The Mayo Clinic Williams-Sonoma Cookbook: Simple Solutions for Eating Well [Hardcover]

John Phillip Carroll (Author), Mayo Clinic (Author), Chris Shorten (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1999

The world-renowned Mayo Clinic and the internationally acclaimed chefs at Williams-Sonoma join forces to produce this exquisite cookbook, dedicated to the premise that eating well feels good--and tastes delicious.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Time-Life Books; 1 edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0737000082
• ISBN-13: 978-0737000085
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Want to cook healthy and fast?, July 23, 2000

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Dana G. Williams (Savoy, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Williams-Sonoma Cookbook: Simple Solutions for Eating Well (Hardcover)

This is your book. Most of the items take 15 to 20 minutes to prepare and then 30 minutes of cooking time. Unlike other cookbooks, particularly vegan or vegetarian cookbooks, the recipes use easy to obtain ingredients that you can get anywhere. This is key in the short preparation time.

If you have kids, and want them to get a wide variety of vegetables or make them a meal that combines certain nutritional necessities, the book discusses foods, portions, and servings for a variety of different health needs. It also tells you exactly what's good and bad about different foods.

For instance, an avocado has three times the amount of potassium as a banana.

40 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures, disappointing results, October 11, 1999

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Kevin Hunt (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Williams-Sonoma Cookbook: Simple Solutions for Eating Well (Hardcover)

I've had this cookbook for ten months now, and for the most part it now sits on the shelf, gathering dust. Why? Although the recipes are unique and creative and the pictures look great, the results for almost all of the recipes I've tried are a great disappointment. I believe that healthy, fat free, low sodium cooking doesn't have to be bland, but that's what the majority of these recipes are. And while other readers have found the recipes to be quick, I found them to be quite time-consuming. There are a few recipes in the book that I like and frequently return to, but too few to justify owning the book.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars How much lemon zest can a person eat?, August 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Williams-Sonoma Cookbook: Simple Solutions for Eating Well (Hardcover)

I use this book when I need a quick side dish or a simple entree. But the most of the recipes are pretty boring and bland. My other "healthy cooking" books make wholesome food delicious by using creative seasonings. The Mayo Clinic puts the grated zest of a citrus fruit in every other recipe and leaves it at that. Haven't they ever heard of herbs and spices?