Carb Wars: Sugar is the New Fat

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Customer Reviews:

This is a Wonderful Cookbook [Posted on 2008-03-04]
This is a wonderful cookbook! It is the best my wife and I have found for people who are trying to reduce carbs. We have tried a lot of the recipes, and found that they work and that the food tastes great (especially the desserts). Nearly every page has sidebars with interesting tips or other information that are fun to read. We have used other low-carb cookbooks (Atkins, Protein Power, and South Beach oriented) but we like this one best by a lot. There is also an interesting introduction describing the scientific basis for low-carb diets and comparing the popular ones.

A Wealth of Information [Posted on 2008-03-12]
Carb Wars contains a wealth of information and research on the subject of low carb cooking. It is beautifully photographed and obviously the creation of an artist who is passionate and well-informed about her subject matter. I look forward to trying every recipe in this book.

Excellent recipes, but confusing to use [Posted on 2008-03-25]
I wish I could give this book the full five stars. It is filled with great information about low-carbing, has some very wonderful recipes and is a welcome addition to my cookbook library.

My complaints, however, are that it is not terribly well-organized, is very skimpy on main course recipes - only 20 of them, and is overloaded with a hundred pages of dessert recipes that rely on way too much Splenda.

That said, there's an abundance of excellent low-carb tips and many inventive and delicious recipes using unusual ingredients. There are some great variations on spaghetti squash (yum!) and wonderful ways to prepare tons of low-carb vegetables.

Carb Wars (Sugar Is The New Fat) [Posted on 2008-07-06]
I have several low carb cookbooks, this is my favorite. Very informative in regards to nutrition. The recipes are great, some are time consuming but worth the time. Our favorite is the Eggplant Casserole, delicious. I would have liked to have seen more photographs though.

good low-carb cookbook and information [Posted on 2008-08-24]
I am a cookbook "reader" and I really liked the information at the beginning of the book, with sections on sweeteners; starches, flours and thickeners; and fats and oils that were very helpful. I also liked the extended section giving sources for sometimes hard-to-find ingredients. The author has many creative low carb recipes - including use of pumpkin and rutabagas as substitutes for white potatoes, and use of spaghetti squash for its more familiar counterpart.

I liked reading the recipes and marking off the ones I could eat -the only reason the book did not get a 5 rating was a kind of selfish one - I am intolerant of wheat, corn and dairy, and many recipes do rely heavily on those ingredients. The flour substitutes she uses often contain wheat gluten as an ingredient, for example. It is true many desserts use Splenda - this is the sugar substitute that is most recommended by sources that rate alternative sweeteners, it is considered "safe" and should not be a problem for most people unless they dislike the taste of it.
The other thing I might mention is that this is not a "simple" or "quick" cookbook in terms of most of the recipes - you would have to like to cook and be willing to try new ingredients to make the most of it. I am looking forward to trying many of the recipes - especially the Moussaka when I can figure out what to substitute for the heavy cream. It looks like an authentic Greek style recipe. Don't miss the tips and notes she includes in the margins - they are very informative and interesting.

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