Dairy-Free Cookbook, Fully Revised 2nd Edition : Over 250 Recipes for People with Lactose Intolerance or Milk Allergy (Paperback)

~ (Author) "It's hard to believe that milk, so shrouded in love, nurturing, and goodness, can adversely affect so many people..." (more)
Key Phrases: Serving Size, Rich's Richwhip, These Items Contain Milk (more...)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 2 Revised edition (May 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761514678
• ISBN-13: 978-0761514671
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #255,661 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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171 of 172 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for those with Milk Allergy, October 2, 2000

By	psam ordener (Friendswood, TX United States) - See all my reviews

Ms. Zukin's book is probably an invaluable resource for those who cannot tolerate lactose, but those of us who are allergic to milk protein will find dangerous information in this book.

She lists as "dairy-free" products which clearly contain milk (Wendy's bread sticks contail "skim milk"; their hamburger buns contain "sodium caseinate"). These are not items that have changed over the years; my dairy-allergic son has never been able to eat Wendy's buns,and he's nearly 13 years old.

The recipes are fairly good, though I get irked by reading "milk substitute" in them - I'd rather see the brand name of the product she used (soy milk tastes very different from rice milk, for instance).

With this book, as with every packaged food product, you must read carefully and be certain the food she mentions is safe. You can't take her word for it. The title, therefore, is quite misleading.

I won't buy another book written by this author.

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Working hard, or hardly working?, October 4, 2005

By	Morgan A. Macdouglas "Schtankybampo" (Canoga Park, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I, too own the Betty Crocker Cookbook, and I, too, am capable of a simple search & replace string for phrases. It seems to me that the author simply took recipies from established cookbooks, and replaced every instance of the word "butter" with "milk-free margerine", the word "milk" with "milk-free milk substitute", and "cream" with the words "non-dairy richwhip". With a remarkable lack of knowledge about the difference between lactose intolerance and actual non-dairy living, she approaches the reader with what were probably good intentions, but merely comes off as misinformed. This book is fine if you are lactose intolerant. However, if you are truly trying to live diary-free, give it a miss. Also, if you're frugal, just take a pencil to your battered copy of Betty Crocker, and sub out the ingredients yourself. Maybe a publisher will buy your work, too.

53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very thorough book about all aspects of living dairy free, July 15, 1999

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As the mother of a three year old daughter with both milk and egg allergies, I found this book was extremely helpful with all aspects of living milk free. It includes sections on infants and children, shopping and eating out as well as supplying addresses for some of the better known fast food chains who will send you updated information on which of their products are dairy free. The recipes are great and even include some that are egg free. I personally used egg replacer(found in health food stores) and a teaspoon of arrowroot(for firmness) in some of her baking recipes and most came out very good. The only problem with including products that are dairy free is that manufactures frequently change recipes and I would not want anyone to buy somethi ng from these lists thinking they are dairy free when they may not still be.