Dana Carpender has done it again -- 500 all-new recipes from snacks to desserts that the whole family will love! This time, she highlights world cuisines, including Italian, French, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Mexican and other ethnic favorites. Most of these cuisines emphasize carbs, whether itÆs rice, pasta, or potatoes, but Dana has worked her magic to make delicious, simple low-carb versions that provide variety to the worldÆs most popular diet.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 20 reviews)

Too many sugar alcohol's and hard-to-find ingredients

While this book has lots of different recipes i have found only a few that I would actually eat or cook for two main reasons. First, almost all of the baking includes sugar alcohol's also known as "polyols". Some claim that by using these sugar substitutes you can deduct carbohydrates from the recipe. For me, I have a hard time digesting polyols. They completely disrupts my stomach causing an unpleasant feeling. In my opinion no dessert is worth that. I am not alone on this either just look up polyols or sugar alcohol's and you will find a host of problems with them. So, I was unable to bake any of the desserts in this book due to the fact that they all contain sugar alcohol's.

Secondly, the other recipes in this book require lots of unfamiliar and hard to find products. The author recommends finding some of these items online. I have a hard time with cookbooks that use hard to find ingredients which this book does. I have gone to every health food store I could think of and majority of the items needed to complete the recipes are not sold there.

To me this book isn't well balanced. While it is low carb its not necessarily health.
September 17, 2008

great everyday cookbook!

I love this cookbook because it doesn't necessarily require you to go out and get exotic ingredients from a specialty store. Most ingredients are things you either probably already have or can easily pick up at any grocery store. There's also a lot of quick recipes for those nights you don't feel like putting so much work into dinner or thinking about how it will affect your diet.
May 05, 2008

Not for South Beach Dieters

I gave this one star without even trying a recipe. While this book has a good variety of recipes which are "low carb", if you are following South Beach, don't buy it! It uses lots of butter, cream and fatty meats! I will be returning my copy.
September 28, 2007

Extremely Helpful!

This was my first Dana Carpenter book. I had already been introduced to the low carb way of eating, but Dana's book makes it so much more interesting! Her humor and healthy tips inspire me to be faithful. The variety of recipes expand my menu ideas considerably, and also are a springboard for recipes of my own creation.

Because I liked this book so much, I also bought Volume 1 of "500 Recipes" cookbook for myself and 3 others. This second volume, however, is my favorite. I also just purchased Dana's "How I Gave Up My Low Fat Diet and Lost 40 LBS." book, and am enjoying it very much, which I heartily recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about lo carb eating, and also to those who need motivation to continue. It is full of excellent health info.

If you need new recipe ideas, or instruction on how to eat low carb, Dana provides it all in a fun and interesting way. Dana is a great mentor on the path of a low carb lifestyle!
September 28, 2006

wonderful low carb everyday stuff

I feel that Dana is an old friend as she always adds little tips and comments every thing I have made as turned out wonderful I love her little extra comments I have all her books so far
May 03, 2006

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