Carb Countin' Holiday Cookbook [Paperback]

Jan McCracken (Author)

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About the Author

Jan McCracken is author of over 40 gift books and cookbooks. Born in the Midwest and former owner/innkeeper of a country bed and breakfast in Branson, MO, she has been cooking since she was seventeen years old (she won't tell us how many years that is!)

Her long-term goal is helping people understand that food is truly the great medicine, prevention and healer of disease!

Jan has set up an international group of "Sassy Steppers" to combat obesity and disease, stepping with people everywhere down the road to wellness.

Product Details

• Paperback: 174 pages
• Publisher: Poppyseed Press (September 2004)
• ISBN-10: 188713641X
• ISBN-13: 978-1887136419
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,725,070 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Professional Wordsmith, Jan McCracken

Jan was born and raised in a small farming community in the Midwest. Adopted by her grandparents, she grew up gardening beside her grandfather and canning and cooking with her grandmother. She spent most of her early life in the heartland of America learning to appreciate good food, good health and good friends. In the early 1980s, Jan opened a country Bed and Breakfast in Branson, MO. It was during her innkeeping years that she wrote her first self-published book, the Ozark Mountain Christmas Recipe Collection. She single-handedly sold over 150,000 copies!

The success of her first cookbook led Jan to write and publish a series of miniature gift-books she calls her "little books of recipes." She ended up completing three different serial sets; nine books in the Garden Recipe Collection, nine for the Fruit Sampler Collection, and 18 gift-set books for the inspirational Little Books of Tea series.

Over the years, Jan's interest in health and nutrition grew, and she spent years researching the best ways to convert good, old-fashioned, traditional recipes into leaner, healthier versions. In the late 1990s, Jan had great success on a low carb diet. From this personal experience she decided to write and self-publish the fun, humor-packed and well-received Low Carb Christmas Cookin' with an Old-Fashioned Cook, followed by her 40th self-published book, Carb Countin' Holiday Cookbook.

Jan has become a staunch advocate of preventative medicine through diet, exercise and lifestyle. As a result, in 2005, Jan authored Wiley Publishing's Healthy Carb Cookbook For Dummies'. It was a breakthrough platform that opened her work to an international readership. Subsequently, through her New York literary agent, Jan landed a contract with Adams Media Publishing to author her healthy lifestyle cookbook, Everything Lactose Free Cookbook (Everything Series) released February 2008.

Jan is currently freelance writing, and researching her next book project ...stay tuned!

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Release your inner Sassy!, June 19, 2006

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Cherie Davidson "cdwrites" (Spokane, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carb Countin' Holiday Cookbook (Paperback)

I have this book, and it is fun. I know, a fun cookbook with healthy recipes! Who woulda thunk it? Jan McCracken did!

McCracken is the best kind of cookbook writer. She is witty, to the point, and likes to share the fun she has in the kitchen with her readers. But this cookbook is a little different than most...it focuses on getting healthy by moving! Yes, McCracken is a "move more" advocate, and she has a chapter in this book on pedometers that is very interesting. Made me use the one I had tucked in a drawer!

The cover character, "Sassy Stepper," is another clever idea by McCracken. This little character has the spunk, fun and charm to endear and motivate. I'd like to see more of this "Sassy" mover and shaker...and her creator and author as well!

For traditional recipes made healthier, motivation to get up and move your body, and plenty of smiles, this book can't be beat. I'm inspired to be "sassy" -- are you?