By Denise Jardine (Find this book)
For anyone with food allergies or intolerances, or dietary restrictions, this
earnest volume-an expansion of the author's 2002 book, Recipes for Dairy-Free
Living, with 50 new recipes-is a helpful resource. In addition to being
dairy-free and gluten-free, its 150 recipes all feature a "free of" key showing
which other common dietary red flags (eggs, soy, nuts, sugar) it avoids. While
there are plenty of vegetarian entries (like mushroom kale lasagna and grilled
polenta with vegetable ragout) there are also dishes for those who crave fish,
poultry, and meat-including salmon cakes with kiwi-papaya salsa; chicken with
potato and leek in tarragon cream; and lamb tagine with dates. Side dishes
include wild lemon pilaf with currants, with accompaniments like olive anchovy
tapenade. For dessert there's a pumpkin cheesecake and a chocolate orange
pudding with soy velvet whipped cream. Rounding out the book is a selection of
basic formulas for such substitutes as gluten-free flour mix and a dairy milk
alternative, which arm readers with tools they can use in a variety of recipes. -- Publisher's Weekly
