Posts Tagged “diet”

Quick and Easy Low-Fat Cooking by Catherine Atkinson – review

Quick and Easy Low-Fat Cooking by Catherine Atkinson – review

It should be no surprise that I am here again with another Catherine Atkinson cookbook. Quick and Easy Low-Fat Cooking follows the same format as all the Quick and Easy series. Slim volumes but full of delicious recipes, mouth-watering photography and, most important, the information is always accurate and understandable. It’s probably true to say…

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500 Juices and Smoothies by Christine Watson – review

500 Juices and Smoothies by Christine Watson – review

Apple Press has a series of books called 500 something or other and this is one from that very series. They are chunky and colourful volumes and always great value for money. 500 Juices and Smoothies is written by Christine Watson who trained at Leith’s School of Food and Wine and she now works as…

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Healthy Indian Cooking for Diabetes by Sanjeev Kapoor – review

Healthy Indian Cooking for Diabetes by Sanjeev Kapoor – review

Now, don’t just scroll to the next review! Have a read and understand that this isn’t a book for people with diabetes but a book for all of us. We are all at risk from diet-related illness but there is no need to deprive ourselves of good and flavourful food. Azmina Govindji is a registered…

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The Sweet Life by Antony Worrall Thompson – review

The Sweet Life by Antony Worrall Thompson – review

The Sweet Life by Antony Worrall Thompson has arrived just at the right time. I make no apologies for being enthusiastic about a book that focuses on using a sweetener instead of sugar. I hadn’t given the subject of diabetes much thought till I met Claude. He misses out on so many good things because…

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Eat Yourself Smart by Charlie Ayers – review

Eat Yourself Smart by Charlie Ayers – review

“Chef Charlie’s delicious nourishing cuisine was the secret sauce behind Google’s early success” says David Vise, author of The Google Story. Well, that set the scene for the book.  It’s a very original concept and a very original cookbook. The first 100 or so pages have no recipes at all but concentrate on the culinary…

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