Secrets of Fat-Free Greek Cooking (Secrets of Fat-Free...)

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Summary: Well written book of fantastic recipes
Review: Elaine Gavalas is Greek-American and shares anecdotes about her rich heritage along with valuable cooking and nutrition tips. This and the splendid color photographs alone are worth the price of the book.

The recipes involve a fair bit of work and ingredient-gathering. (But I'm a cook who finds anything beyond opening a can to be intimidating.) I tried the Stuffed Eggplant and the Broiled Lemon Chicken with good results.

This cookbook includes a full nutritional breakdown with each recipe (calories, carbs, cholesterol, fat, fiber, protein, and sodium).

The real icing on the cake (no pun intended) is the charming cartoons that depict stringbeans talking on a tin-can telephone, salad tongs menacing a group of fleeing olives, a fish leaning on a pinball machine, and tomatoes playing catch with a bowl of salad, among other whimsical images. Paging through, my husband and I found ourselves just cracking up at the cartoons. Highly recommended!

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Summary: Delicious!
Review: Elaine Gavalas is Greek-American and shares anecdotes about her rich heritage along with valuable cooking and nutrition tips. This and the splendid color photographs alone are worth the price of the book.

The recipes involve a fair bit of work and ingredient-gathering. (But I'm a cook who finds anything beyond opening a can to be intimidating.) I tried the Stuffed Eggplant and the Broiled Lemon Chicken with good results.

This cookbook includes a full nutritional breakdown with each recipe (calories, carbs, cholesterol, fat, fiber, protein, and sodium).

The real icing on the cake (no pun intended) is the charming cartoons that depict stringbeans talking on a tin-can telephone, salad tongs menacing a group of fleeing olives, a fish leaning on a pinball machine, and tomatoes playing catch with a bowl of salad, among other whimsical images. Paging through, my husband and I found ourselves just cracking up at the cartoons. Highly recommended!

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Summary: Secrets of Fat Free Greek Cooking
Review: The lamb dishes are OK, but most of everything else does not have the authentic Greek flavor. Does not taste very good after having had the real stuff.

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Summary: Well written book of fantastic recipes
Review: This book is really quite interesting, very thorough, and the recipes truly are as about fat-free as you can get. Interestingly enough, a lot of them are also low carb as well. Very informative about Greek culture and customs as well. My only wish is that there were more recipes although there is enough presented to keep one busy for quite some time. I highly recommend this book. The author certainly knows how to invite strangers into her life (and to her table.) This books is exactly what it states it is and is truly a keeper.