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Nine years ago, The Joslin Diabetes Gourmet Cookbook first appeared, allowing people with diabetes to enjoy delicious, sophisticated and less restrictive foods with their families for the first time. Winner of the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award, the book was gratefully received by people with diabetes, physicians, diabetes educators and dietitians, and became a bestseller. Several cookbooks followed. Now co-authors Frances Towner Giedt and Bonnie Sanders Polin, Ph. D. (both of whom live with diabetes) have invited well-known restaurant chefs from all over the world to create their own recipes for a sequel to that first landmark book: The Joslin Diabetes Great Chefs Cook Healthy Cookbook.
The 100 chefs who have contributed more than 130 recipes here include such culinary luminaries as Jasper White (Summer Shack, Cambridge, Massachusetts), Alice Waters (Chez Panisse, Berkeley, California), Michele Guérard (Les Prés d'Eugénie, Eugénieles-Bains, France), Jimmy Schmidt (Rattlesnake, Detroit), Waldy Malouf (Beacon, New York City), Chris Schlesinger, (East Coast Grill, Cambridge, Massachusetts), Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger (Cuidad, Los Angeles), and Peter Gorton (The Horn of Plenty, Tavistock, England).
Organized by courses, the array of delicious, five-star dining options include:
- Starters, Soups and Salads: Dungeness Crab Martini with Picked Cucumbers, Baked Goat Cheese Parcels with Sweet and Sour Leeks, Chicken and Corn Soup, Cream of Artichoke Soup with Lemongrass, Asparagus and Gingered Grapefruit Salad, Spinach Salad with Peppered Walnuts and Black Truffle Vinaigrette
- Small Plates (300 Calories and Under): Asian-Rubbed Chicken Salad, Honeyed Alaskan Black Cod over Portobello Mushrooms and Sautéed Spinach, Herb-Crusted Prawns Over Warm Potato Salad
- Large Plates (over 300 Calories): Lemon Oregano Chicken with Vegetable Stacks, Grilled Turkey Tacos with Mango and Avocado, Braised Lamb Shanks with Spelt, Red Wine-Braised Halibut with Roasted Root Vegetables, Seared Scallops and Cannellini Beans, Red Risotto with Tofu, Thai Beef Salad with Noodles, Scallions, and Red Curry Vinaigrette
- Extra Touches: Vegetable Sides, Breads, and Condiments: Beet Terrine, Spicy Broccoli Raab, Yellow Tomato Focaccia, Fire- Roasted Salsa, Hawaiian Pineapple Fried Rice
- Fruit and Light Desserts: Apple Strudel with Fresh Berry Sauce, Spiced Caramel Pears, Chocolate Grand Marnier Soufflé with Raspberry Coulis, Roasted Peaches and Blueberries with Vanilla Cake
Fascinating sidebar pieces include valuable information about the chef's ingredients, suggested menus and tips such as infusing oils or creating your own low-fat Crème Fraîche, and the skinny on baking with sugar substitutes. There are menu ideas for theme meals celebrating modest as well as more formal gatherings, such as a Winter Soup Dinner, Dinner in Minutes, Lunch for the Girls, Tex-Mex Dinner, Sunday Dinner with the Family, Christmas Dinner, a Picnic Before the Concert, and an Italian Vegetarian Dinner.
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