Mini Everything Calorie

by Barbara Ravage

Book Overview

Based on our bestselling Everything RM Books, these great little books are heavily illustrated throughout -- and are a terrific value Each book has 192 pages packed with the very best information and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580626076
• ISBN13: 9781580626071
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Everything
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

This book helped me lose weight

I used this book to count calories and lose weight. It is an awesome tool, with food listed that you would not expect. I lost 46lbs.

The most useful pocket-sized guide I've found

The Internet is my primary source of calorie information these days, but recently I needed to buy a printed guide to take on a trip where I wouldn't have Internet access. I wanted a small book (remember those little booklets they used to sell for a quarter at the supermarket check-out counter?); it didn't need to show calorie counts for packaged foods, as those are almost always on the package; and it didn't need to include information about fast foods, which I rarely eat (and those change constantly anyway). I looked in several bookstores (both large and small), and this was the only book I found that fit all my requirements.In general, I've found the book extremely helpful, but it has a couple of flaws: (1) Foods are grouped into sections according to type (e.g., Dairy or Vegetables), and then into various sub-classifications within each section. Sometimes it's hard to figure out where to find a particular item (the Soups, Stews, etc. section is especially confusing). (2) The cross-references aren't always helpful. I looked up "focaccia" under Breads, and was told "See Pizza," but under Pizza they just list "Italian bread type," not the bread by itself (which is more often used for sandwiches than pizza). It would have taken no more space to give the calorie count than it did to give that worthless cross-reference! (3) There is NO INDEX, which would have solved Problem #1. Still, in general this is a great little guide, and I hope the author continues to improve it in future editions.