Cooking Free : 200Flavorful Recipes for People with Food Allergies and Multiple Food Sensitivi

May 11th, 2008 Posted in Paperback

Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1583332154
Manufacturer: Avery
Average Customer Review: (From 10 total reviews)
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Product Description:
Now you can enjoy your favorite recipes with creative alternatives to gluten, dairy, eggs, and sugar.

Does wheat sensitivity keep you from eating hearty breads? Or lactose intolerance mean the end of ice cream? Not anymore! Nutrition expert Carol Fenster has spent years developing recipes free of the food allergens that wreak havoc on your health, but full of the flavors you love.

Because so many of the 6 to 7 million Americans with food allergies have sensitivities to more than just one food, Fenster has created dishes that remove five of the most common allergens-gluten, dairy, eggs, and sugar-providing one book full of delicious recipes for you and your entire family, no matter what your individual dietary needs.

Complete with tips on cooking without traditional ingredients and conversion tables that will show you how to substitute alternative ingredients in your own recipes, this book can help keep you healthy while allowing you to indulge in delectable breads, entrées, and desserts.

Customer Reviews

Great flour substitutes by A. Yung
I bought this book since I have a son with wheat, egg and peanut allergies. I found the different flour substitute recipes at the end of the book very helpful and used them a lot. However, I did not have a lot of luck with the few recipes I tried. So, the cost of the book was worth it to me for the substitution information and guidelines but not the meal recipes.

Fenster provides some recipes by Polly Glott
When a cookbook claims that it eliminates a number of different allergens, I do not expect that all of those allergens will be eliminated from each and every recipe. Some recipes in Fenster’s book do manage to be free from all four of her “allergic foods”. For other recipes, the reader can quickly see which items are eliminated by scanning the key at the beginning of the page. I also found acceptable substitutions for many items. Those of us who are sensitive to more than a few foods will have to be creative; I have not yet found a book that fully meets my needs. However, Cooking Free is one of the best.

Great! by Ariene T. Fonseca
I specially liked the hints on the flours, as the % to use of each of them. They were really usefull.

Failed to perform as expected by Agnieszka M. Lech
This book, per its cover and introduction, aims to introduce recipes which are free of such allergens as gluten, dairy, eggs, and sugar. Unable to eat gluten and diary, I purchased this book in a bona fide effort to diversify my somewhat-restricted diet. In a blatant contradiction to its claims, almost every recipe in this cookbook calls for some type of diary (milk, buttermilk, butter, margarine, and powdered milk), sugar, and/or eggs. There are only so many substitutions that can be made without altering the chemical make-up required to achieve an edible baked good. There are also only so many substitutions a consumer should be required to make when she expects to purchase a ready-to-use cookbook. (The recommended products with which to stock an allergen-free pantry also include dairy products and sugar.) I am in the process of returning this book.

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