Knack Low-Salt Cooking: A Step-by-Step Guide to Savory, Healthy Meals

Larsen, Linda

ISBN 10: 1599217848 / ISBN 13: 9781599217840

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2010

About this Item

Knack Low-Salt Cooking teaches you how to use other foods, like lemon juice, herbs, and spices, to add luster to your foods again. It focuses on familiar foods prepared in low-salt ways and introduces the reader to more exotic, delicious low-salt recipes. Series: Knack: Make it Easy. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 188 x 28. Weight in Grams: 46. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear. 2010. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

Seller Inventory # KSS0010664

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knack Low-Salt Cooking: A Step-by-Step Guide to Savory, Healthy Meals
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1599217848
• ISBN 13: 9781599217840
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

When it comes to cutting back on salt, many people think, healthy, to be sure, but good-bye, flavor! Enter Knack Low-Salt Cooking, whose step-by-step, visual format makes healthful―and delicious―food accessible to everyone. It shows how we can add luster to our foods again by using such ingredients as herbs, spices, and lemon juice. Featuring 100 main recipes plus 250 variations, and 350 full-color photos, it gives an exotic new twist to familiar foods. All recipes are accompanied by a nutritional analysis―including sodium amounts―by fully licensed and accredited nutritionist Jean Kostak.

About the Author

Linda Larsen is the author of KNACK GRILLING BASICS; KNACK QUICK AND EASY COOKING; KNACK GRILLING BASICS; KNACK SLOW COOKING; KNACK CHICKEN CLASSICS; and KNACK LOW-SALT COOKING. A cookbook author and Home Economist who has created and tested recipes for major food companies like Pillsbury and Malt-O-Meal since 1987. She is the Guide for Busy Cooks at About.com (http://busycooks.about.com), providing cooking lessons, recipes, menu ideas, and information about food science and food safety.

She was a member of the Bake-Off Staff at Pillsbury, Manager of Search in 1992, and Manager of Internet Recipe Search in 2000. She developed original recipes, conducted tolerance tests, presented recipes to taste panels, styled food for photography, and conducted trend research. At Malt-O-Meal, Linda developed quick and easy recipes and held cooking demonstrations for health food fairs.

Linda has written articles for Woman's Day magazine,and has been interviewed on several radio programs, including the Ask Heloise nationally syndicated show. In summer 2007 she was a panelist for About.com's Under One Roof event, meeting editors from magazines and publishing houses.

Linda holds a degree in Biology from St. Olaf College, and a degree with High Distinction in Food Science from the University of Minnesota.

Jean Kostak, M.S., R.D., C.D.E., is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator. She is the program coordinator for the Diabetes Education Program at the University of Connecticut Health Center. She lives in Torrington, Connecticut.

Jackie Alpers is the photographer of Knack Calorie-Counter Cookbook and Knack Mexican Cooking. She is a recipient of many international photography awards for her personal, editorial and commercial work. She has provided photography for major book publishers, Canyon Ranch, NBC/Universal, Epicurious.com, U.S. News and World Report, American Airlines and the White House. She is based in Tucson, Arizona. Visit her web site at jackiealpers.com.