Skinny Bitch in the Kitch,
By Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin
Reviewed by Publishers
Weekly
The follow-up to bestselling diet
guide Skinny Bitch, this irreverent cookbook orders
readers to toss out all their meat, eggs and dairy,
and make room for nutritional yeast, seitan and something
called "Bragg's Liquid Aminos" (although soy
sauce will do in a pinch). The authors' philosophy is
simple but rigid: in order to be skinny, one must also
be vegan (and, preferably, willing to give up coffee
and white sugar). Not to despair-the svelte can eat
all the tofu-based fake meat and cheese they want, and
follow it up with dessert-alikes such as Bitchtastic
Brownies or Cheezecake. For the most part, recipes are
easy and inoffensive; while a "Chicken" Parmesan
Panini will fool nobody, other offerings, like Japanese
Soba Noodles with Steamed Vegetables and Tofu, are perfectly
satisfying. But to enjoy this cookbook in full, a reader
must be content to be addressed (repeatedly) as "bitch,"
as in, "Who's a boring old fart now, bitch?"
Confusingly, there's no nutritional information for
any of the recipes, nor is there any information on
the specific dietary needs of vegans-apparently, you'll
need to buy Freedman and Barnouin's first book for that.
(For those who haven't tried, switching to a vegan diet
is difficult even with a proper guide; this book's complete
lack of support should make it a real bitch.)
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