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The Fat Free Gourmet
- Justa Touch Italian | Melinda Perino, the Daughter of a Northern Italian Chef,
shares her tips, secrets, and recipes for virtually fat free gourmet food in her cookbook
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The Fat Free Gourmet - Justa Touch Italian, will
inspire you with its sumptuous recipes, witty anecdotes, and Melinda's memories of a childhood spent growing up
in her father's restaurant.
Melinda is a gourmet cook with an epicurian's palate. Although she did not graduate from the Cordon Bleu, she
has been wielding a chef's knife from the age of 7 years-old. Her training took place in father's restaurant and
at her grandmother's side. She will show you how to prepare her family's tradition cuisine in a new light, fat free.
Trained by a family full of restaurantuers she will share her lifelong training with you, the reader.
Whatever the reason you have for cutting the fat from your diet, Melinda's flavorful, cutting-edge recipes make it
easy to cook and enjoy fantastic food. Food that is so delicious and rich that is difficult to discern from its fat-filled
counter part. Over 180 delicious gourmet recipes, most of which are
fat and cholesterol free! Each recipe includes nutritional information and portion control breakdown. Time saving recipes
that can be prepared in as little as 7 minutes are included for those hectic last minute meals.
Here is what people are saying about
Melinda's book and her creative cuisine:
"This is a book you will
keep close at hand. It has everything you need."
"This is fat free! I can't believe it!"
(Sour Cream Caramel Banana Bread)
"Wait a minute...you
mean this cheesecake is fat free!?"
(The
Fat Free Gourmet's New York Style Cheesecake)
"This
soup tastes just like the soup they serve at Anderson's." (A renoun California restaurant famous for its Split
Pea Soup.)
(Seven
Minute Split Pea Soup)
"I like the
titles of the recipes, and the funny little stories she tells. It's more than a cookbook, its like getting to know her."
"Mom, could you please make the Manicotti for Easter Dinner?"
(Italian
Manicotti)
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pre-order cookbook price: $16.99 + shipping
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