Healthy Life Kitchen
Move over, Martha Stewart: there's a new chef in the kitchen and she's  on a mission to improve everyone's life from the inside out. It's Marilu Henner,  bestselling author ofTotal  Health MakeoverandThe  30-Day Total Health Makeover, but perhaps better remembered for playing  Elaine on the popular 1970's TV showTaxi. So much more than a cookbook,  Henner's hefty page-turner is like a detox program for the kitchen. She  begins--in her typical, perky style--with a hard yet humorous look at the  reader's kitchen and how it functions. Next she preaches the dangers of sugar  (Henner calls it "kiddy cocaine"), red meat ("animal products are the number one  cause of our number one killer, heart disease"), dairy products ("bovine  slime"), about 200 food additives, and certain cleaning products. Nicely  designed charts make the technical information easy to read; thankfully,  Henner's engaging, chatty prose nicely complements the wealth of serious data  presented here.Once the kitchen is free and clear, Henner walks readers through the health food  store, describing key staples, tasty items, favorite brands, and foods with kid  appeal. Then she's on to the bulk of the book: the many savory recipes for  entrées, appetizers, sides, salads, sauces, and desserts. Dishes like  Linguine with Red Clam Sauce, Coconut Shrimp with Curried Hummus on Wonton  Squares, and Killer Brownies certainly don't sound low-cal or low-anything, yet  each recipe--borrowed from Henner's pool of friends, relatives, and favorite  chefs--follows her Healthy Life food-combining rules (don't mix proteins with  carbohydrates, eat fruit separately, etc.) and are free of dairy, red meat, and  refined sugar. Especially helpful are the tasters' and contributors' comments  that accompany nearly every recipe. And since Marilu has an opinion about  everything (it's her book, after all), she too offers comments, suggestions, and  anecdotes galore.--Liane Thomas--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.