Synopsis
The author of this cookbook claims that she lost 60 pounds after she eliminated bread, pasta, and other carbohydrate-rich foods from her diet. Her low-carbohydrate, high-protien recipes include Smothered Pork Chops, Garlicky Baked Chicken, and Nut-Crusted Swordfish.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-05-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 384 pages | | Height: | 10.0 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 24.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
Millions of people with weight problems have discovered that all roads to successful weight loss do not begin with the low-fat diet. For most overweight people, in fact, a high-protein, low-carbohydrate plan is the preferred regimen to correct a metabolic imbalance, the source of the problem. While this eating plan runs counter to all the proscriptions of government nutritionists, it has proven to be not only a safe but also highly effective method of weight reduction and the basis for a lifetime of good health. Because turning to low-carb eating is like learning a new kitchen language, McCullough begins the book with an invaluable checklist of pantry essentials as well as creative substitutes for foods you may be missing (like mashed potatoes), and tradeoffs for those times when you do crave a carbo indulgence. The heart of the book, though, is the dozens of wonderful recipes for every course, from appetizers like a Mexican Shrimp Cocktail to an easy and extraordinary Cream of Mushroom Soup, from a Middle Eastern Lamb Salad to Nut-Crusted Swordfish, from vegetable dishes like Roasted Potato Skins and Zucchini "Pasta" to desserts like Berries with Trembling Cream and a made-in-moments Chocolate Mousse.
Industry Reviews
While low-fat diets may work for some people, others have a quite different problem: an inability to metabolize carbohydrates properly, called hyperinsulemia. After McCullough (Great American Food Without Fuss, LJ 2/15/97) discovered that she had hyperinsulemia, she lost 60 pounds on a low-carbohydrate diet. Hers is not a diet cookbook per se she refers readers to sources such as Michael and Mary Dan Eades's Protein Power (Bantam, 1996) and Rachel and Richard Heller's Healthy for Life (NAL Dutton, 1995) for weight-loss regimes but a collection of delicious recipes for those forced to restrict their carbohydrate intake for the long term. After the glut of "fear-of-fat" books, here is a cookbook for those for whom pasta is the enemy, heavy cream an ally. McCullough is a good cook who enjoys food, and others in her predicament will welcome her book. Sure to be in demand, this is recommended for any diet collection.
Stefanatos
In 1995, McCullough edited the manuscript of Drs. Michael and Mary Eades's Protein Power (1996), a book about carbohydrate intolerance, or hyperinsulinemia, a metabolic condition in which ingestion of carbohydrates stimulates excessive production of insulin which in turn causes fat cells to store more fat. Finding that she could control her own weight by limiting her intake of carbohydrates (she reports a 60-lb. weight loss), McCullough (Great Food Without Fuss) embarked on a mission to develop the 250-plus low-carbohydrate recipes here. Conventionally arranged, the recipes emphasize vegetables, meat and fish while eschewing the "whites," e.g., potatoes, bread and pasta, and, of course, sugar, which are the main high-carbohydrate foods. McCullough writes convincingly about her own experience of low-carb eating and has devised appealing recipes in which such fats as butter, oil and heavy cream are allowed more freely than potatoes and grains. Such recipes as Rosemary Walnuts; Cream of Tomato Soup With or Without Crab; Southern-style Smothered Pork Chops and Rum Coconut Ice Cream may prompt readers to ask, Where's the diet? But this is McCullough's point. She doesn't minimize the task of severely cutting down on sugar, bread and pasta, but her recipes, along with instructions for stocking a low-carb pantry and her source list for substitutions, will prove indispensible for readers who want to try the low-carb path to health and weight control. Author tour. (June)
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