Reviews (6)

Definitely gourmet
Originally published in the UK, the terms have not been Americanized. I found it confusing, and I would not recommend it for the average cook.

Highly Recommended Reading!!
Antoinette Savill has the perfect background for someone setting out to write a book providing delicious recipes for the growing number of people suffering from food intolerances -- she is a veteran cook and cooking writer who, herself, suffers from multiple food allergies.
Wonderful!
This is an inspired and original book It's easy to use and the recipes are quick and tasty - the dairy-free and wheat-free bread sauce is wonderful!- a real pleasure ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allergies    2. Cookery    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Diet therapy    6. Health & Healing - General    7. Methods - Gourmet    8. Milk-free diet    9. Recipes    10. Cookery by ingredient    11. Cooking / General    12. Health & wholefood cookery   

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Informative,thoroughly researched recipies
Excellent recipies with ingredients that are widely available forconsumers that live near a organic-based supermarket.The tofu cheesecakeand veggie burgers are amazing!The medical information at the beginning ofthe book was very helpful.I look forward to the next addition with morerecipies/and more photographs of the finished products instead of thewhimsical illustrations.

Not for the Milk Allergic
There are many (and more every year) cookbooks intendedspecifically for the milk-allergic or lactose-intolerant.Burlant's addition to the scene includes extensivenutritional information and diabetic exchanges.It assumesa fair amount of knowledge of cooking, and is intendedmore as a supplement to other cookbooks than as a completework in itself ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diet therapy    4. Health & Healing - General    5. Lactose intolerance    6. Milk free diet    7. Milk-free diet    8. Nutrition And Diet For Medical Conditions    9. Recipes    10. Specific Ingredients - Dairy    11. Cooking / Health    12. Health & wholefood cookery   

Editorial Review

When chef Louis Lanza opened Josie's in New York City in 1994, he created a new breed of restaurant. Since then, this smart-looking eatery serving dairy-free food has been crowded with both health-conscious, food-loving yuppies and more mature and mainstream diners pleased by the comfortably sophisticated menu. In Read more

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NOT totally dairy-free
I asked for this book after seeing it on Amazon and was sorely disappointed when I got it.As we say in Texas, all hat, no cattle.I am allergic to casein and can't eat half the stuff in it.It looks great, but the title is *totally* misleading.I've gotten more mileage out of Beth Kidder's "Milk-Free Kitchen" and a nutritionist's "Lactose-Free Cooking."If it were truthfully titled, I probably would have been more favorably impressed.

Looked at in a store & didn't buy
I am allergic to milk and am always on the lookout for new cookbooks. I spent some time looking through this one in a kitchen store recently and decided not to buy, mainly because of the use of non-dairy cheese in many recipes. Yes, these cheeses are good for the lactose-intolerant, but they are not good for anyone allergic to milk. All of the good ones contain casein, a protein in milk that is often the cause of allergic reaction. There are truly milk-free cheeses out there, but they do not tend to melt well, and, therefore, often can't be used successfully in cooking. This is an Awesome Cookbook!
I have had this cookbook for awhile. Unlike most cookbooks - these recipes have been tested very carefully. There isn't a bad recipe in the book. You will be amazed at how excellent everyting tastes. I am a recent dairy-free convert. And I can honestly say this book has made the transition for me very easy because the food tastes so great. You will not miss dairy after you try these recipes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Health & Healing - General    4. Health & Healing - Weight Control    5. Milk-free diet    6. Recipes    7. Cooking / Health    8. Diets & dieting    9. Health & wholefood cookery   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diet Therapy    4. Endocrinology & Metabolism    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Health & Healing - Weight Control    7. Lactose intolerance    8. Metabolism Disorders    9. Milk-free diet    10. Recipes    11. Cooking / Dietary    12. Dietetics & nutrition    13. Diseases & disorders    14. Endocrinology    15. Health & wholefood cookery    16. Metabolism    17. Specific disorders & therapies   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diet therapy    4. Gluten-free diet    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Milk-free diet    7. Recipes    8. Schizophrenia    9. Specific Ingredients - Dairy    10. Diets & dieting    11. Health & Fitness / Nutrition   

Features

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Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diets - General    4. Health & Healing - General    5. Health & Healing - Weight Control    6. Cooking / General    7. Diets & dieting    8. Health & Fitness / Diets    9. Health & wholefood cookery    10. MILK-FREE DIET    11. WHEAT-FREE DIET   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Egg-free diet    4. Health & Healing - General    5. Milk-free diet    6. Recipes    7. Wheat-free diet    8. Health & wholefood cookery    9. "Cooking, Wine & Spirits"   

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Chinese    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Health & Healing - General    4. Health/Fitness    5. Milk-free diet    6. Recipes    7. Sugar-free diet    8. Vegetarian cookery   

Editorial Review

Anyone with family ties in central Europe--or who has traveled to Vienna, Budapest, Prague, or elsewhere in this part of the world--knows the unique elegance and delicate richness of nut tortes. In Read more

Reviews (7)

Good for low carb dieters, too
I bought this book hoping that I could adjust some of the recipes to use splenda or stevia to substitute for some of the sugar in the recipes, since otherwise, the recipes usually are low enough in total carbohydrate grams to be do-able on even the more restrtictive low-carbohydrate diets.The best luck in terms of lowering the sugar content while still keeping a good flavor and texture involved switching out half the sugar for splenda, and not using stevia at all except in the darkest chocolate of the recipes, where the herbal note of stevia doesn't compete with the other flavors.The sugar is still there, but there's less, and a low-carber can feel like they're not being _completely_ bad, as well as not _completely_ deprived of desserts. Yet Another Reservation
For those who are truly wheat and dairy intolerant, this book is rather a taunt than a solution.It is of little solace for anyone who is allergic to eggs, and many people who are allergic to wheat are also likely to be allergic to nuts.It is a parade of all the delicious things one cannot have.

Not Dairy Free
I am allergic to wheat and choose a vegan diet. I purchased this book due to the summary and fabulous reviews only to find that the title of this book is completely innaccurate. It is NOT dairy free, but instead it is lactose free. Most of the recipies call for at least 4 eggs and often they're separated, which makes it difficult to use egg replacer. The use of nuts is an excellent alternative to flour and I feel that this book is suited to persons with a wheat allergy. However, this book is not suited for those that choose to live dairy free. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Czech    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Courses & Dishes - Desserts    5. Desserts    6. Health & Healing - General    7. Milk-free diet    8. Recipes    9. Wheat-free diet    10. Coping with illness   

Subjects:  1. Holiday cookery    2. Lactose intolerance    3. Milk-free diet    4. Nutritional aspects    5. Recipes   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Lactose intolerance    3. Milk-free diet    4. Recipes   

Subjects:  1. Milk-free diet    2. Recipes   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Lactose intolerance    3. Milk free diet    4. Milk-free diet    5. Recipes   

Subjects:  1. Milk-free diet    2. Recipes   

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Jewish    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Kosher food    4. Low-fat diet    5. Milk-free diet    6. Recipes    7. Regional & Ethnic - Jewish & Kosher    8. Religion    9. Religion & Beliefs    10. Religion / Judaism / General   

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Egg-free diet    3. Milk-free diet    4. Recipes    5. Wheat-free diet   

Subjects:  1. Diet therapy    2. Diet/Nutrition    3. Milk-free diet    4. Recipes    5. Vegetarian cookery    6. Wheat-free diet   

Editorial Review

If you are concerned about eating refined white sugar and white flour, dairy products, and other highly processed ingredients, Read more

Reviews (7)

Wheat-Free and tons of other variations!
I neglected to mention in my previous review that this book features many wheat-free variations of the desserts, plus other types of variations that seem to go on and on...you will not be bored with this cookbook. Almost every recipe can be made wheat-free, and almost every recipe has 5 or 6 variations that could easily qualify as independent recipes in their own right--making the grand total of recipes *many* more than 120.

Delicious, Beautiful, and Informative!
Meredith McCarty has put together a most marvelous book for health-conscious people who want tasty desserts.In addition to over 120 recipes, there is a wealth of information about baking, health, ingredients, techniques, history of foods, etc. This is a great resource.All recipes are vegan (meat- egg- and dairy-free).The book is divided into 8 different dessert sections, plus pages and pages about different sweeteners, flours, leavening agents, oils, salt, fruit, seasonings, edible flowers, appliances, cookware, supplies, etc...The dessert sections are: Fresh Fruit Desserts; Sorbets; Pies & Tarts; Crisps & Cobblers; Cakes, Tea Breads, & Muffins; Cookies; Puddings; Nut Milks, Pastes, & Creams. Ms. McCarty is obviously fond of using brown rice malt syrup or other malted grains as a sweetener, as they metabolize more slowly.But she also incorporates FruitSource, pure maple syrup, fruit juice concentrates, etc. This book is not just for those who want to use more natural sweeteners or who have problems with sugar, nor is this book just for those who want dairy-free desserts.It's for anyone who loves to bake/cook and loves to eat! All the recipes I have tried thus far have been delectable. I just made the Cranberry Nut Bread and it is fantastic! The book does feature a few color photos of some of the finished desserts. All in all a fabulous addition to any cook's kitchen, but especially those who are health-conscious and/or vegan.

sweet good and great...
great book.. I loved itI fooled everyone with these desserts.. nobodyknew....I would recommend this book even if you done't have a sugarproblem... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baking - Confectionery    2. Cookery For Medical Conditions    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Courses & Dishes - Desserts    6. Desserts    7. General    8. Health & Healing - General    9. Milk-free diet    10. Recipes    11. Cooking / Desserts   

Reviews (4)

Great resource with lots of healthy options
This book is great. I am at a point in life where I am facing some health questions due to my diet, and Ms. Allen's "Eating Clean" has helped me answer them. I didn't realize until recently that wheat (or gluten) is a problem for a lot of people. These recipes allow me to address the problems caused by both wheat and dairy, which are so common in so many foods.
Wonderful Healthy & Easy Recipes!
I am a vegetarian so I read this book with some apprehension. But I found a number of recipes that I could prepare and eat just as they were written! And many others are easily transformed into vegetarian meals by substituting tofu for the recommended meat, or just leaving protein out of the recipe. I can't wait for cooler weather so I can try some of the yummy soups!
No thanks
Unfortunately this book excludes dairy and wheat which is only a problem for some. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookbook    2. Cookery    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Health    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Recipes    7. Wheat-free diet    8. Milk-free diet   

Reviews (6)

A MUST for anyone with dairy, egg, wheat, & gluten allergies
Our 4 year old son has multiple food allergies.We started cooking dairy, egg and peanut free 10 months ago and we recently had to add wheat and gluten to the list of banned foods.This is the only cookbook that I could find that provided recipes that are wheat, gluten, egg and dairy free.Don't worry, if you can eggs and/or dairy this is still the cookbook for you.The recipes are given with and without eggs and dairy.I have used the dessert section extensively and some of the breads and breakfast recipes. This book is wonderful!
Since I have checked this book out from our local library about five times, I guess it's time I bought one!I just baked the scones and I could not believe they did not use wheat flour, and I was the one who baked them!This book is wonderful and I honestly don't think I could stay gluten-free without it!

Wonderful recipes and menus for special occasions
This book was a tremendous help to me when I had to cook for weekend guests - since I was gluten intolerant and didn't want to make two different meals, this book contains recipes on how to make "normal" meals that everybody can enjoy, yet be gluten-free.What is especially helpful is the menu plans for special occasions - no more pulling my hair out trying to figure out what to serve.And when my birthday came up, I was thrilled to see all the different cake recipes I can use.The cake and muffin recipes I tried were light, fluffy and scrumptuous.My guests had no idea they were gluten-free.And there are even several cake shapes and decorating ideas that would be especially fun for children.I highly recommend this book for anyone that is gluten-intolerant or has food sensitivities. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking / Dietary    2. Cooking / Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diet/Nutrition    5. Diets - Special Conditions    6. Health & Healing - General    7. Recipes    8. Wheat-free diet    9. Allergic Condition Cookery    10. Cookery    11. Cooking    12. Egg-free diet    13. Food allergy    14. Gluten-free diet    15. Health    16. Milk-free diet