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The Back in the Swing Cookbook: Recipes for Eating and Living Well Every Day After Breast Cancer
The Back in the Swing Cookbook is a life-affirming book full of 150 feel-good recipes that are easy to prepare, with fresh ingredients specifically designed to help breast cancer survivors get back in the swing of joyful, healthy living. It's a book that you will love to hold in your hands, and use in the kitchen, as a friend and guide to delicious meals and a lifestyle that makes you feel positive. In addition to fabulous food and drinks, the beautiful pages include luscious photographs and fun-to-read, smart, friendly nuggets on topics ranging from genetics, lifestyle choices, and the environment to the influence of all three on living a full and happy life.
Created specifically for breast cancer survivors by the national grassroots nonprofit organization Back in the Swing, The Back in the Swing Cookbook answers the number-one question on every cancer survivor's "How do I safely and smartly get back in the swing of life every day after experiencing breast cancer?" Every page is brilliantly designed to nurture your mind, body, and spirit with new information not found in any other cookbook. It is a special gift of goodness to give oneself, a friend, a coworker, or a family member that will reap healthy rewards for a lifetime.
Created specifically for breast cancer survivors by the national grassroots nonprofit organization Back in the Swing, The Back in the Swing Cookbook answers the number-one question on every cancer survivor's "How do I safely and smartly get back in the swing of life every day after experiencing breast cancer?" Every page is brilliantly designed to nurture your mind, body, and spirit with new information not found in any other cookbook. It is a special gift of goodness to give oneself, a friend, a coworker, or a family member that will reap healthy rewards for a lifetime.
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288 pages, Hardcover
First published August 7, 2012
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July 30, 2012
The Back in the Swing cookbook was, in some ways, difficult for a male reviewer to consider – after all how could one necessarily judge any hidden emotive issues within a recipe and support book for survivors of breast cancer? But then, by the same token, how could a female who has not suffered either?
Here is a book that has 150 ‘feel-good’ recipes which are described as being life-affirming and designed to help survivors get back in the swing of joyful, healthy living. If it works for you, why not, but…
Starting with a fairly comprehensive look at nutrition and the role of a balanced diet through the lens of someone who has been through quite an ordeal, the information appears to be of a high quality and could be of interest to everyone. There is just one nagging, uncharitable question though and that is WHY would such a book be specifically needed as one would hope that those who have undergone cancer treatment would receive sufficient nutritional advice and general support from their medical practitioners. Maybe things are different in the United States? This just seems an unanswered question when the book is more ‘recipe’ than ‘inspiration’. A whole coping after-type book can be understood. Neither is this a book specifically designed to raise money for charity. The identity just seems a little mixed, or insular.
That said, if one focuses on just the recipes things are a lot clearer and better. The first chapter starts with desserts – and why not break with convention as you should treat yourself. The range of the recipes does look comforting, intriguing and ever so more-ish. Each recipe is clearly laid out and easy to follow and it even has a typical prep and cook time. The other chapters are split between breakfast; beverages; appetisers and snacks; salads and side dishes; soups, stews, risottos and more; the main event and then various standards such as resources, metric conversions and planning aids. The range and selection of different dishes is commiserate with a good, general recipe book.
Mixed within the recipes are many information blocks with various inspirational and educational texts that have a particular bias towards cancer matters. Much of this information is quite interesting, even to a wider audience. Would it be too unfair to suggest that this book has a bit of an identity crisis? Its aims and objectives are laudable but maybe it just doesn’t hit the mark in its current form, particularly with its price tag. A revision of the book’s structure and a bit of fine-tuning could have made a totally different book that has broader appeal, is less capable of being pigeon holed and more likely to be picked up by the casual browser. The foundations are more than adequate but in order to break out from being a niche product to something broader, which it deserves to be, a little visit back to the drawing board might be recommended.
The Back in the Swing Cookbook: Recipes for Eating and Living Well Every Day After Breast Cancer, written by Barbara Unell and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 9781449418328, 288 pages. Typical price: USD30. YYY.
// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
Here is a book that has 150 ‘feel-good’ recipes which are described as being life-affirming and designed to help survivors get back in the swing of joyful, healthy living. If it works for you, why not, but…
Starting with a fairly comprehensive look at nutrition and the role of a balanced diet through the lens of someone who has been through quite an ordeal, the information appears to be of a high quality and could be of interest to everyone. There is just one nagging, uncharitable question though and that is WHY would such a book be specifically needed as one would hope that those who have undergone cancer treatment would receive sufficient nutritional advice and general support from their medical practitioners. Maybe things are different in the United States? This just seems an unanswered question when the book is more ‘recipe’ than ‘inspiration’. A whole coping after-type book can be understood. Neither is this a book specifically designed to raise money for charity. The identity just seems a little mixed, or insular.
That said, if one focuses on just the recipes things are a lot clearer and better. The first chapter starts with desserts – and why not break with convention as you should treat yourself. The range of the recipes does look comforting, intriguing and ever so more-ish. Each recipe is clearly laid out and easy to follow and it even has a typical prep and cook time. The other chapters are split between breakfast; beverages; appetisers and snacks; salads and side dishes; soups, stews, risottos and more; the main event and then various standards such as resources, metric conversions and planning aids. The range and selection of different dishes is commiserate with a good, general recipe book.
Mixed within the recipes are many information blocks with various inspirational and educational texts that have a particular bias towards cancer matters. Much of this information is quite interesting, even to a wider audience. Would it be too unfair to suggest that this book has a bit of an identity crisis? Its aims and objectives are laudable but maybe it just doesn’t hit the mark in its current form, particularly with its price tag. A revision of the book’s structure and a bit of fine-tuning could have made a totally different book that has broader appeal, is less capable of being pigeon holed and more likely to be picked up by the casual browser. The foundations are more than adequate but in order to break out from being a niche product to something broader, which it deserves to be, a little visit back to the drawing board might be recommended.
The Back in the Swing Cookbook: Recipes for Eating and Living Well Every Day After Breast Cancer, written by Barbara Unell and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 9781449418328, 288 pages. Typical price: USD30. YYY.
// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
September 10, 2012
A gorgeous book full of about 150 healthy and easy-to-prepare recipes designed to support healthy-living and help embrace a positive lifestyle. Although designed for breast cancer patients and their support, the healthy recipes and health tips woven in, are applicable to anyone interested in eating and being well.
You can see my full review and the recipe for the (delicious) Everyone's Velvet Cream of Potato Soup here: http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/20...
You can see my full review and the recipe for the (delicious) Everyone's Velvet Cream of Potato Soup here: http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/20...
August 14, 2012
Uplifting book - not just recipes but tools for getting back into the swing after breast cancer. See my full review here - http://livinginthekitchenwithpuppies....
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