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I love "Eat Well The YoChee Way" guide and 275 recipes book. Along with being professionally written, organized, and easy to use; it is very informative.

I am extremely lactose intolerance and I have no problems eating YoChee. I love the creamy sauces and silky desserts which I was unable to eat before. YoChee really does have the pleasurable mouthfeel of high fat foods. The only problem I have is keeping enough YoChee handy to make all these wonderful healthy foods possible. I am culinary challenged and still find these recipes easy to put together. They range from the simple no cook recipes to the more elaborate elegant dinning recipes. Talk about easy to make, I have started buying yogurt by the case. YoChee is so versatile, I no longer have the need to use mayo, sour cream, cream cheese or butter in recipes. Even my 7 year old son loves YoChee; douse veggies and he asks for seconds. It's a fun way for him to get his daily protein and calcium, and don't forget the positive cancer fighting properties that eating yogurt claims.

I can't say enough great things about this book. I want to thank the Goldbeck's personally for the introduction of YoChee as it has made my diet more healthy. Everyone can use more calcium in their diet. I challenge you to receive the renowned benefits of yogurt by adding YoChee to your diet.

The Goldberk's personal customer service is also outstanding.

YoChee is the result of straining plain yogurt of its liquid, resulting in a cream cheese-like food, but is much healthier, more versatile and more delicious than cream cheese, sour cream or mayo. The authors explain the easy process of making YoChee as well as provide numerous kithen-tested recipes for everything from dips and salad dressings to cooked entrees and desserts. You will be amazed at how versatile this food is, as well as how sinful it tastes simply on a toasted bagel. This book is perfect for those people who are looking to be more creative in the kitchen and crave more healthy (but less boring) recipes, as well as those on strict medical diets who are looking for tastier healthy food. Thanks to the Goldbecks, I have become a complete YoChee convert!

I'm not a vegetarian but I bought the Goldbeck's book many years ago in an unstylish, no photos paperback & have used it, battering it to pieces for years. The minestrone is a family favorite -also veggie paella (although you have to cook fresh artichokes longer than they say). Etc.! I looked for it in Amazon.com because I haven't been able to buy it for family and friends. The edition offered by Amazon.com may be fancier than mine. For low fat, delicious veggie recipes you have to have this book.

I had the pleasure of hearing the authors speak many years ago. They are very knowledgeable in the field of foods and nutrition. There is much practical information that everyone can use. Great recipes! There is "Cheeson" made from Provolone cheese that can be used to replace bacon to Savory Noodle Pudding and Pasta with Lentil Sauce. I also have their "Good Breakfast Book" and the old, but still good, "Supermarket Handbook." These books have all stood the test of time, and will remain the standard of good commonsense nutrition.

The amazingly comprehensive encyclopedia "Choose to Reuse" has something for everyone, from a family trying to creatively reuse their household waste to businesses with 1000's of tons of materials to deal with. Every subject has an indepth choice story, lists of green products, non profit experts and organisations with comprehensive contact details. I don't know how they packed so much into a book for so little money. The research must have taken ages. Very amusing in places as well. A real must for anyone interested in the fast growing area of reuse.

If I could have only two books for reference in my kitchen, one would be THE JOY OF COOKING, by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker, and the other would be THE SUPERMARKET HANDBOOK, by Nikki and David Goldbeck. Even though the first printing of this book was in 1976, the information offered is still current and, in fact, will remain current and relevent. Each chapter of this book contains accurate and easy to understand information on basic and usually misunderstood food facts, always directing the reader to the most healthy choices by avoiding foods contaminated with preservatives and other chemicals. The recipes included are, basic and wonderful. Each morning I quickly prepare and enjoy hot brown rice cereal, following the easy directions. The recommendation regarding roasting meats is truly a gift to a person who wants to have a good meal ready upon returning home from work. Anyone curious about the true basic nature of foods and how to prepare good meals will find this book an essential reference for his or her kitchen.

My husband has never liked anything but white flour pancakes until I made the Basic Whole Wheat Pancakes. They are amazingly light even though they have wheat germ and no white flour at all--it was a very happy surprise. There's also a great table listing everything about all the different milks, nut milks, and the like to help you choose. I will be using this book a lot since I really want to learn to eat well in the mornings.

. Despite the title, this great new vegetarian cookbook by Nikki and David Goldbeck, co-authors of American Wholefoods Cuisine, is chock full of recipes for every meal of the day-especially if your toddler, who like me couldn't care less what's "appropriate" to eat at certain times. In addition to brunch and breakfast sections, there are chapters on juicing, lunchbox favorites, baked goods, and wheat, dairy and egg-free recipes and just plain fun food. There are plenty of vegan recipes, too. One addition that new vegetarian parents will find helpful is the Table of Milk Values comparing everything from almond and soy to cow's and goat's milk. Always wondered in today's day and age of ever-available produce exactly when strawberries or grapes are actually in season? They tell you. Does adding coconut to your granola actually increase the protein value-you bet! I hope you love this book as much as I do. If you get it, you must try the Chunky Apple Oatmeal Pancakes

Pros:

1) The coverage of current scientific understanding of nutrition is comprehensive and detailed, yet clear for nonspecialists.

2) The text is well organized with a quick overview, followed by helpful recipes and tips, in-depth scientific information, references and two good indices.

3) It is apparent that the author is an experienced nutritionist-- she understands the practical problems faced by those of us trying to improve our diets, and she also is sensitive to the fact that food needs to taste good in order to satisify.

Cons:

1) The book is very focused on vegetarian foods and possibly slights the nutrition of food derived from animal sources. (However, after reading the book, you may as I did change your view on the importance of meat in a healthy diet.)

2) The book could be seen as a wholefoods manifesto. For example, the author promotes sustainable agriculture and organic farming. These topics are really outside of the scope of a book on nutrition.

I *highly* recommend this book. Following its guidelines has made a major improvement in my quality of life. (This is the book I come back to after having read a shelf full of diet and nutrition books.)

Forget trendy diets, this book is a great guide to changing your life! It is very informative and provides recipes and guidelines for nutritional diet. If you want to lose weight, feel great, live long and healthy this is the book.

I haven't really used any of the recipes (although many of them sound great) but the nutritional information is very thorough and well-arranged. With so much contradictory information out there, this book is refreshing in that the authors' research is broad and many factors are explained with excellent detail.

The recipes in this cookbook are great. There are meals for every cooking skill level, and for almost all tastes (excluding meat, of course). The recipes don't include refined ingredients, opting instead for whole wheat pasta, brown rice, molasses, etc. The recipes are filling and delicious. Of all the recipes I've tried in this cookbook (and I've tried LOTS), there's maybe two that I didn't care for.

One of my favorite things: There's a detailed section on bread baking, which has been very helpful. (The pumpkin pan rolls are some of the best dinner rolls I've ever had.)

One thing to note is that this cookbook was written some time ago, so it can seem a bit...stodgy...at times, especially considering how far vegetarian cuisine has come in recent years. But I really enjoy classic (and, yes, sometimes stodgy) dishes, full of lentils and brown rice and the like. The barley-mushroom soup is amazing.

But here's the downside. Since falling in love with this cookbook, I've gone vegan. And there's a lot of eggs and dairy used in this book. Some substitutions are easy to make (soy milk for cow's milk, for example), but others aren't. I used to use this cookbook several nights a week, but now it's more like once or twice a month.

All in all, I recommend this cookbook, particularly for people who don't believe that meatless meals can be good. It was the first vegetarian cookbook I bought, and because of it I realized that doing without meat is not only possible, but very tasty!

I have about a dozen or so Vegitarian Cookbooks. This is the only one I actually use. The others gather dust. The only problem is really a compliment. I've used the book so much it's binding is getting broken. The book need a ring binding. In all, it's a great book. I will definitely split with the bucks and replace it someday.

This truly is the vegetarian "Joy of Cooking." Wonderful recipes, most using simple ingredients, but the final product is often unusual and always tasty. Plus plenty of other great cooking information, too. I have other vegetarian cookbooks, but invariably always turn to this for something easy and delicious that utilizes things I have on hand. Some may be concerned that many recipes contain cheese and dairy, but this isn't a problem for me. Wonderful book, I've only had it about a year and already showing serious signs of wear and tear!

This book was a non-stop read. I read it in two days! Very interesting and well written. I highly recommend this book.

Karen

Although Nikki and David Goldbeck's Whole Foods Cuisine and Short Order cookbooks are highly regarded, this one was really off the wall. The part that stands out in my mind was the suggestion that, if you're invited to a dinner party and the hostess isn't prepared to provide good vegetarian entrees, offer to loan her this book, and to go over possible menus for the dinner. Yeah, right -- every busy hostess I know would be just thrilled with that suggestion. I can't even imagine being that rude; this seemed more like the book for boorish clods eager to lose friends and alienate people.

Although Nikki and David Goldbeck's Whole Foods Cuisine and Short Order cookbooks are highly regarded, this one was really off the wall. The part that stands out in my mind was the suggestion that, if you're invited to a dinner party and the hostess isn't prepared to provide good vegetarian entrees, offer to loan her this book, and to go over possible menus for the dinner. Yeah, right -- every busy hostess I know would be just thrilled with that suggestion. I can't even imagine being that rude; this seemed more like the book for boorish clods eager to lose friends and alienate people.