Review: An Absolute Godsend
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
My son was diagnosed with diabetes just under a year ago. Like the author, I, too, assumed that desserts, all desserts, were totally off the table. (Pun intended.) As I've learned more about the disease, I've been horrified at the amount of sugar intentionally and unintentionally consumed by children and adults. But, there are occasions when a dessert is just necessary to complete a meal.Holidays, for example. Birthdays.This book fills a real hole in my available menus. Especially helpful is the variety of desserts the author presents including cakes, pies, cookies, even bread pudding. He also provides all essential nutritional and exchange information following each recipe, absolutely essential for a cook who, like me, is trying to manage in a diabetic household.This Christmas, I was tempted by a lemon tart. When I saw three, count them, three, cups of sugar were called for, I resisted. Richard Terry presents a lemon cookie in this collection which I won't have to resist.This is a valuable addition to my diabetic cookbook collection and I recommend it without reservation.Fleury Sommers