Prevention's the Healthy Cook: Ultimate Illustrated Kitchen Guide to Great Low-Fat Food, Featuring: 450 Homestyle Recipes and Hundreds of Time....... [Hardcover]

Prevention Magazine (Author), Jean Rogers (Author), Matthew Hoffman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

A new kitchen companion is packed with healthful and nutritional tips from top chefs, including Jacques Pepin and Sarabeth Levine, and features recipes, illustrations and tables, and twenty-eight chapters covering every nuance of low-fat food preparation. Tour.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Health-conscious cooks will be attracted by the 450 low-fat recipes, plus numerous variations, in Prevention's new kitchen resource, but any cook will find useful information and ideas here. This impressive volume offers dozens of charts, boxes, lists, and sidebars in an attractive, accessible format, along with hundreds of diagrams and step-by-step drawings. The introductory chapters provide guidelines on how to set up a well-equipped kitchen, from buying the best pots and pans to stocking the spice cabinet, followed by descriptions and illustrations of basic cooking methods. The recipes include both old favorites and contemporary dishes from a variety of cuisines (each section has a guest appearance by a well-known chef), and many are highlighted as quick to prepare. Highly recommended.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

The war against animal fats continues with Prevention's new, comprehensive guide to low-fat cookery. If it is true that eliminating saturated fats from the American diet and cutting back other fats will result in long, healthy lives, then this volume is sure to be popular. The recipes try to ensure that eradicating fats doesn't purge foods of flavor. In addition to the editors' own recipe selections, there are featured dishes from celebrated chefs that reflect low-fat emphasis. Most of the recipes highlight steamed and poached light meats and seafood in broths and infusions that add almost no fat and precious few calories. Numerous tables, charts, and illustrations make the book functional for the tyro cook by providing a wealth of culinary as well as nutritional information. Mark Knoblauch

Product Details

• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Press; First Edition edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875963102
• ISBN-13: 978-0875963105
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #713,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Joachim has authored, edited, or collaborated on more than 35 cookbooks, including the IACP award-winning The Food Substitutions Bible and the New York Times bestsellers A Man, a Can, a Grill and Mastering the Grill, co-authored with Andrew Schloss. His 'A Man, a Can' series of books has sold more than 1 million copies. His latest book is Fire It Up, co-authored with Andrew Schloss. His website is www.davejoachim.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Healthy and Helpful Cookbook Ever, March 28, 2001

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This review is from: Prevention's the Healthy Cook: Ultimate Illustrated Kitchen Guide to Great Low-Fat Food, Featuring: 450 Homestyle Recipes and Hundreds of Time....... (Hardcover)

This cookbook takes recipes ever one likes-- and makes it healthy-- I love this cookbook-- use it every day.. the baking , main meals and desserts are good-- the fat has been cut but still there is lots of favor in the food. You feel like you are doing something right for your family. Highly recommend for beginner cooks also--has lots of helpful hints..

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great variety of tasty low-fat recipes, May 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Prevention's the Healthy Cook: Ultimate Illustrated Kitchen Guide to Great Low-Fat Food, Featuring: 450 Homestyle Recipes and Hundreds of Time....... (Hardcover)

I think this book offers a lot of practical and imaginative low-fat recipes for anyone trying to watch their fat intake. Desserts are a little boring, but for the most part tasty. I highly recommend this book!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most complete healthy illustrated cookbook I have found, January 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Prevention's the Healthy Cook: Ultimate Illustrated Kitchen Guide to Great Low-Fat Food, Featuring: 450 Homestyle Recipes and Hundreds of Time....... (Hardcover)

600 pages of healthy recipes with good tips and hints-and clear instructions and illustrations. The only cookbook you need. The recipes I have tried from this book have all been good.