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The Big Wheatfree Gluten Free Cookbook

The Big Wheatfree Gluten Free Cookbook

by Dianne Boyle and Jody Vassallo
Paperback
Publication Date: 31/03/2008

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Around one in 100 people in the UK are estimated to have coeliac disease, a medically diagnosed, life-long condition that results in a permanent intolerance to gluten. However, those with the skin condition known as dermatitis herpetiformis also need to eat gluten-free foods, as do those people who have an allergic reaction to wheat, though wheat intolerance is quite rare, typically only occurring in children, and may just be a temporary problem. Associated symptoms of wheat intolerance may include eczema and other skin irritations.Gluten is the protein that is found in a number of grains including wheat, barley and rye but some people with coeliac disease are also sensitive to oats. The only way people with these diseases can control the symptoms is by cutting gluten out of their diet permanently. Although this may at first seem drastic, there is still a wealth of wonderful food to be enjoyed.
The biggest lifestyle change involves taking care when buying processed foods (even the slightest trace of gluten can make someone with coeliac disease ill) so the best way to ensure that you have eliminated gluten is to prepare food yourself from natural ingredients which you can do if you follow Jody Vassallo's delicious, inspiring collection of over 100 recipes in "The Big Wheat & Gluten Free Cookbook".Jody has spent her career creating and styling recipes with some of the most successful cookery writers today, such as Bill Granger and Donna Hay, so you can be sure that her own recipes will be just as modern and tempting. She has developed great-tasting gluten-free recipes not only for everyday staples such as bread and pastry but for Christmas celebrations and parties too. So going on a gluten-free diet doesn't have to be boring and limited when you have delights such as chicken pesto wraps, carrot & walnut muffins or pizza melts to look forward to.
ISBN:
9781904943679
9781904943679
Category:
Health & wholefood cookery
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
31-03-2008
Publisher:
Grub Street Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
128
Dimensions (mm):
297x230x13mm
Weight:
0.71kg
Jody Vassallo

Jody's strong interest in nutrition and health became a trademark of her work. In 2001 she was approached by the National Heart Foundation of Australia to develop recipes for their new look Deliciously Healthy Cookbook. This book sold twenty five thousand copies within the first six months of its release.

From 1996 -2003 Jody worked as a food consultant to the New South Wales Institute of Sport. Her primary role was to teach elite athletes to cook healthy nutritious meals and provide simple food solutions for their specific dietary requirements. In 2000-2002 Jody worked as Food Editor for the Australian Institute of Sport cookbooks Survival of the Fittest and Survival from the Fittest.

Realising that the market for health-based cookbooks was severely lacking Jody started her own publishing company in 2002. Fortiori Publishing was born and the Health for Life series developed. In 2003 Fortiori won the Gourmand World Food Media Awards Best Nutrition Series. Jody has written and styled 18 books for Fortiori.

The titles include, Low Fat, Diabetes 1 & 2, Allergies, Pregnancy, Baby and Toddler, Wheat and Gluten Free, Christmas Food, Detox, Vegetarian, Fitness Food, Omega 3 and Low Fat for Kids. Jody has managed all aspects of budgets, scheduling, design, sub contracting and production for each of the books. Jody has created 4 cooking DVDs for the Health for Life series. These were released in October 2006.

Jody worked as a Food Consultant to Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food from 2011 to 2013 where she was responsible for training all of the centre and mobile truck staff. Jody currently writes a fortnightly healthy food blog for Jamie Oliver's website and continues to work as a Freelance Food Writer and Food Stylist both in Australia and overseas.

She also runs healthy cooking classes in Bangalow Australia. Jody's passion for health extends beyond her cookbooks. She also teaches regular yoga classes in Bangalow and is constantly researching new ways to help people improve their health, wellbeing and happiness.

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