Cookbooks

BILY means "Because I Love You." This is a unique cookbook for romantic encounters. It provides ideas for setting, creating the mood, menu, preparation and presentations of appetizers, canapés or finger foods appropriate for romantic occasions.

Also see: The BILY Book which contains stories, poems, etc.

• Item# 0016
• 152 pgs., softcover, 1-58446-001-6
• $12.50

Easy Vegetarian, The  
By Portia Little

Great Recipes.  Inspiring Quotes.  A Handy Resource.  Prepare sensational meals, snacks, and desserts, and enjoy inspiring quotes while you cook.  A wonderful gift for the vegetarian and non-vegetarian alike.

Quick and easy dishes.  Luscious desserts.  Adaptations for vegetarian and vegan diets.  Prepare-ahead meals and serving ideas.  Recipes based on readily available ingredients.  Delectable quotations about vegetarianism and nature.

Also from Portia Little - Recipes, Roses & Rhyme. and New England Seashore Recipes & Rhyme

• Item# 6619
• 78 pgs., spiral bound, 0-9663066-1-9
• $6.95

Flavors of Haiti
Cherished Recipes from a Haitian Kitchen
By Marie Henry with Rosemary Iconis

Flavors of Haiti: Cherished Recipes from a Haitian Kitchen is a collection of authentic, home-style recipes. Written in English, it is a source for both popular and innovative Haitian dishes. Recipes range from Haitian appetizers and soups to luscious Haitian desserts. Distributed throughout the cookbook are many Haitian proverbs. This beautiful form of expression along with extraordinary cuisine, make Haiti one of the world’s richest cultures. Marie Henry’s introduction to cooking began when she was a little girl growing up in Haiti. Today, she is a professional chef and an expert in the area of Haitian cooking. Her recipes reflect the very best of Haitian home cooking.

• Item# 7040
• 96 pgs., softcover, 9781427617040
• $14.95

The Failsafe Cookbook  
Reducing food chemicals for calm, happy families
By Sue Dengate

This revolutionary book contains hundreds of new and improved recipes for all kinds of occasions. With the help of these tasty and easy-to-follow recipes for breakfasts, lunches, main meals and desserts, through to food for special occasions, vegetarian cooking and gluten-free food - and by following Sue's step by step guide to eliminating harmful natural and added food chemicals - it is possible to be free of a wide range of health and behavioural problems caused by food intolerance.

• Item# 8766
• 324 pgs., softcover, 9781741668766
• $35.00

For Health's Sake  
A Cancer Survivor's Cookbook
by MyLinda Butterworth

Two decades after winning her battle with cancer, that author sets pen to paper to share her personal story and more than 200 recipes that will open your eyes to a world of food health.  Midwest Book Review calls For Health's Sake "an essential, effective addition to the kitchen cookbook collection for anyone with personal risk factors or a history of cancer in their family."

Available as Softcover or Hardcover.  See Below.

• Item# 5046F  Softcover
• 224 pgs., softcover, 1-890905-04-6
• $16.95

Gluten-Free 101  
Easy, Basic Dishes Without Wheat
By Carol Fenster, Ph.D.  

Imagine a crusty French bread that’s ready in 1 hour! Or a pie crust that rolls out like a dream! Or light and fluffy Biscuits that rise beautifully!

 Food like this is not only possible, with this latest cookbook from Carol Fenster’s gluten-free test kitchen—it’s downright easy! Carol uses the latest in gluten-free culinary techniques (e.g., bread baking that begins in a cold oven) and incorporates several shortcuts that minimize time in the kitchen.

Recipes use the newest flour blends and nutritious, “fiberful” flours (e.g., sorghum or almond flour) to produce recipes that delight the most discerning palates. Clear, easy-to-follow directions cater to beginning cooks. There are sections on culinary terms, setting up a gluten-free kitchen, and how to use bread machines. 

This lady knows gluten-free cooking! Gluten-free herself, she travels around the world with her gluten-free message. Such as a gluten-free culinary tour to Tuscany, Italy, and holding seminars on gluten-free flours in Tokyo, Japan. She develops gluten-free products for manufacturers such as Bob’s Red Mill and consults with companies and patients on the gluten-free diet. See her on “Food for Life” on the Health Network.

• Item# 4083
• 151 pgs., softcover, 1-889374-08-3
• $19.95

Grandmother Used to Say
A Year of Recipes and Remembrance
By Audrey Shuler Thibodeau  

Writing for several years as a newspaper columnist, Audrey Thibodeau combined the common-sense advice her grandmother passed down to her with down-home recipes she had gathered over the years. This compilation of Thibodeau's articles brings out the best of what Grandmother Used to Say, highlighting the humorous, but practical approach her grandmother brought to life and showind readers how applicable the advice still is today. Some of Grandmother's sayings include:

*Swallow your pride occasionally... it's non-fattening.
*The only things children wear out faster than shoes are teachers and parents.
*Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edge from the good old days.
*The only way a do-it-yourselfer can stop hitting his thumb is to have his wife hold the nail
Grandmother's saying provide the themes for Thibodeau's articles, which each end with a recipe that will leave readers' mouths watering. Includes more than 200 recipes.

• Item# 0659
• 334 pages., softcover,
• 978-0-9774306-5-9
• 0-9774306-5-0
• $14.95

Great Taste, Slim Waist
By Joan E. Deady

About this Cookbook

You may have heard the expression “We are what we eat,” meaning the foods we eat have a huge influence on how our bodies grow, age and function. The fact is, we are also a product of how we select and prepare what we eat.

Educated and wise choices in food selection and cooking methods contribute to good health. Here are just a few scientifically sound findings on the subject:  

• Foods high in saturated fat and cholesterol contribute to heart disease.

• Consumption of processed foods high in polyunsaturated trans fatty acids can lead to cancer.

• There seems to be a correlation between obesity and the development of type 2 diabetes.

• Fruits containing antioxidants and fish containing omega-3 fatty acids may slow aging and prevent cancer.

The evidence for the benefits of healthy food preparation and healthy eating is growing more convincing on an almost daily basis.

So what’s the problem? Most of our traditional methods of cooking — frying, boiling and liberal use of oils and fats, for example — generally don’t produce healthy meals. We haven’t trained ourselves to make the healthy cooking techniques produce tasty dishes. That's what this cookbook is all about.

Healthy cooking methods include steaming vegetables, baking in broth rather than in oil or butter, and using fresh foods instead of processed foods. The recipes in this cookbook follow these concepts. If oil is included, oils consisting of monounsaturated fats like canola oil or olive oil, which are found in the healthy Mediterranean diet, are recommended. None of the recipes call for red meat, which cuts back on saturated fat. The calories per serving are low. The ingredients in the recipes are readily available throughout the United States. Most recipes can be made in well less than 1 hour—many in as little as 15 minutes. The directions are easy to follow. They all taste so good that no one needs to know that these delicious treats are healthy food.

NO MORE Frozen Or Fast Food Meals!

Whether you've stopped enjoying fresh meals cooked at home because of time, taste, or trying to eat with health and weight in mind, get ready to resume, with gusto. The low-fat recipes in this cookbook are healthy, quick and easy, and they’re filled with wonderful flavors from California and around the world.

Three considerations inspired me to write this cookbook. As a nutritionist and a pharmacist, I understand how our bodies use food to support or undermine good health. As a working person, I understand the time demands of building and maintaining a career. I am an avid cook from a family that loves to cook, so I know that the benefits of home cooking go a long way beyond saving money and being able to control ingredients. Put all these aspects of my background together and you have a recipe for a uniquely useful cookbook.

Taste Plus
There's no reason that healthy meals shouldn't taste great. The problem is that many cookbooks are so focused on health that flavor suffers. If you're really committed to eating for health, those kinds of flavorless meals may be fine for you, but try getting your spouse or your kids or your friends to eat them. I think that if you want healthy food to be eaten, it has to taste good. These healthy recipes go way beyond good, they’re fantastic!

Healthy Too
Because these recipes are all very low in fat and largely use natural ingredients, you can enjoy their flavorful goodness without guilt. You will always know that you are keeping trim and doing your body a favor.

Practical
What good are great healthy recipes if you don't have the time or the know-how to prepare them? These recipes take into account that in today's busy world of single professionals and two-career families, people just can't spend hours shopping and cooking. The ingredients called for here are readily available in supermarkets and popular specialty stores. You don't have to be a rocket scientist or a gourmet chef to get them to the table. The recipes are simple and straightforward.

So Enjoy!
Whatever your reasons for hesitating to cook more at home, you can let them all go. These recipes will inspire you to create great-tasting meals at home again while you also enjoy the benefits of good health.

*About the Author*

Joan Deady is currently employed as a licensed pharmacist, but she also has a B.S. and a M.S. in Nutrition. She has used her nutrition background to assure that these recipes are nutritionally balanced. She believes that nutrition is a factor that strongly influences one's health and healthy eating is completely within one's own control. A strong advocate of healthy living through diet and exercise, she believes this cookbook promotes healthy eating. The author is not all science, however, she does have a creative side. The recipes are artfully presented. Living in San Francisco for the past 21 years has provided her an awareness of diversity and food that blends elements from many cultures.

• Item# 5610
• 236 pgs., softcover, 0-9679556-1-0
• $15.99

Lowfat Cooking in the Cultural Blur of California
By Joan E. Deady

The cookbook follows the paradigms of the current age by presenting healthy food combining ingredients of many cultures. It is based on California cuisine. The recipes contain no red meat, are low in fat and consist of fresh ingredients. Most of the recipes can be prepared in less than 1 hour, with the majority requiring 30 minutes. Each recipe has the nutritional content of each serving. The author has recommended certain combinations of her recipes that compliment each other. The cookbook is illustrated throughout with line drawings made especially for the book. The drawings bring the recipe pages to life and contribute to the book's warmth. 

*About the Author*

Joan Deady is currently employed as a licensed pharmacist, but she also has a B.S. and a M.S. in Nutrition. She has used her nutrition background to assure that these recipes are nutritionally balanced. She believes that nutrition is a factor that strongly influences one's health and healthy eating is completely within one's own control. A strong advocate of healthy living through diet and exercise, she believes this cookbook promotes healthy eating. The author is not all science, however, she does have a creative side. The recipes are artfully presented. Living in San Francisco for the past 21 years has provided her an awareness of diversity and food that blends elements from many cultures.

• Item# 5602L
• 189 pgs., softcover, 0-9679556-0-2
• $20.00

New Asian Cuisine  
Fabulous Recipes from Celebrity Chefs
by IFWTWA

For Asian food aficionados, your time has arrived and so has the cookbook you have been waiting for – New Asian Cuisine: Fabulous Recipes from Celebrity Chefs. This new cookbook features more than 200 recipes from over 90 celebrity chefs, Asian and non-Asian, and presents the Asian version of the new USDA food pyramid. The Asian Food Pyramid was created with the help of Professor Michael Pardus, Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE). Recipes that follow these guidelines in the book are labeled with the pyramid logo. Participating celebrity chefs from around the world include Nobu Matsuhisa, Ming Tsai, Martin Yan, Norman Van Aken, Roy Yamaguchi, Ian Chalermkittichai, Anita Lo, Todd English, Sanjeev Kapoor (India) , Mario Lohninger (Germany), Tseng Hsiu-Pao (Taiwan), Carol Selva Rajah (Sydney), Paul Rankin (Ireland), Pauline Loh (Singapore), Kwong Wai Keung (Hong Kong), An Jung-Hyun (Korea), Didier Corlou (Vietnam), Mari Fuji (Japan), Susur Lee (Canada) as well as members of the Asian Chefs Association.

Click here to visit the authors website

• Item# 7001
• 289 pgs., softcover, 09772370-0-1
• $14.95

New England Sea Shore Recipes & Rhyme  
Poetry from Favorite Places, Easy Recipes, A Wonderful Souvenir
Compiled by Portia Little

Remember your favorite New England seacoast spots with this lovely cookbook.

• From chowder to chicken, berries to brunch

• Traditional treasures

• New Ways with old favorites

• Poems from the Maine coast to the Rhode Island shore

• A gift to treasure

Also from Portia Little - The Easy Vegetarian. and Recipes, Roses & Rhyme

• Item# 6627
• 79 pgs., spiral bound, 0-9663066-2-7
• $6.95

Recipes, Roses & Rhyme  
Romantic Sentiments, Easy Recipes, A Gift to Treasure
Compiled by Portia Little

A Romantic Cookbook to Give and to Get. The perfect extra gift to tuck in with a wedding or shower present, ideal for the novice cook, new bride, lovers of all ages. Wonderful, easy recipes. Irresistible love poems. A compact, handy cookbook. Quick dishes. Classic favorites. A lovely gift.

The creator of this collection, Portia Little, has been a food columnist, editor, and feature writer for magazines and newspapers. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, and has an extensive cookbook collection from her worldwide travels.

Also from Portia Little - The Easy Vegetarian.

• Item# 6600
• 77 pgs., spiral bound, 0-9663066-0-0
• $6.95

Simply Natural Baby Food
Easy Recipes for Delicious Meals Your Infant and Toddler Will Love
By Cathe Olson

Simply Natural Baby Food shows even the busiest parent or care provider how to prepare fresh, natural foods for young children. It explains why whole, organic foods are desirable and gives easy, practical recipes to prepare them. There is a chapter for each stage of a baby’s eating development from first solid foods to fun recipes for toddlers. Tips are interspersed throughout the book to give the reader advice on cutting preparation time, helping baby to gain feeding independence, and getting maximum nutrition into baby’s meals.

The book contains detailed recipes for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, desserts, and beverages, including infant cereals, whole-grain crackers, sugar-free sweets, and non-diary nut and seed milks. Parents will appreciate the imaginative ways vegetables are incorporated into meals. For the child with allergies, many wheat-free, dairy-free, and egg-free recipes have been included. Simply Natural Baby Food promotes a plant-based diet. Fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, sea vegetables, nuts and seeds are emphasized. There are recipes containing dairy products, fish, and poultry because, eaten in moderation, these foods contain important nutrients, but vegetarian and vegan alternatives are provided for virtually every recipe.

Check out www.simplynaturalbooks.com for more information.

• Item# 9036
• 132 pgs., softcover, 0-9724690-3-6
• $12.95

The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook
By Cathe Olson

The Vegetarian Mother’s Cookbook contains more than 300 delicious whole foods recipes to nourish mothers and their families throughout pregnancy and lactation.  The dishes are packed with protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids to help both mother and baby thrive.  Many of the recipes in the book are vegan, and almost all of the recipes provide vegan options.  For those with allergies, many wheat-free, soy-free, dairy-free, and egg-free dishes are also included.  There are even teas and tonics to help ease common pregnancy discomforts.

In addition to recipes, The Vegetarian Mother’s Cookbook provides up-to-date nutritional information with recommended dietary intakes, complete guide to ingredients, suggested shopping list, and tips for saving time and minimizing work in the kitchen.  This book is a comprehensive eating guide for vegetarian mothers, and for non-vegetarians who want to include more whole foods in their diets.

• Item# 9060
• 432 pgs., softcover, 0-9724690-6-0
• $21.95