Nonfiction Book Reviews
Page One of TwoEyewitness Travel Guides London : Millennium Edition by DK Publishing
DK Publishing, October 1999.Paperback, 431 pages.
ISBN: 0789448904.
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
For vacationers planning a trip to London,
the Eyewitness Travel Guide is an
essential companion. The book provides
information on everything available
to tourists in London including historic buildings,
landmarks, gardens, museums, theatres, hotels,
restaurants, cafés, pubs, shops
and markets. The listings include
complete descriptions and full-color
photographs. Some listings also include
cutaways and floor plans to help you explore
historic buildings and landmarks.
The book includes special sections for each
section of London, including Whitehall and
Westminster, Hampstead, South Bank, Kensington,
Chelsea and the city of London, with
highlights of the best sites and activities in
each region.
Also included are detailed
maps of London complete with a street finder
index.
London makes a fabulous tourist spot. With this book as your guide you can be sure you won't miss any of the wonderful sites and you'll be able to pick the hotels, pubs and restaurants that best suit you. Don't leave for London without it!
Healthy Exchanges Cookbook by JoAnna M. Lund
Perigee, October 1999.Paperback, 237 pages.
ISBN: 0399525548.
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
The Healthy Exchanges Cookbook is a
collection of recipes which author JoAnna M. Lund
has selected because they are low in fat and sugar
and high in taste appeal. In addition to
the low fat, low sugar and high taste appeal
restrictions, JoAnna also follows these rules before
allowing a recipe into her book: "If it takes
longer to cook it than eat it, forget it," and
"If I can't find the ingredients in my local supermarket,
then the recipe doesn't go in the book." In addition,
it has to satisfy the hungry appetite of her truck-drivin'
husband, Cliff.
The book provides recipes for a broad range of foods
including: soups, salads, vegetables, main dishes and
desserts.
Some of the 160 recipes in the book include vegetable
soup, Swiss potato soup, spinach salad, garden pasta
salad, tomato pie, zesty broccoli, fettuccine Alfredo, deep dish
pizza, Salisbury steak, fresh peach pie, blueberry
mountain cheesecake, rodeo omelet bake and salsa dip.
Each recipe listing includes fat and sugar content
plus a special listing of diabetic data (calculated by
a registered dietitian).
In addition to recipes, the book also includes an
introduction to Healthy Exchanges, rules for success,
a guide to the nutritional information listed in the recipes,
cooking tips and a list of JoAnna's favorite food brands.
The Healthy Exchanges Cookbook provides practical
advice and a great collection of recipes for healthy
American-style food that tastes good and is good for you.
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