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Renowned cookbook author and food columnist Steven Raichlen spoke at the
recent Jewish Book Fair at the Jewish Community Center in Oak Park. The
Karmanos Cancer Institute co-sponsored his latest book Healthy Jewish
Cooking for the fair. Karmanos nutrition experts Zora Djuric, Ph.D. and
Connie Adair, MS, RD presented briefly before the author spoke and
demonstrated one of his recipes.
Healthy Jewish Cooking (Viking; 224 pages; $29.95) is an assortment of
recipes from Raichlenís childhood, each one reinvented with fresh
ingredients, and accompanied by tantalizing color photographs. In this
beautifully packaged book, Raichlen gives practical tips on baking and
grilling techniques, and suggests tasty substitutions to lighten up
recipes that are notoriously high in fat. Healthy Jewish Cooking begins
with none other than the appropriately named "ten commandments" of
healthy Jewish cooking, including such edicts as "think flavor not fat,"
"roast your way to aroma," "sauté in a nonstick frying pan," and
"replace whole egg with egg whites or egg substitutes."
This latest book by Steven Raichlen demonstrates that indeed it is
possible to have healthy Jewish cooking and it isnít an oxymoron after
all. And certainly you donít have to be Jewish to appreciate the
wonderful recipes in this lovely cookbook. Please see his recipe for
Amazing Low-fat Latkesthat he demonstrated at the Book Fair.
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