Essentials of Healthful Cooking: Recipes and Techniques for Wholesome Home Cooking

by Marie Simmons and Mary Abbott Hess

Book Overview

A hearty stew of fish in a saffron-scented broth. A salad of grill-seared beef and garden-fresh vegetables flavored with Thai herbs and seasonings. Spice-crusted pork chops topped with a luscious... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0848728645
• ISBN13: 9780848728649
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Oxmoor House
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.6" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

Should Have Bought It for Myself

I bought this cookbook as a present for a friend. As I, myself, am interested in health food and adore the beautifully constructed full-picture versions of the Williams-Sonoma cookbooks, I had a hard time actually GIVING this present to her (*Sigh*...I suppose I shall have to buy my own, now). This cookbook is great for the beginner in 'Healthful Cooking.' The beginning section is devoted to standard terms and proper cooking/preparation techniques involved with natural food preparation. The entire book features huge, wonderfully-photographed, pictures -- which are great for inspiration (I always find them greatly inspiring in my other Williams-Sonoma cookbooks). The recipes range the gamut from easy to a bit more technical, but all cooks should be able to pull these meals off. Also, there is something that I found to be particularly wonderful about this cookbook: there are dessert recipes inside! I had almost become used to a world in which 'healthy cooking' did not involve cooking desserts... (Again, the pictures are wonderful, and guaranteed to make you drool, even if the dessert turns out to be inordinately healthy.) I recommend this cookbook for anyone with a visual eye that is interested in healthy cooking.

Great Cooking!

This book has really great recipes. There are some simple recipes as well as those that are more time consuming. You have to enjoy cooking, which I do...and you have to want to be in the kitchen for at least 45 min. in order to prepare the meals. They turn out to be so delicious; it's definitely worth the time and effort especially if you're trying to keep a healthy eating habit. The portions aren't rediculously large and the taste is definitely satisfying! This book is highly recommended by me

Great and tasty recipes

Williams Sonoma Essentials of Healthful Cooking: Recipes and Techniques for Wholesome Home Cooking (Williams-Sonoma Essentials) not only gives you wonderful and delicious recipes, but also some great tips on how to eat healthy, how to clean and prep your foods. I give this cook book 5 stars! Enjoy!!!

Pictures Galore!!

If you are interested in a book filled with delicious healthy recipes and you love seeing a picture of it before you make it, this is the book for you! It has a picture for almost every single recipe in the book. Gorgeous!

Deliciously Healthy Recipes

Not only is this book about Healthful Cooking, the recipes are fantastic. Recipes are easy to read and the pictures are beautiful. Start with the mushroom, potatoes, onions and green bean dish and then move on the the salmon and asparagus salad and on to the poached pears. Thank you William Sonoma for another great book.