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Which foods offer the most nutritional value? Which supposed smart choices actually fall short of their promised good? Expanding the scope of her popular 12 Best Foods Cookbook, Dana Jacobi explores the micronutrient benefits in over 60 common foods and provides a wealth of recipes that prove, as Gourmet Retailer has previously written: "we are in the hands of a wonderfully creative and talented cook." Did you know that green beans are a nutritional lightweight compared to the green soybeans called edamame? Or that zucchini is a weakling when rated against winter squashes packed with carotene, fiber, and more? For each "good food" she lists, Jacobi explains the science behind her selection--and shows how to exploit each ingredient's inherent "goodness" with her original, innovative spins on classic dishes like Turkey and Spinach Mini-Meatloaf or new combinations like Red Lentil and Apricot Soup .
About the Author
Dana Jacobi created the first food blog, The Bytable Feast, and shared it on Prodigy, where she was food editor and, from 1988-1993, the first food writer to publish only digitally. Still a leader, her cookbooks are loved for providing delicious healthy food uniquely appealing to both conventional and natural foods cooks.Both under her name and for Williams-Sonoma, Dana is known for sharing abundant information along with easy recipes. Twice nominated for a James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award, she also writes Something Different, a digital column for the American Institute for Cancer Research, teaches, and her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Food & Wine, Cooking Light, and Prevention magazines.Dana lives in New York City, where she shops the Greenmarket, knits passionately, and plays mah jongg. To see more recipes, visit www.danajacobi.com.
