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The Essential Best Foods Cookbook:
225 Irresistible Recipes Featuring the Healthiest and Most Delicious Foods

by Dana Jacobi

Book Description
Which foods offer the most nutritional value? Which supposed smart choices actually fall short of their promised good? Expanding the scope of her popular 12 Best Foods Cookbook, Dana Jacobi explores the micronutrient benefits in over 60 common foods and provides a wealth of recipes that prove, as Gourmet Retailer has previously written: "we are in the hands of a wonderfully creative and talented cook."

Did you know that green beans are a nutritional lightweight compared to the green soybeans called edamame? Or that zucchini is a weakling when rated against winter squashes packed with carotene, fiber, and more? For each "good food" she lists, Jacobi explains the science behind her selection—and shows how to exploit each ingredient’s inherent "goodness" with her original, innovative spins on classic dishes like Turkey and Spinach Mini-Meatloaf or new combinations like Red Lentil and Apricot Soup . Always mindful of the home cook’s need to get meals on the table quickly, Jacobi includes many dishes that take 30 minutes or less.

As cookbook author Jack Bishop has written of her 12 Best Foods Cookbook: "Dana Jacobi proves that good nutrition and pleasure are not mutually exclusive. Her inventive, simple recipes satisfy our desires and keep our bodies healthy."

About the Author
DANA JACOBI has authored six cookbooks and written for Food & Wine, Cooking Light, and the New York Times. Her work has won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award and has been nominated for a James Beard Foundation Book Award. She teaches cooking classes in New York City where she lives.

Review
I purchased this book primarily because I met the author at a Nutrition and Health conference and wanted to support her venture. But . . . When it came and I had a chance to spend some time with it I was amazed!!! It is full of simple, yet creative ways to make healthy eating also enjoyable eating. In addition it is full of wonderful tips that would take someone like myself years to gather on my own. An absolute must for anyone that loves to cook as well as those of us that are challenged by it. It is difficult to try and keep cooking and preparing food healthy yet enjoyable - this books makes it extremely simple. A must have!!
(Vicki Adams, Amazon.com)