cover image Secrets of Lactose-Free Cooking: Over 150 Delicious Dairy-Free and Lactose-Reduced Recipes--From Breakfast to Dinner

Secrets of Lactose-Free Cooking: Over 150 Delicious Dairy-Free and Lactose-Reduced Recipes--From Breakfast to Dinner

Arlene Burlant. Avery Publishing Group, $14.95 (186pp) ISBN 978-0-89529-724-2

allergEn-free cooking Wheat allergies severely limit the gustatory pleasures of many, principally those with celiac disease. Bette Hagman's Gluten-free Gourmet books have redressed this limitation for 1those with wheat intolerances. With The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy, she reduces fat and cholesterol content in 275 new recipes. Main dishes and pastries, including pre-made baking and soup mixes, eliminate wheat, rye, barley and oats and rely principally on rice and the newly developed bean flours. (Holt, $27.50 384p ISBN 0-8-5-3980-5; July) Millions of other Americans have difficulty digesting milk and milk products. For them, dietician Arlene Burlant has compiled Secrets of Lactose-Free Cooking. Such soy products as soymilk, tofu and soy oil are frequent stand-ins for dairy products in the 150 recipes, some of which are lactose-free and some of which call for ""reduced-lactose milk."" Tips on brandname products and substitutions are included in a brief introduction. (Avery $13.95 192p ISBN 0-89529-724-8; July)