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Summary: Eat Healthy and Love It!
Review: Another Job well done by Christina Pirello. She succeeds in explaining whole food cooking and theory in a relaxing and easy to read format. Never before have I been so drawn to a "cookbook"! Bravo! (The recipies are wonderful too.)
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Summary: An improvement over her last book
Review: For four reasons: 1. No fish- thank you! Since she does, to some extent, market herself as a vegetarian, it doesn't make sense when she includes fish in her books- especially when she doesn't eat it herself. 2. She gives a very detailed explanation about the elements in the macrobiotic philosophy and what foods have which elements. It's complicated to plan your meals around those guidelines, but sometimes it's worth it. 3. She offers a section at the end on home remedies, some of which were previewed on her show and some of which I saw for the first time here. Her weight-loss drink really DOES work, as does her kidney drink. 4. I thought the recipes in this book were better. I think she made an effort to make this book more accessible to the general public (a delicious recipe for pecan-pumpkin squares come to mind) and it really shows.Definitely worth a try.
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Summary: An improvement over her last book
Review: For four reasons: 1. No fish- thank you! Since she does, to some extent, market herself as a vegetarian, it doesn't make sense when she includes fish in her books- especially when she doesn't eat it herself. 2. She gives a very detailed explanation about the elements in the macrobiotic philosophy and what foods have which elements. It's complicated to plan your meals around those guidelines, but sometimes it's worth it. 3. She offers a section at the end on home remedies, some of which were previewed on her show and some of which I saw for the first time here. Her weight-loss drink really DOES work, as does her kidney drink. 4. I thought the recipes in this book were better. I think she made an effort to make this book more accessible to the general public (a delicious recipe for pecan-pumpkin squares come to mind) and it really shows. Definitely worth a try.
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Summary: Avoid this book like the plague!
Review: I tried several of the recipes in this book. All I can say is that they were all AWFUL! Fortunately I got this book from the library so I wasn't out any money. But I did spend a lot of time running around looking for unusual ingredients (brown rice miso, etc.) for these recipes. If this is what macrobiotic cooking tastes like then get me the HELL out of here! I think I'll stick with meat and potatoes.
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Summary: all recipe no substance
Review: I ususally enjoy Christina's books, however this book was very disappointing. It lacks her usual commonsense approach to health and food and instead focuses one chapter on ancient chinese knowledge of the 5 elements applies this to food and modern day malady, and that is it. The rest of the book is recipes, which I have noticed she tends to reuse in her other books. This is the worst book out of her series, I reccomend skipping this one altogether and going for GLOW and cooking the whole foods way
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Summary: Eat Healthy and Love It!
Review: Since I discovered this cookbook, I've enjoyed cooking and eating like never before! I chose to go on a macrobiotic diet because of some minor health problems, and Christina Pirello's two cookbooks have made the transition virtually painless. This is saying alot because I previously ate meat, dairy, and sugar on a daily basis. I can honestly say that with these cookbooks I haven't missed them. I've also entertained using this cookbook and gotten rave reviews from friends who are great cooks but enjoy using a lot of unhealthy ingredients. To quote one of my guests, "If this is macrobiotic, then sign me up!" Try the Black Bean - Squash Soup, the Creamy Mushroom Soup, and the Mediterranean Vegetable Paella, to name a few. My husband also loves this food. I feel like we're eating the healthiest diet on the planet and loving every minute of it. Thank you Mrs. Pirello!
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