Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American: Our 250 Regional Favorites from Around the Country [Hardcover]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764561936 | ISBN-13: 978-0764561931 | Publication Date: August 23, 2000 | Edition: 1

250 Regional Recipes from the Kitchens of America

From coast to coast, America's favorite pastime is eating. But many of our most beloved foods aren't always good for the waistline--or our health. Now, the most trusted name in weight control re-creates more than 250 of America's all-time favorite dishes in healthy, tasty new recipes that will appeal to event he most finicky eater. From Cherry Pie, Red Flannel Has, and Lady Baltimore Cake to Seared Ahi Tuna with Mango Salsa, Steakhouse Fries, and Key Lime Sorbet, this cookbook is packed with delicious, low-calorie recipes everyone can enjoy without guilt. It includes:

• Great-tasting recipes that reflect our nation's growing interest in regional products, such as Washington State salmon and Maine blueberries
• A combination of classic recipes such as Yankee Pot Roast and Jambalaya and new cuisine dishes such as Spicy Asian Broth and Peppered Buffalo Tenderloin Steaks with Merlot and Cherry Sauce
• Easy cooking tips and fanciful American cooking lore
• Recipes featuring Weight Watchers' phenomenal 1-2-3 Success
Weight Loss Plan POINTS values

With these irresistible recipes for time-tested favorites, sensible eating has never been so delicious!

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Simply the Best All American Over 250 Regional Favorites from Around the Country Get ready for a coast-to-coast, culinary extravaganza: From appetizers to desserts, Weight Watchers^® Simply the Best All American offers 250 recipes that highlight the country's best regional dishes. Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American takes you on a whirlwind tour of America's kitchens; it spotlights countless dishes that are healthful and delicious, and uses good-for-you ingredients that have become must-have staples for savvy cooks everywhere. Whether you're from New York, Arizona, Tennessee, or Texas, there are classic recipes you'll want to try in Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American. Check out everything from our home-style favorites to our delicious, "new tradition" family dishes: How about delectable Maryland Crab Cakes or a hearty Cowboy Steak for dinner tonight? If you're up for a culinary road trip, try our Roasted Cornish Hens with Cornbread Stuffing, Slow-Roasted Duckling with Plum Glaze, or New Hampshire Stuffed Leg of Lamb with Roasted Potatoes. Looking for a chili recipe the family will love? Then Four-Way Cincinnati Turkey Chili has to be on your next menu. If you've never traveled down south, take a virtual trip with our Pork Barbecue, Country Ham and Red-Eye Gravy, Frogmore Stew, or Kentucky Burgoo. Only Weight Watchers can provide you with these flavorful, healthy renditions of your favorites like Yankee Pot Roast and Johnnycakes with Warm Apple-Quince Sauce. To finish the meal, Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American offers both homey and elegant desserts like Shoofly Pie, Maine Blueberry-Crumb Pie, Pear Pandowdy, Pecan Bourbon Cake, Chocolate Bar Ice Cream, Whoopie Pies, and Café Con Leche Flan. With chapters divided into regions, Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American makes it easy to find regional favorites while supplying you with the techniques and tips of America's greatest home cooks. Of course, all recipes provide nutritional information and Points^® values based on the Weight Watchers 1-2-3 Success^® weight-loss plan. Visit Weight Watchers online at www.weightwatchers.com and IDG Books Worldwide online at www.idgbooks.com

From the Back Cover

Get ready for a tantalizing food tour of America! Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American travels from New England to the Southwest and the South to the Pacific Northwest to bring you best-loved regional dishes your family will love. You'll eat well and eat healthfully—the all-American way—with Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American. Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American provides more than 250 recipes for home-style favorites and "new tradition" family dishes, for everything from satisfying appetizers to delightful desserts. Each recipe features complete nutrition information as well as Points^® values from the Weight Watchers 1-2-3 Success^® Weight Loss Plan. Here's sampling of the delicious recipes you will enjoy from all across the country! New England Vermont Cheddar Soup Maine Blueberry-Crumb Pie Mid-Atlantic Maryland Crab Cakes New York Cheesecake Amish Cinnamon Bread Midwest Four-Way Cincinnati Turkey Chili German Potato Salad Plains Kansas City Steak Salad Steakhouse Fries The South Oven-Fried Chicken Pecan Bourbon Cake Gulf States Shrimp with Key Lime Cocktail Sauce Sweet Potato Pie Southwest Poblano Posole with Grilled Chicken Mexican-Style Chocolate Pudding Mountain West Bison Burgers with Shiitake Mushrooms Gingered Idared Apple Crisp Scallops with Warm Cherry Tomatoes and Toasted Couscous The Pacific and Northwest Linguini with Cougar Gold Cheese and Grilled Walla Walla Onions Huckleberry and Cranberry Pie Visit Weight Watchers online at www.weightwatchers.com and IDG Books Worldwide online at www.idgbooks.com

Product Details

• Hardcover: 332 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 23, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764561936
• ISBN-13: 978-0764561931
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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96 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bad format, February 4, 2001

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This review is from: Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American: Our 250 Regional Favorites from Around the Country (Hardcover)

Format makes it difficult to find what you're looking for. Arranged according to region, you can get lost and forget what you were looking for. Simply the Best, another cookbook by Weight Watchers (now available in paperback!) is a much better buy, with everything arranged in an easy format, such as appetizers, soups, chicken, pasta etc... This book also leans very much toward seafood, so if you aren't a seafood lover, you might not find too many realistic dishes you like.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great edition to the Weight Watchers Family, March 27, 2001

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Stephanie Manley (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American: Our 250 Regional Favorites from Around the Country (Hardcover)

You can always depend upon Weight Watchers to provide quality recipes. This book lives up to Weight Watchers past books. This book has many tasty recipes, they do not taste like they are low fat. We all know how hard it can be to diet when you have other people you cook for. This book will not let you down. The recipes are easy to read, and easy to follow. With books like these it will be easy to stay on your diet.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Takes More Time to Find the Recipes Than to Cook Them!!, July 1, 2002

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Daniel F. Moore (Yarmouth, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weight Watchers Simply the Best All American: Over 250 Regional Favorites from Around the Country (Paperback)

I have a collection of seven books from Weight Watchers and this was a disappointment. The table of contents breaks the recipes down by US region. However, there are NO PAGE NUMBERS anywhere in that listing. There are also no tabs or distinctions between sections so the user has to flip through the pages to find where one section ends and another begins. When you do find the beginning of a section, the recipe titles are listed but again, no page numbers are supplied! These faults aside, the recipes are first rate. I loved the Vermont Cheddar Soup as it reminded me of growing up in the Green Mountain State.
If you don't mind taking the time to peruse the book thoroughly, you will like what you find. However, I would recommend an earlier book, Simply the Best. It is well illustrated, simple to use and the recipe collection is outstanding.