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Dana Jacobi (Author)
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Natural Kitchen October 23, 1996
From soy milk to tofu, wholesome, cholesterol-lowering soy is emerging as the staple food of choice for thousands of health-conscious households. A complete source of protein that is low in saturated fat, soyfoods can lower cholesterol and hypertension, and help promote a general standard of health. Creating a soy-inclusive diet in the ?90s is fun and accessible with the help of Dana Jacobi?s new book, The Natural Kitchen: Soy!
A wonderful and complete primer on soyfoods, this book shows how to include soy in a mainstream diet. Jacobi shares her extensive knowledge of the preparation of soy and discusses the taste, texture, and nutritional value of over a dozen soyfoods.There are many ways to enjoy the benefits of soy without resorting to a diet of miso soup and soy sauce. Soy is a versatile ingredient that can enhance the flavor and texture of many dishes. In The Natural Kitchen: Soy!, soyfoods have been used in old-time favorite recipes to create healthier dishes. Among Jacobi?s innovative and tempting dishes, readers will find:

Stuffed French Toast
Red Flannel Hash
Eggless Egg Salad
Lentil Lasagna
Chocolate Silk Pie
Vegetarians and meat-eaters alike will enjoy the diverse dishes presented in this work. During Jacobi?s years a caterer, she often included these soy recipes in her menus to her clients? surprise and delight. She writes, "If a client requested a vegetarian main course, I would often modify a chicken or meat dish, replacing the animal ingredient with tofu or tempeh."
Jacobi encourages the reader to experiment with the wide variety of soyfood products that are now available. On display in the produce section of most grocery stores are at least half a dozen different types of tofu and other soy products. Soyfoods can now be a part of every meal on the American table.
About the Author

Dana Jacobi
is a cookbook author, food writer, contributing editor to Natural Health, and consultant in natural foods. Author of The Natural Health Cookbook and The Best of Clay Pot Cooking, she lives in New York City.

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You might think sinfully rich (or fat-laden) when you hear recipes with names like The Creamiest Cheesecake in the World, Wild Mushroom Ragout, Aioli, Broccoli Bisque, Stuffed French Toast, and Blueberry Buttermilk Scones, but all of these (and many more) have been created with soyfoods which are naturally low in fat. Author Dana Jacobi has masterfully married natural ingredients and soy foods to create lusty, rich dishes in The Natural Kitchen: Soy.

Most of the 75 recipes include ideas for variations, which actually doubles the number of options as well as inspiring a bit of creativity in the kitchen. For example, Jacobi suggests using the filling for Sicilian Stuffed Squash to stuff grape leaves, or give tomato-braised tofu a Tex-Mex kick by adding serrano chili and diced tomato. The Natural Kitchen: Soy serves as an all-around soy cookbook, with variety of preparation times and styles. The Chocolate Silk Pie calls for only three ingredients (plus the piecrust) but the tofu "scallops" Ritz Carlton required a number of steps and would be better suited for a special occasion.

Adding soy to the diet has been proven to lower heart cholesterol and to help prevent heart disease. With The Natural Kitchen: Soy, you will be creating meat- and mostly dairy-free dishes that break new ground in the definition of good food using soy products such as tofu, tempeh, soymilk, soybeans, miso, and TVP flakes. In additional to the recipes, Jacobi has included an informative section, "All About Soy Foods," as well as listing mail order sources. --Gretel Hakanson

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"Dana Jacobi's intelligent foray into the world of soy not only educates but delights. Her healthful recipes are unexpectedly scrumptious."—Rozanne Gold, chef and author of Little Meals and Recipes 1-2-3.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Prima Lifestyles (October 23, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0761504788
  • ISBN-13: 978-0761504788
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,396,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dana Jacobi created the first food blog, The Bytable Feast, and shared it on Prodigy, where she was food editor and, from 1988-1993, the first food writer to publish only digitally. Still a leader, her cookbooks are loved for providing delicious healthy food uniquely appealing to both conventional and natural foods cooks.

Both under her name and for Williams-Sonoma, Dana is known for sharing abundant information along with easy recipes. Twice nominated for a James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award, she also writes Something Different, a digital column for the American Institute for Cancer Research, teaches, and her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Food & Wine, Cooking Light, and Prevention magazines.

Dana lives in New York City, where she shops the Greenmarket, knits passionately, and plays mah jongg. To see more recipes, visit www.danajacobi.com.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Egg-less egg salad and cheese-less cheesecake, June 20, 2006
This review is from: The Natural Kitchen: Soy!: 75 Delicious Ways to Enjoy Nature's Miracle Food (Paperback)
Vegan cooking isn't easy at first, and if you have restrictions to avoid milk in your diet, it's a nuisance, to say the least. Here is a book with delicious recipes from mostly easy-to-obtain ingredients.

My favorite is the cholesterol-busting "egg" salad. You use frozen tofu, which when broken up, makes an absorbent base, like boiled egg whites and mashed yolks. You can make it with pickles (for sweet picnic egg salad) or with celery for crunch. It's really good stuffed into a pita and pretty decent on crackers.

There is also a good tofu cheesecake. We used to make tofu pumpkin pie; this is a nice addition to the less-sinful dessert tray.

Not all the recipes are vegan; one, breakfast rice pudding, with soymilk, brown rice and eggs, bakes a custard that makes quite a nice sweet start for the day but the eggs are a no of course if you are vegan. Still, many of the recipes will fit the vegan bill so don't be miffed.
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