Bette Hagman is an accepted authority on gluten free gourmet cooking and this book in particular emphasizes gluten free comfort foods. For people with allergies who need to opt for gluten free food this book is a life saver. Bette Hagman has written some of the best cookbooks in the genre and helped people learn the art of cooking gluten free comfort food. Additionally she instructs how to keep an effortless gluten free kitchen through simple, logical and practical methods. This book provides insights into how to do away with wheat totally, for a gluten free lifestyle.
Cooks who follow Bette's methods will know that there are several different types of flours to make breads and bread desserts, such as cakes. These need to be frozen so that the foods last long. The principle here is to cook in small portions so as to prevent food from going bad. Thanks to her recipes we now know about hemp bread and Teff Flour. Enjoying her gluten free recipes has provided succor for those suffering from celiac disease. Bette Hagman’s book has helped such people to come out of old eating habits and to begin enjoying better and healthier foods that provide them with due comfort.
The author takes the guess work out of gluten free recipes since she has researched very well. If you are willing to buy several different kinds of flours and starches to make your own baking mixes, this book provides very many great recipes for using those mixes. Additionally her comfort foods are easy to make as she uses more of the "newer" flours (like Teff), which lend a lot to wheat free baked goods.
The recipes in this book though appealing and delicious have one common flaw. The calorie/carb/fat counts that are a part of each recipe are wildly inaccurate. It would be a good idea to correct these errors before going into a second edition.
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