare.......2001-08-27
Reading Lanark is like reading an alternately baffling and lucid nightmare, the prose taking you places you probably don't want to go, but places that you're morbidly curious about anyway. Suicide, self-obsession, frustration and the inescapable horrors of capitalism: these are the cheery themes that Gray investigates, using his characteristically jet-black irony to tell us that maybe laughter is the only answer. A typical scenario: Lanark, the protagonist (he doesn't deserve to be called a hero) has a job with the DSS in a dying future city. Asking why he shouldn't tell the residents straight out of their fate (unavoidable catastrophe) he is informed of the government's strategy of compassion: "It is important to kill hope SLOWLY." Tracing the life of an artist obsessed with attaining perfection in creation, and an antithetical character who is bounced around unkindly by Fortune, the novel posits many philosophical conundrums. Is Thaw Nastler; are the two narratives creating one another rather like MC Escher's 'Hands drawing each other'; do we in real life do as Lanark does and try to find an way out of the Borgesian labyrinth the world presents? And is it self-created and perpetual, returning eternally? Certainly the narrative of Lanark is circular. Enough. Five stars. But only because there aren't more than five. Brilliant. Dark. Weird. Read it.
Massively weird.......2000-12-03
This book is a lot easier to read than you might think. Folks have compared it to Joyce's Ulysses mostly because of its complicated structure (the parts are numbered Four, Prologue, One, Two, Three, Epilogue, and the last few chapters) and detailing of a single city (Scotland's Glasgow) but the similarities really stop there, though I imagine if you dig fairly deep you can find lots of others. It's a great novel though, definitely the work of someone working from a highly personal visual, everything screams the voice of the author, from the forthright illustrations to the style of the prose in the book. Basically it's the story of Lanark a young man who lives in the strange city of Unthank. After some weird adventures there (and I mean strange . . . if you don't believe me just go read part four and tell me that it's not deeply weird) he winds up hearing the story of the person he apparently used to be . . . a Scottish lad/man named Duncan Thaw. Thaw's parts are almost like an entirely separate novel and take up a good portion of it, his youth is interesting and even though he's not the most likeable character, neither is really anyone else and there's a certain nobility to his unwavering desire to just live life as he sees fit without caring what anyone thinks. The adventures go back to Unthank then and the book gets a little slow in some parts and becomes more surreal and episodic, it's hard to figure out just what's going on in some parts. But Gray has a definite knack for description and a way of conveying complicated tangled and hard to understand emotions (mostly negative ones, it's not a very cheerful novel) in ways that lesser authors would cry for. Some of the characters are distant and cold, and Lanark isn't easy to deal with most of the time, especially toward the end when he becomes a bit ineffectual. But the Epilogue is one of the funniest sections in the book (it's got a list of all the things he plagarized to write the novel listed on the side) and I think a solid influence on the end of Grant Morrison's run on the comic book Animal Man (anyone with me on that?). In fact, I think most Scottish writers that started after this book was published were influenced in some way by it, I can read famed Scot Iain Banks in this book as well, it's a novel that has a foot firmly in the old Scotland while not being so obscure that non-Scots can't read and enjoy it. Well worth your time if you can find it or track it down, if you get past the trappings of "postmodernism" and just read it to enjoy the story, you'll find that there's a rollicking good novel in there, one that you won't be sorry you read.
Alasdair Gray is a great writer - of short stories.......2000-10-30
As a writer of prose Alasdair Gray cannot be faulted. The problems begin when he attempts to form that prose into a book. Short stories are his strength and that is what he should stick to; they are the perfect platform for his talent. And that is not in any way to denigrate the talent; that Chekhov wrote short stories is confirmation of that. In his novels Gray just seems to come across as a mucky auld perve. Might be your cup of tea, but it isn't mine.
overrated and pretentious.......2000-07-27
Overall, this book was an ordeal.
It's structure is broken up into 4 books, and the first 3 are mildly enjoyable naratives, but the fourth, which purports to tie everything together, is insufferable. None of the characters in the book ever come alive. They are very wooden and cold and distant.
The author is also a painter, and painted the cover illustration (in, to my mind, very appropriately muddy browns) and did 5 cartoon illustrations inside the book. The author paints quite a few word pictures in the narative, as well, and very nicely too, for what that's worth. But the plot is rambling and episodic at best.
There's some self referential foolery sprinkled throughout which raises a couple guffaws, but don't really add anything to the book as a whole.
A lot of people say this is a Scottish novel, in particular, that much of it is located in and around Glasgow. But the local detail seems, like most of the detail in this book, to be irrelevant. The overall effect/impression is part rancid mustiness and part impudent narcissism, namely the author's. The author compares himself to Vonnegut at one point towards the end of the book, and I think it's a fair comparison. Unfortunately, I feel that Vonnegut is a total vacuous waste of time, too.
One telling detail from the book is about the paintings that the first incarnation of the lead character, Duncan Thaw/Lanark, paints. Everyone complains that the faces Thaw paints are always disturbing and twisted. But my reaction is "who cares?" The author obviously doesn't understand people, nor is he capable of empathizing with his readers, and therefore is unable to write an account that a reader can connect with.
I think the author should have stuck to the graphic arts.
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- Great for older and ill folks
- The butternut squash soup with walnut pesto makes this a 5 star cookbook
- All About Omega 3's
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The Healthy Kitchen: Recipes for a Better Body, Life, and Spirit
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In Eating Well for Optimum Health, one of Amazon's bestselling health books of 2000, alternative-medicine maverick Andrew Weil revealed his version of the ideal diet (and backed it up with scientific proof): a variety of unprocessed, or "whole" foods; just-picked, organic vegetables; whole grains; "good" fats, such as the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish and nuts; fresh herbs and spices instead of heavy sauces; and a minimum of meat and dairy products. Eating this responsibly is certainly an admirable pursuit, but home cooking of this caliber can be intimidating, requiring much more energy than it would to pull up to the drive-through and order a burger and fries. In The Healthy Kitchen, Weil successfully teams up with Rosie Daley, formerly chef at the ritzy Cal-a-Vie Spa, to show how to cook with confidence within these dietary guidelines, creating dishes that are not only good for you, but are also fun to prepare, beautiful to look at, and delectable.
For those of you predicting a tofu-fest, have no fear: Weil stresses he's "unwilling to eat food that is boring, artless, and devoid of pleasure even if it's somebody else's idea of healthful." Indeed, the gorgeous color photography in The Healthy Kitchen will get you drooling over healthy entrées like Warm Chicken and Asparagus Salad and desserts like Lemon Yogurt Sorbet. You can be proud to serve these recipes to your family and friends--many of the appetizers and entrées are perfect party foods, sized to feed a dozen. Some recipes are notably more complicated than others--Cold Vegetable Pasta Primavera involves grilling five different veggies; baked Vegetable Wontons are time-consuming if you're not familiar with the folding process. However, Daley and Weil advise working your way up to these more complex dishes.
Sprinkled throughout the book are witty and wise health tips from Weil and cooking shortcuts from Daley. The two admit they don't agree on all cooking matters; Weil would substitute cashew milk for coconut milk and adds his two cents on making the Thai Shrimp and Papaya Salad spicier, for example. The Healthy Kitchen seems to be influenced a bit by Martha Stewart's Healthy Quick Cook, with Weil's text shaded in that unmistakably Martha sage-green, and Daley's in what Stewart might call bisque. Both books emphasize seasonal fresh foods and boast sumptuous photography and tempting menu suggestions. However, Weil and Daley outdo her with calorie and nutritional breakdowns for each dish, shopping guides for easy meal planning, and tips on encouraging children to help out in the kitchen (and develop lifelong healthy eating habits in the process). --Erica Jorgensen
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Two of America’s most popular authorities on healthy eating and cooking join forces in this inspiring, easy-to-use cookbook. This is not a diet book. It is a lively guide to healthy cooking, day-by-day, packed with essential information and, above all, filled with enticing food.
Andrew Weil, M.D.—author of the best-selling
Eating Well for Optimum Health—brings to this perfect collaboration a comprehensive philosophy of nutrition grounded in science. Rosie Daley—acclaimed for her best-seller,
In the Kitchen with Rosie—brings to it her innovative and highly flavorful spa cuisine.
The recipes are eclectic, drawing from the healthy and delicious cooking of the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Asia, among other cuisines. For starters, you might try Grilled Satay or a Miso Pâté; for soup, often a meal in itself, a hearty Mixed-Bean Minestrone Stew or a Roasted Winter Squash and Apple Soup with Cilantro Walnut Pesto; a special entrée could be the Savory Roasted Cornish Hens with Roasted Garlic or Baked Spicy Tofu with Bean Thread Noodles, Corn, and Mango; for a simple supper, Turkey Burgers or Portobello Burgers; and for the occasional indulgence, a dessert of Almond Fruit Tart or Peach and Blueberry Cobbler.
Andy and Rosie do not always agree. When Rosie calls for chicken, Andy offers a tofu alternative; she likes the flavor of coconut milk, whereas he prefers ground nut milk; when she makes a pastry with butter, he suggests using Spectrum Spread. There are no hard-and-fast rules.
Lifelong health begins in the kitchen, so this is a lifestyle book as well as a cookbook. In it you will learn from Dr. Weil:
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• the facts about sugar and artificial sweeteners
. . . and from Rosie:
• how to get kids involved—from skinning almonds to layering lasagna
• ways to have fun in the kitchen—creating scallion firecrackers and radish rosettes
• low-fat and nondairy alternatives for those with special concerns
• smart menu planning—letting the seasons be your guide
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This revolutionary book will change forever the way you cook for yourself and your family.
With 58 photographs in full color.
Customer Reviews:
Great for older and ill folks .......2007-09-16
We are both old and ill. This book is ideal for either and both of us.
The butternut squash soup with walnut pesto makes this a 5 star cookbook.......2007-06-11
Oh the delite I get when i make the winter squash soup with walnut cilantro pesto. This recipe alone to me makes this book worth the money that i paid for it. I have not tried to many recipes from it as I seem to be stuck on this one in particular. With some rustic whole wheat bread toast. Oh My!!! I even added butternut squash to my garden so i have plenty on hand for this soup. Also this book is an informative cookbook. I love it. Please try the soup. I kick up the chili powder a bit. You can't go wrong.
All About Omega 3's.......2007-05-08
Learn everything you need to know about Omega 3, fats, multivitamins, and more. Diabetics will find this book especially helpful.
All about GI and Omega 3.......2007-03-26
All you need to know about Omega 3, the GI, multivitamins, fats and more. Lavishly illustrated.
Unique combo of views & enjoyable to read.......2007-02-16
Highlights: I found the info on Omega 3s, glycemic index, cartenoids, multi-vitamins, fats extremely helpful. Diabetes runs in my family. I have found ways, advice on how to enjoy tasty foods while keeping my GL down. For a regular person like me, it was easy to follow the medical advice. It is this advice which now guides me in my selection of recipes from other books. Nice images. Good overall packaging and design.I have been unable to find another book quite like it. As a person who enjoys healthy cooking, responsibly & sustainably produced foods and eating well, I am glad to have discovered this book. Thank you Ms. Daley & Dr. Weil.
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- Healthy Life Kitchen
- Great Cookbook and so much more!
- I think...I like it!
- great family-friendly recipes!
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Move over, Martha Stewart: there's a new chef in the kitchen and she's on a mission to improve everyone's life from the inside out. It's Marilu Henner, bestselling author of Total Health Makeover and The 30-Day Total Health Makeover, but perhaps better remembered for playing Elaine on the popular 1970's TV show Taxi. So much more than a cookbook, Henner's hefty page-turner is like a detox program for the kitchen. She begins--in her typical, perky style--with a hard yet humorous look at the reader's kitchen and how it functions. Next she preaches the dangers of sugar (Henner calls it "kiddy cocaine"), red meat ("animal products are the number one cause of our number one killer, heart disease"), dairy products ("bovine slime"), about 200 food additives, and certain cleaning products. Nicely designed charts make the technical information easy to read; thankfully, Henner's engaging, chatty prose nicely complements the wealth of serious data presented here.
Once the kitchen is free and clear, Henner walks readers through the health food store, describing key staples, tasty items, favorite brands, and foods with kid appeal. Then she's on to the bulk of the book: the many savory recipes for entrées, appetizers, sides, salads, sauces, and desserts. Dishes like Linguine with Red Clam Sauce, Coconut Shrimp with Curried Hummus on Wonton Squares, and Killer Brownies certainly don't sound low-cal or low-anything, yet each recipe--borrowed from Henner's pool of friends, relatives, and favorite chefs--follows her Healthy Life food-combining rules (don't mix proteins with carbohydrates, eat fruit separately, etc.) and are free of dairy, red meat, and refined sugar. Especially helpful are the tasters' and contributors' comments that accompany nearly every recipe. And since Marilu has an opinion about everything (it's her book, after all), she too offers comments, suggestions, and anecdotes galore. --Liane Thomas
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If you're like most people, 70 percent of what's in your kitchen right now is unhealthy and has to go. Now the good news ...
This book will show you that there are healthy and tasty alternatives to everything in your refrigerator and pantry, and the transition is easier than you think.
When it comes to food, most of us go through a constant tug–of–war between the foods we love and the foods we feel we should be eating. But what if we didn't have to give up our favourite foods? What if we could take recipes from our childhood or our favourite cookbooks and find healthier ways to enjoy them?
Marilu Henner's Healthy Life Kitchen shows you a new way, a better way, to create a "health factory" in your home. Out go the red meat, dairy, and refined sugar products, and in come the freshest fruits, vegetables, grains, soy, seafood, poultry, and seasonings imaginable–and, in a few easy steps, you've created a Healthy Life you!
After inspiring legions of readers with Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover and The 30–Day Total Health Makeover, Marilu presents the first cookbook in her bestselling series.
Customer Reviews:
Healthy Life Kitchen.......2007-07-09
Fabulous whole foods cook book! I have used so many recipes in this book and they are all wonderful! Great references are included which makes it a very comprehensive book to own.
Great Cookbook and so much more!.......2005-02-11
Not only will you love the recipes in this book, you will use it again and again as a guidebook and manual to healthy cooking/living. It explains the components of a healthy diet according to her plan, and gives many food ideas for healthier eating and substituting.
It contains great recipes for every category of food.
I think...I like it!.......2004-08-03
alright, hi! I read this book...I am a teen, and I've been avoiding dairy...I really believe it could be connected to nasal congestion and acne. I do feel clearer (no more phlegm). however, I am not decidedly cutting out sugar, meat, and dairy for the rest of my life (hey, I still have experimenting to do/find my own "thing")...Anyway, one thing I've taken away from this book is soy milk...I started to drink soy milk in replace of regular milk and I don't know if I'll ever think of downing milk from a glass the same way again....ewww. This book also has really good information on toxic preservatives...she lists them (grouped Most Dangerous, Not Sufficiantly Tested, and found to actually be Good for you i.e.- spices, etc.) I do agree that the Food Combining section is confusing..and a little impractical (are u really going to "add a legume dish" to the recipes Marilu gives that don't complete the food-combining system?) However, I'm making recipes from her book, and so far, so good...The KILLER BROWNIES are GREAT..I made meat-loaf (made of Gimme Lean soy- yes, btw that may be another thing, the ingredients are organic/may seem hard to find- but I'm finding it, nevertheless in grocery stores near me...Health Food stores are GREAT...)_> my sis, stepdad, and mom loved the meatloaf dish (I thought it was 3/5 stars- a little salty but good.)
I DEFINITELY recommend at least reading the beginning part of her book (especially her basic "no meat, dairy,sugar" advocation...) ...Perhaps it will change your life, somehow...(esp. "no dairy"
<-- which I read in one of her other books is what she would most encourage you to follow, out of the three she says to jettison.) You can take away what you want from this book..which is what I think is great/cool about all books ;]
p.s. The more I read, the more I find that people can make an argument for ANYTHING...it's interesting because I just spent like 30 min. checking out websites discussing the toxins in soy milk...the benefits of soy milk...same for dairy. I think...just trust your own body..and go with/believe what u want.
great family-friendly recipes!.......2004-04-28
I'm always looking for healthy, nutritious meals to feed my family. There are so many great recipes in this book - and everyone loves them! From meatloaf to mac & cheese, from muffins to cookies - everything we've tried has been excellent! Plus, so many of the recipes are good enough to serve company - and cheaper than eating at a restaurant. Even if you don't follow Marilu's health and diet plan, you'll love these recipes. They're amazingly good, and good for you, too!
Dana.......2004-04-16
I LOVE this book! I have tried several of the receipes and they have all been hits with my family. I found the section about going through your kitchen to be very helpful. I also thought the section about shopping in the health food store was great! I would never have been able to find all the things I was looking for. I was having some minor health problems and with the changes in my diet I am now completely off all medications. I have so much more energy and feel great. I hope that Marilu continues to write this type of book. I found it easy and enjoyable to read.
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The Sephardim were Jews who settled in medieval Spain during the Diaspora. Expelled from Spain and Portugal in the 1490s by the Christians, most Sephardic Jews migrated elsewhere around the Mediterranean, taking with them a cuisine richly influenced by the sensual cooking of their former Muslim rulers. Rabbi Sternberg records the history of Sephardic cooking and presents food you can't wait to prepare. Dishes like Ajada, a garlic spread, and a spinach and yogurt salad seasoned with dill are typical of the sunny, mostly simple-to-prepare food in this book. Sternberg's writing is flat but the richness of information and the vivid descriptions of each dish, including their Ladino names, hold your attention. Brief folk tales at the end of each chapter are enchanting. Sternberg's recipes are easy to follow, even if you've never made food like this.
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Light, healthy and robust -- these are the outstanding qualities of the summery, sun-splashed cooking of the Sephardic Jews, which Rabbi Robert Sternberg offers in this enlightening book about an under-explored aspect of the increasingly popular Mediterranean cooking.
Expelled from Spain during the Inquisition, the Sephardic Jews scattered to all corners of the Mediterranean. Their strong traditions and varied cultural experience combined with the fertile climate in which they settled, created one of the most flavorful and distinctive cuisines in the world. It is a melding of delicious flavors from all around the warm salt waters of the Mediterranean -- Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Algeria, Greece, Morocco, Israel and the remains of the Ottoman Empire.
In each distant place the Sephardic Jews cooked inventive and delightful meals whose flavor comes more from herbs and spices than from fat. The core ingredients -- fresh fruits, spices, olives, nuts, tomatoes, fennel, eggs and seafood -- are as tasty as they are versatile.
The tempting recipes in this book include Canton de Sardellas, a delicious anchovy salad from Portugal, Sopa de Spinaca y Lentijas, a spicy and delicate soup from Macedonia, Sopada con Bamias, a hot and sweet braised beef with okra from Egypt, and the incomparable Los Site Kilos -- Bread of the Seven Heavens -- whose layers represent the connection between this world and the next.
Alongside his recipes Rabbi Sternberg relates the rich history and lore of the Sephardic Jews, to whom hospitality is one of the most important virtues. "When visiting the home of a Jew from a Mediterranean country, one is usually greeted with an apology from the host or hostess for the poor and limited quality of the food being served," says Rabbi Sternberg. "The apology is generally followed by a lavish buffet with a dazzling array of mouthwatering appetizers and salads." Rabbi Sternberg also explains Jewish Holiday traditions and culinary celebrations, from Sabbath dinners to observation of the High Holy Days.
Generously illustrated, easy to follow, and sprinkled with Sephardic folktales, Rabbi Sternberg's book is certain to become the mainstay in the kitchens of people who like Mediterranean cooking, lighter eating and just plain good food.
Rabbi Sternberg is the executive director of the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also the author of Yiddish Cuisine.
Customer Reviews:
New recipes!.......2004-02-02
Great Cookbook, with lots of extras!
"Oh My God -it's my Grandma's Food!!!".......1999-01-24
"I was so delighted to actually see my grandmothers favorite recipes in this book -in her very own dialect!! There were 'Yaprakas', and 'Biscochos' - as she called them. And the authors descriptive narrations of the history of the food -was as if I could see my family from places long ago. When he said you never walked in a sephardic's house without being offered a buffet of food any present day caterer would envy, I had to laugh out loud! That was my family!
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The Healthy Choice.......2000-01-21
My doctor recently put me on a low fat/low salt diet. I found that this is easier said than done. That is untill I found The Recipes For Life cookbook by Healthy Choice. The recipes are FANTASTIC, Tasty, healthy, each recipe has nutrition facts, such as sodium content, fat content. It has menus, nutrition facts, diet exchanges. It helps you to understand the labels on food products. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is looking for ways to eat healthier.
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