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| The South Beach Diet Cookbook (The South Beach Diet) | 
| Author: Arthur Agatston
Brand: Harold Imports
Category: Book
List Price: $27.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 1024
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 344
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.2
MPN: 95495
ISBN: 1579549578
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5635
UPC: 039697549578
EAN: 9781579549572
ASIN: 1579549578
Publication Date: April 13, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Dust cover was stuck to back cover which has left a stain on the back cover and on dust cover. Also, markings on dust cover from being attached to cover. Dust cover has edge wear and markings. Pages have creased corners. Free USPS confirmation. Will mail in padded envelope.(1530)
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| Customer Reviews:
 Warning - Not "Quick and Easy" Recipes! May 30, 2004
38 out of 43 found this review helpful
If you have a lot of time to cook I'm sure these are tasty dishes. However, none of the recipes are as simple to put together as the ones in the South Beach Diet book. They call for hard-to-find items (one ingredient, for example, can only be found at a specialty store) and require a lot of preparation. Not suitable for someone like me - a mother of two little ones with a full time job. This book went back for a refund.
Searching for the good ones May 24, 2004
37 out of 37 found this review helpful
I'm a long time (as these things go) south beach dieter: I started in January 2003, lost 30 pounds by July 2003, and have kept it off. I bought this cookbook because of the initial buzz that there would be some really interesting new recipes. Unfortunately, the first two I tried were bombs. The oven roasted chick peas had very little flavor and a really odd texture (maybe I didn't roast long enough? Perhaps, but they still could have used some kick to the flavor.) Based on reviews here, I next tried the salmon in creamy lemon sauce, billed as having a remarkably rich and creamy taste. It was average at best; the sauce was thin and the flavor one-dimensional. At this point, I actually printed out an Amazon lable to send the book back. However, I had tagged one last recipe to try--the oatmeal pancakes. These were dynamite! I had tried some VERY expensive lo-carb pancake mixes that yielded odd little things that tasted like bad synthetic omelets, and had sort of resigned myself to no pancakes. But the oatmeal pancakes recipe here? Beautiful cakes, fabulous flavor, good texture. I made a whole recipe, ate 3, and put the rest in a bag in the frig. Then every morning, I popped some in the toaster oven, where they heated up beautifully. Re-inspired, I went back to the cookbook and made escarole with white beans. Another hit! Tonight I will try the salmon with 5-spice seasoning and lime juice, and see how that is. I think now that I will keep the book, and see what other jewels I can come up with.
This isn't an everyday cook book. May 18, 2004
37 out of 38 found this review helpful
I purchased this cook book so that my wife and I would have a variety of recipes to chose from. There are a good variety of recepies. The recipes are labeled to indicated what phase of the diet each receipe is suited(PhaseI, Phase II and Phase III). The problem with the recipes are that they usually require many steps and many ingredients. If you work or have a hetic schedule than these recepies won't fit your life style. I hope that Dr. Agatson will sponsor a cook book that uses fewer steps and fewer ingredents. Not all of us have time to prepare gormet type meals. A "South Beach Everyday Cook Book" would be a hit with me.
 Worked for Me May 10, 2004
3 out of 21 found this review helpful
Easy to do. You don't hungry. And it worked for my husband and I. I recommended it to all my friends.
I agree, VERY poor organization...but GREAT recipes! May 3, 2004
30 out of 31 found this review helpful
The books sectioned into Breakfast, Appetizers & Snacks, Soups, Salads, Side Dushes, Fish & Poultry, Meats, Veggies, and Desserts. The majority of the recipes call for easily found ingredients while some call for ingredients I've never heard of let alone know where to find. I'm sure they there can be substitutions.My only complaint is the lack of organization. Instead of starting with phase one it jumps around making it a little frustrating when I'm looking for a phase one recipe or phase two or three. The best thing to do would be to bookmark all of them which is a waste of time in my opinion. There's a lot of variety from Fried Green Tomatoes and Mashed Potatoes to Mexican Lasagna. Plenty of meat and fish dishes too. There's also Lemon cookies, Cheesecake and Chocolate Pie for the sweet tooth!
The carb count looks to be under 25 grams (a lot under 10) for most of the dishes and fat is low too. It's worth it's weight in gold!
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