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Better Homes and Gar-
dens New Dieter's Cook-
book: Low-Calorie Home
Cooking
cookbook.
Graham Kerr's
Smart Cooking:
Minimax Style To
Make Old Favorites
With Today's Health
Considerations
The Meredith Corp.
480 pages; $29.95 (hardcov-
er)
This colorful and inviting
cookbook includes nutrition
facts, tips for dieters and
calorie-trimming cooking.
There are calorie, sodium, fat
and cholesterol tallies and
weekly menu planners. 2 -
Learn to cook low-calorie
dishes like salmon pasta,
sauteed shrimp, Chinese bur-
ritos or poached pears with
raspberry sauce.
The American Heart As-
sociation Low-Fat, Low-
Cholesterol Cookbook: 200
Delicious Heart Healthful
Recipes For The Whole
Family
Edited by Scott Grundy,
M.D., Ph.D. and Mary Win-
ston Ed.D., R.D.
Times Books, Random
House
340 pages; $13 (paperback)
Finally in paperback, this no-
nonsense cookbook offers tips
on deciphering food labels while
shopping for low-fat, low-cho-
lesterol food. Readers learn to
prepare everything from egg-
plant Parmesan, tandoori cor-
nish hens with a yogurt and
garlic-ginger marinade, to
baklava and other refreshing-
ly inventive recipes.
The American Vegetari-
an Cookbook: From The
Fit-For-Life Kitchen
By Marilyn Diamond
Warner Books
422 pages; $26.95 (hardcov-
er)
Packed with more than 500
recipes, this cookbook outlines
the basics for vegetarianism
without preaching or politiciz-
ing. Readers learn how to
switch ingredients and replace
animal products like eggs and
milk for healthier meals. Ap-
pendices and tables outline nu-
tritional values. Recipes include
delectables like peach cobbler
muffins, black bean soup,
spinach pie, 7-vegetable stew,
shakes, smoothies and
spritzers.
All American Low-Fat
Meals In Minutes: Recipes
And Menus For Special Oc-
casions Or Everyday
By M.J. Smith
D.C.I. Publishing
315 pages; $12.95 (paper-
back)
Frozen chocolate cheesecake,
London broil, turkey with or-
ange raisin sauce, chicken
Doubleday Books
215 pages; $25 (hard-
. cover)
Mr. Kerr calls this
book a "celebration" of
creating within the lim-
itations of a healthy
lifestyle. His conversa-
tional style invites read-
ers to follow his
prescription of "minimax"
1 cooking: making old fa-
vorites new with an eye
on health. Nutritional
profiles of calories, fat,
cholesterol, sodium and
fiber compare minimax
with classic recipe counts
— minimax does make a dif-
ference. Sumptuous photos and
clear directions make these non-
traditional meals a real treat.
A great companion to Mr.
Kerr's Minimax Cookbook
with 150 recipes. Doubleday
Books, 247 pages, $25.
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marsala, and moonbeam punch
— just a few of the "nutritional
American favorites" you can
prepare in less than 30 minutes.
Along with preparation times,
this book gives calorie, fat, sodi-
um and cholesterol breakdowns
for each recipe.
365 Easy Low-Calorie
Recipes
By Sylvia Schur and Vivian
Schulte, R.D., Ph.D.
HarperPerennial
213 pages; $17.95 (spiral
bound)
Short and to the point, this
collection of healthy eat-to-live
recipes includes interesting
twists using easy-to-find ingre-
dients. Herbed vegetable cock-
tail, rotelli florentine, Thai beef
salad, creole shrimp, fresh as-
paragus soup and salmon slices
in lemon juice are just a few.
Imaginative recipes include
calorie breakdowns per serving,
cooking times and detailed di-
rections.
Choices for a Healthy
Heart: Everything You
and Your Family Need to
Know to Take Control of
Your Cardiac Health,
Change Your Behavior
Patterns and Lose Weight
By Joseph C. Piscatella
With more than 200 recipes
by Bernie Piscatella
Workman Publishing
580 pages; $15.95 (spiral
bound)
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A roundup of
the hottest,
healthiest
cookbooks.
DEBORAH COHEN
SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Chapters on lifestyle, cardiac
disease and attitude change
comprise more than half of this
holistic look at healthy cooking.
Particularly interesting recipes
like Chinese tossed salad, pael-
la salad, strawberry pudding,
papaya smoothie and Italian
risotto give hope to unenthusi-
astic dieters. Nutritional infor-
mation per serving includes
calorie, protein, carbohydrate,
sodium and fat counts. Recipe
modification tips make your fa-
vorites safe again.
Low-Cholesterol
Gourmet
By Lynn Fischer and W.
Virgil Brown, M.D.
Over 200 healthy heart
recipes
Avon Books
312 pages; $9.95 (paper-
back)
One of the most interesting
and original books on the shelf.
This book is geared toward
eradicating cholesterol prob-
lems in America, "Land of the
Grease." Includes easy-to-fol-
low but exciting recipes like gin-
gered carrot and snow pea soup,
New England clam chowder,
white rice and plantains,
Basque paella and pasta bows
with sun dried tomatoes. Serv-
ing size and cholesterol and fat
breakdowns keep health con-
scious cooks honest.
Deliciously Low: The
Gourmet Guide To Low-
Sodium, Low-Fat, Low-Cho-
lesterol, Low-Sugar
Cooking
By Harriet Roth, former di-
rector of the Pritikin Longevity
Center Cooking School
Plume Books
350 pages; $11 (paperback)
This book with an attitude
covers the finer points of cook-
ing in beautiful prose and a
friendly, conversational tone.
Recipes are easy to follow and
meal choices and menu sug-
gestions are comprehensive.
Broccoli or yogurt dip,
orange and onion salad, and
Mediterranean fish soup are
just a few of the colorful, in-
ventive and accessible foodstuffs
suggested in this very popular
Healthy Heart Cookbook
By Sunset Publishing
350 kitchen-tested recipes
Oxmoor House
256 pages; $24.99 (hardcover)
Cornish hens with cranber-
ry orange sauce, cantaloupe
blueberry salad with lemon
poppy seed dressing, artichoke
cheddar strata and mock mar-
garitas are just a few of the low-
fat, low-everything culinary
coups in this book. The detailed
information on LDL and HDL
blood cholesterol levels reminds
readers this is a health cook-
book, but the wildly interesting
recipes can make mealtime a
true dining experience.
The Low-Fat, Low-Cho-
lesterol Diet
Revised Edition
By Clara-Beth Young Bond,
R.D., E. Virginia Dobbin, R.D.,
Helen F. Gofrnan, M.D., Helen
Jones and Lenore Lyon
Doubleday Books
512 pages; $22.50 (hardcov-
er)
This basic, bare-bones book
is perfect for the beginner or for
those who don't like to experi-
ment in the kitchen. More than
400 down-to-earth recipes that
cut fat and cholesterol from
your diet. Lengthy discussions
about good and bad foods, help-
ful kitchen equipment, food
habits and choosing meals in
restaurants gear readers to
lifestyle changes rather than
fad dieting. 0
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