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The Rice Diet Cookbook: 150 Easy, Everyday Recipes and Inspirational Success Stories from the Rice Diet Program Community

Kitty Gurkin Rosati

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

LOSE UP TO TWENTY POUNDS IN ONE MONTH EATING WHOLESOME, DELICIOUS, EASY-TO-PREPARE FOOD FROM THE RICE DIET COOKBOOK!

After the success of the New York Times bestselling The Rice Diet Solution, the Rice Diet Program's message boards were bombarded with pleas and suggestions for more Rice Diet-friendly recipes. The result is this collection of healthy whole-food dishes, which includes personal favorites from the Rice Diet kitchen as well as from successful dieters who want to share their weight-loss tips with everyone who intends to lose weight and live a healthier life.

Based on one of the world's most famous weight-loss programs, The Rice Diet Cookbook contains 150 new recipes -- all simple and easy to shop for, prepare, and cook. By ambitiously limiting sodium-rich ingredients and relying on complex carbohydrates as the main source of nutrition, the recipes in this book can help women lose nineteen to twenty pounds and men lose twenty-eight to thirty pounds -- in one month!

For breakfast, try Gooey Apple Oatmeal, the Elvis Special, or French Toast Sticks. In the mood for a light lunch? Mix up a Basil-Mint Quinoa Salad and pair it with a Refried Bean and Roasted Red Pepper Lettuce Wrap. When the urge to snack hits you, munch on some Zesty Sweet Potato Chips or Barley Pesto Dip on Eilene's Pita Bread. And at dinnertime, how about Pan-Seared Sea Scallops with Angela's Spinach with Sun-dried Tomato and Ilene's Mashed Cauliflower? Or make a meal out of Chicken and Spinach Salad with some Cannellini Bean Salad on the side. Don't forget dessert: Ricers have found amazing ways to satisfy their cravings! There's Chocolate-Banana Cream Custard, Rhubarb-Dried Cherry Crumble, Samba's Gingered Pear Cake, or the super simple and truly delicious Toasted Ginger Papaya.

In addition to recipes, The Rice Diet Cookbook is also full of incredible feedback from people who have achieved major weight loss on the Rice Diet. Their inspirational stories will motivate you to live a healthier life the Rice Diet way. The Rice Diet Cookbook is a truly encouraging, supportive book that will help you make living a wholesome lifestyle both simple and sustainable.

The Culinary Couple's Creative Colitis Cookbook

Denise Weale, Ross Weale

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

WARNING--NIce Covers but Nothing Inside 1 out of 5 stars.
4 of 6 people found this review helpful.

Suffering a severe flareup of ulcerative colitis makes one a desperate person. There's enough conflicting diet information on the internet and from the medical machine to completely confuse anyone. When I encountered this book's promotions, I immediately ordered it from Amazon and waited anxiously for it's arrival. At the same time I began to look at the "low residue diet". Information on low residue diets is very limited and searching the web is the best way to find it. I applied the princicples of this diet to my food intake while awaiting the arrival of my new cookbook. I began to feel better within a day. When my order arrived, I looked through the book, closed it, put it back in the box and returned it.
The book contains no information on any of it's recipes' nutritional or fiber content. Information on fiber content and nutrition are some of the most important things that a sufferer or ulcerative colitis needs. Some of the recipes far excede the recommended fiber content and could make things much worse.
If you are having problems with ulcerative colitis, buy some rice, apple juice, herbal tea and canned chicken or fish. Do your research and go from there.

Editorial Review:

100 easily prepared low-fiber, non-dairy recipes for those with IBD, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease.

The Spelt Cookbook

Helga Hughes

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

An excellent resource for wheat-free cooking. 5 out of 5 stars.
37 of 37 people found this review helpful.

Spelt is one of the most versatile grains around, but most people have never heard of it. This cookbook offers diverse recipes for using whole kernel spelt as well as spelt flour to enhance a wheat-free diet. We highly recommend it.

There IS Life After Wheat! 5 out of 5 stars.
14 of 14 people found this review helpful.

Great book for those who want or need to replace Wheat in their diets. These recipes offer alternatives to our usual wheat recipes, and taste great.

Anxiously awaiting this book 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 28 people found this review helpful.

i've been a spelt nut for years..

Against the Grain: The Slightly Eccentric Guide to Living Well Without Gluten or Wheat

Jax Peters Lowell

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

extremely uneven 3 out of 5 stars.
29 of 30 people found this review helpful.

This book has multiple personalities. One is a personal story of coming to terms with having celiac disease. Another is lists of resources for the gluten intolerant. And a third kind of mixes the two -- tells how the author was able to come to terms with things because she developed strategies for living and eating.

First of all, it's really important to know that a lot of the information about what you can and can't eat is just plain wrong. Some of that is because these things become outdated quickly, but some is less understandable than that. For instance, she says that while cream soups are likely to have gluten in them, broths won't. That's totally untrue -- most of the common brands of broth do have gluten in them. And it's a particularly odd mistake to be making given that on other things, she advocates being far more careful than the standard resources do. Like she says don't use distilled vinegar because it MIGHT be distilled from wheat, but again, everything else I've read on this subject says that 1) it's probably not distilled from wheat but more importantly 2) the distillation process removes gluten.

So if you're going to get this book, get it for the personal part, about how she dealt with her diagnosis. It's pretty entertaining and there's some value to being reminded that you're not the only one. That said, while I think it's valuable to have something to read in that area, I'd say she's more than just slightly eccentric. A lot of her stories about how her friends reacted to her diagnosis seem like extreme worst-case scenarios -- suffice it to say that I was diagnosed long before I was as sick as she describes herself as having been, yet my friends were a lot more sympathetic than she says hers were.

Finally, with regard to her strategies for living. Another review here mentions that they're sort of for the caviar set, and I have to agree. These are instructions for someone who not only has a LOT of money to spend on special-ordered foods, but who feels comfortable asking restaurant staffs to go way out of their way to accommodate her.

On the whole, I'd say there are better resources than this book. Some of them are online, others are informational books like Shelley Case's "Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide." But if you want to read everything you can on celiac disease and living gluten-free, this is at least entertaining.

Editorial Review:

An extensive manual for surviving without wheat or gluten, including a resource guide, shopping tips, and a listing of support groups for celiacs.

Great Whole Grain Breads

Beatrice A. Ojakangas

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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The crust, the texture, the aroma, the taste-a hearty whole grain bread makes the meal or, in the case of the cheese breads, blinis, or calzone that Beatrice Ojakangas serves up, becomes the meal. The seasoned baker and the passionate amateur, the connoisseur and the simply famished will find plenty to celebrate in Ojakangas's classic bread-making book.

Whether it's traditional Finnish rye, old-fashioned corn bread, scones, croissants, pretzels, or popovers, the perfect bread for any occasion can be found in this book, along with companionable advice for making it perfectly every time. For the baker with no time to spare, Ojakangas includes a large assortment of fast and easy breads.

With more than 250 sweet-and-savory recipes, easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques for mixing and kneading, and special hints for working with whole grains, Great Whole Grain Breads should find a place in every baker's kitchen.

Beatrice Ojakangas is the author of dozens of cookbooks, including The Great Scandinavian Baking Book (1999), Scandinavian Feasts (2001), and The Great Holiday Baking Book (2001), all published by Minnesota. She has appeared on television's Baking with Julia Child and Martha Stewart's Living, and has written articles for many newspapers and magazines, including Cooking Light, Family Circle, and Bon Appetit. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.

Uprisings: The Whole Grain Bakers' Book

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

the BEST vegan&natural foods baking book 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I used this book CONSTANTLY when I worked at a natural foods co-op as a baker.There are endless types of bread recipes from sweet yeasted breads to savory breads.There are TOO many options for vegan substitutes!!It is so wonderful to have access to so many yummy baked goodies that are healthy.I HIGHLY recommend this book for all bakers.

Great bread baking info/The anti-capitalism left me cold. 4 out of 5 stars.
8 of 10 people found this review helpful.

This book has the best bread recipies using all natural ingredients for good health. Lots of useful substitutes for people who have special dietary needs. The Best. I did find the constant put down of our capitalistic system of free interprise uncalled for in a cook book. It seemed that the authors primary goal was to sell socialism.

Good for Vegans 3 out of 5 stars.
7 of 9 people found this review helpful.

This is the book I learned to bake with as a vegan child. I learned firsthand that not every recipe is a winner, but I still go back to the pages stained with over fifteen years of use. I've wound up adjusting and revising my favorites, but I would still recommend this as a good reference, especially the section on substitutions for ingredients (if the reader is vegetarian or vegan - nothing really replaces butter and chocolate).

Editorial Review:

Some of the country's most talented bakers present their latest collection of whole grain baking recipes, with over 200 hand-illustrated pages and an index cross-referenced by major ingredients.

Pasta, arroz y salsas: Tecnicas y recetas de la escuela de cocina mas famosa del mundo (Le Cordon Bleu tecnicas culinarias series)

Jeni Wright, Eric Treuille

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Editorial Review:

Containing step-by-step illustrations, recipes from professional chefs, expert advice, trade tips, and illustrated ingredient guides, this series is categorized by food group. The seven titles provide winning combinations of beautifully presented dishes and techniques for basic food preparation for each specific category. Each title in the series can stand alone or they can be used as a set for a complete resource reference.

Con ilustraciones paso a paso, descubrirá recetas de los cocineros más prestigiosos, sus sugerencias, consejos, y sus trucos así cómo una extensa guía ilustrada de ingredientes. Esta serie se divide por los grupos de alimentos. Los siente títulos ofrecen una combinación exitosa de platos hermosamente decorados y sus técnicas para preparaciones culinarias, desde las más básicas hasta las recetas más complicados. Cada título sirve individualmente o toda la colección resulta una inestimable obra de referencia.

On Rice: 60 Fast and Easy Toppings That Make the Meal

Rick Rodgers

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Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

OK 2 out of 5 stars.
8 of 15 people found this review helpful.

This cook book has great photos for every recipe and a good variety of foods. However, the emphasis is NOT on rice, but on different main entrees. Each recipe has suggestions for the rice to serve with the entree, but does not give detailed cooking directions for the rice. A disappointment.

Every one a winner -- and most in 30 minutes! 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I have another book by Rick Rodgers, and I really liked it, so when I saw this one I thought I'd check it out. Five recipes into it I wanted to head to the kitchen and cook. Before this book, I didn't cook meals with rice very often. I do now. The recipes are not complicated, and I always have the ingredients in my kitchen. The recipes that say "Can be cooked in under 30 minutes" really CAN be cooked in under 30 minutes. I haven't encountered a dud recipe yet. All are delicious. Among my favorites are Shrimp and Green Beans with Peanut Sauce, Chicken and Asparagus with Mustard-Tarragon Sauce and Sirloin and Black Bean Chili (in under 30 minutes no less!). This book is a boon to all those of us who work a long stressful day, and then have to come home and cook.

Editorial Review:

Instead of pasta, try rice as the base for meals. Every day more than one and a half billion people around the world rely on rice as their mainstay. This gives Rick Rodgers lots of ethnic inspiration for toppings to serve over steamed or boiled rice. Rodgers packs flavor into recipes using a modest number of ingredients. Lots of these dishes cook in less than 30 minutes, so they can even qualify for week-night dinners. On Rice includes a comprehensive, illustrated guide to types of rice and careful instructions for cooking them. And be sure to check out the dessert recipes-- they're scrumptious ways to use leftover rice.

Amazing Grains: Creating Vegetarian Main Dishes With Whole Grains

Joanne Saltzman

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Not what I expected 2 out of 5 stars.
21 of 32 people found this review helpful.

Very few of the recipes inspire me to want to make them. The only ones I am even tempted to try are the couple of oat recipes. There are a lot more rice recipes than any of the other grains. The book is very uninspiring. There are no photos either which might have helped. I must add that I am not a vegetarian but was looking for ways to prepare grains and get more of them in my daily cooking. But OAT GROAT SOUP WITH MUSTARD AND THYME, just doesn't sound very appealing to me, for example.

She lists buckwheat, millet, oats, quinoa, rice, amaranth, job's tears, teff as the grain categories. No wheat or corn.

Needs some fine tuning 3 out of 5 stars.
17 of 19 people found this review helpful.

I found this book a little hard to use. I don't really like the format which is like a textbook for a cooking class but what really frustrated me is that the index isn't right. I looked up several things and was brought to a page that had something totally different.

The information on cooking methods and results was interesting but I wasn't that impressed with the recipes. A lot of them were very strange and said to be results of cooking class improvisation experiments. I would have preferred more basic and traditional recipes with just a few of the odd ones thrown in.

Editorial Review:

Cooking instructor and culinary consultant Joanne Saltzman shows how a vegetarian diet concentrating on whole grains can be creative, delicious, and nutritious. The author explores the culinary and nutritional delights in rice, buckwheat, millet, oats, quinoa, teff, and other hearty grains and offers 100 whole-grain main courses and recipes. Line drawings.

Risotto: With Vegetables, Seafood, Meat And More

Maxine Clark

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Creamy, savory, and comforting, risotto is Italy's most delicious way with rice. Now, you can master the art of risotto with this irresistible collection of the best rice dishes from all over Italy. Try such delectable ideas as Spinach and Roasted Tomato Risotto, Green Herb and White Wine Risotto with Lemon, or Wild Mushroom Risotto. Explore the influence of poultry and game in risotto, with Chicken and Mushroom with Tarragon, Venetian Duck, or Pheasant and Red Wine. Incorporate meat with Sparerib and Broccoli Risotto, or seafood with Mussel or Clam Risotto. Indulge your creative side with dishes featured in Other Ways with Risotto, from Rice Croquettes with Tomato Sauce to Cherry and Almond Risotto Puddings. The step-by-step instructions and a helpful reference guide guarantee success.