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The Healthy Kitchen
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.563
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Label: Knopf
Manufacturer: Knopf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: December 09, 2003
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date: December 09, 2003
Studio: Knopf
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Editorial Review:
In Eating Well for Optimum Health, one of Amazon's bestselling health books of 2000, alternative-medicine maverick Andrew Weil revealed his version of the ideal diet (and backed it up with scientific proof): a variety of unprocessed, or "whole" foods; just-picked, organic vegetables; whole grains; "good" fats, such as the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish and nuts; fresh herbs and spices instead of heavy sauces; and a minimum of meat and dairy products. Eating this responsibly is certainly an admirable pursuit, but home cooking of this caliber can be intimidating, requiring much more energy than it would to pull up to the drive-through and order a burger and fries. In The Healthy Kitchen, Weil successfully teams up with Rosie Daley, formerly chef at the ritzy Cal-a-Vie Spa, to show how to cook with confidence within these dietary guidelines, creating dishes that are not only good for you, but are also fun to prepare, beautiful to look at, and delectable.
For those of you predicting a tofu-fest, have no fear: Weil stresses he's "unwilling to eat food that is boring, artless, and devoid of pleasure even if it's somebody else's idea of healthful." Indeed, the gorgeous color photography in The Healthy Kitchen will get you drooling over healthy entrées like Warm Chicken and Asparagus Salad and desserts like Lemon Yogurt Sorbet. You can be proud to serve these recipes to your family and friends--many of the appetizers and entrées are perfect party foods, sized to feed a dozen. Some recipes are notably more complicated than others--Cold Vegetable Pasta Primavera involves grilling five different veggies; baked Vegetable Wontons are time-consuming if you're not familiar with the folding process. However, Daley and Weil advise working your way up to these more complex dishes.
Sprinkled throughout the book are witty and wise health tips from Weil and cooking shortcuts from Daley. The two admit they don't agree on all cooking matters; Weil would substitute cashew milk for coconut milk and adds his two cents on making the Thai Shrimp and Papaya Salad spicier, for example. The Healthy Kitchen seems to be influenced a bit by Martha Stewart's Healthy Quick Cook, with Weil's text shaded in that unmistakably Martha sage-green, and Daley's in what Stewart might call bisque. Both books emphasize seasonal fresh foods and boast sumptuous photography and tempting menu suggestions. However, Weil and Daley outdo her with calorie and nutritional breakdowns for each dish, shopping guides for easy meal planning, and tips on encouraging children to help out in the kitchen (and develop lifelong healthy eating habits in the process). --Erica Jorgensen
Two of America’s most popular authorities on healthy eating and cooking join forces in this inspiring, easy-to-use cookbook. This is not a diet book. It is a lively guide to healthy cooking, day-by-day, packed with essential information and, above all, filled with enticing food.Andrew Weil, M.D.—author of the best-selling Eating Well for Optimum Health—brings to this perfect collaboration a comprehensive philosophy of nutrition grounded in science. Rosie Daley—acclaimed for her best-seller, In the Kitchen with Rosie—brings to it her innovative and highly flavorful spa cuisine.The recipes are eclectic, drawing from the healthy and delicious cooking of the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Asia, among other cuisines. For starters, you might try Grilled Satay or a Miso Pâté; for soup, often a meal in itself, a hearty Mixed-Bean Minestrone Stew or a Roasted Winter Squash and Apple Soup with Cilantro Walnut Pesto; a special entrée could be the Savory Roasted Cornish Hens with Roasted Garlic or Baked Spicy Tofu with Bean Thread Noodles, Corn, and Mango; for a simple supper, Turkey Burgers or Portobello Burgers; and for the occasional indulgence, a dessert of Almond Fruit Tart or Peach and Blueberry Cobbler.Andy and Rosie do not always agree. When Rosie calls for chicken, Andy offers a tofu alternative; she likes the flavor of coconut milk, whereas he prefers ground nut milk; when she makes a pastry with butter, he suggests using Spectrum Spread. There are no hard-and-fast rules.Lifelong health begins in the kitchen, so this is a lifestyle book as well as a cookbook. In it you will learn from Dr. Weil:• how to make use of nutritional information in everyday cooking
• what is organic . . . and how to buy organic foods
• the importance of reading labels and what to look for
• sensible advice about eggs, milk, cheese, salt, spicy foods, wine, coffee
• the facts about sugar and artificial sweeteners. . . and from Rosie:• how to get kids involved—from skinning almonds to layering lasagna
• ways to have fun in the kitchen—creating scallion firecrackers and radish rosettes
• low-fat and nondairy alternatives for those with special concerns
• smart menu planning—letting the seasons be your guide. . . and lots more.This revolutionary book will change forever the way you cook for yourself and your family.With 58 photographs in full color.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - The Peach and Blueberry Cobbler is worth the price of the book...
The Healthy Kitchen is as much a pleasure to read as it is to cook from. Throughout the book there are helpful tips from Rosie and discussions on healthy eating from Dr. Weil. We learn that Rosie loves to shop at her local farmer's market and that Dr. Weil doesn't use butter. Some of the recipes do call for butter and sugar but these are supposed to be for special occasions. Dr Weil recommends using olive oil or grapeseed oil and gives some substitution ideas for coconut milk (he likes cashew milk) ... Read More
Rating: - The Healthy Kitchen: Recipes for Better Body, Life, and Spirit
I collect cookbooks - this one is different from all the rest. As it's title implies, The Healthy Kitchen is guide for cooking, eating, and living grounded in sound scientific principle and loaded with thought provoking (not accusatory) advice. The recipes are artful in their simplicity and the advice on nutrition is surprisingly in-depth and thought provoking. If you are at all intellectually curious, this little cookbook will fascinate you. If you love to cook, you will find this little cookbook ... Read More
Rating: - A healthy versitile cookbook
I did not get a chance to read the whole book entirely but glanced through it and read some recipes and tips. They were very helpful hints from Rose and the directions for the recipes were very thorough. It is very helpful info. and I like the recipes in the book. A lot of nutricious information and interesting format. I'm sure I will make a lot of use out of this book and am looking forward not only to learn from it but to try the recipes.
Rating:  - A lot of good. A lot annoying too.
On the whole, I like this book. It has some pretty inspiring ideas, and a few of the recipes have made it into my cook frequently list (the apple sauce muffins are great for sustaining you!)
BUT the writing of Andrew in particular really gets on my nerves. I feel very preached at, and like he is "holier than though" in his sections.
Aside from that though, it is a solid book, with lots of ideas that I would never tried before, and even if I don't follow the recipes exactly, I ... Read More
Rating:  - Hard to Follow and Gross
I agree with other reviewers that the advice given in the book about healthy eating is good but the recipes are hard to follow and not very tasty. I am not an experienced cook and found that some recipes called for cooking utensils or supplies that I was unfamiliar with and did not have readily available in my kitchen. I was also disappointed in the complexity of most of the recipes. I do not have the time to spend cooking for an hour to prepare each meal a day. I found most recipes had too many steps and ... Read More
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