The 25th anniversary edition has more than 150 new recipes plus tips to speed cooking and how to shop healthfully. In general, if you want good, healthful recipes and nutrition advice, go for someone who has been in the field a while, like Jane Brody. Weight Watchers prints good cookbooks, but diet books in general exist to make money. At least soap-opera star Robin Mattson went to culinary school before she wrote her diet book. Two top culinary groups, the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals, bestow honors annually on cookbooks submitted by authors and publishers.
Committees sift through boxes of books, test recipes, and make nominations.
It's an honor for authors just to be nominated. In general, the stickers are an indicator of quality. DeWald has been to every corner of the state, and the stories of real people enliven the text. Veteran cooking teacher Barbara Fenzl wrote it long before she became a public-television star with Savor the Southwest. The Brightest Recipes From the Junior League of Phoenix.