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I asked the list for recommendations of recipe books that were gluten and
casein free, that featured a healthy recipes and didn't try to duplicate a
gluten containing diet.

Here were the responses I received:
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The Rosedale Diet book is great by Ron Rosedale,M.D. and Carol Colman
Can be purchased on the internet or from a book store
Lots of great recipes and information in it , no sugar, grains( the bread it
suggests although very little can be left out or substituted for gf . )

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Many nationalities, especially those in Asia, do not have wheat based diets.
I have also found Ethiopian/African cooking to be a lot of fun lately. And
when I need something quick, nothing beats a salad with bits of chicken or
nuts for protein.  I keep a few (usually homemade) salad dressings on hand.
I made vinaigrette with some fresh pear purée that was a big hit last week.
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I'd suggest you look at Anna Thomas' New Vegetarian Epicure. It's a great
cookbook in general. Doesn't focus on gfcf, but does focus on healthy,
vegie, mostly relatively easy recipes. Other vegetarian cookbooks (things
like Laurel's Kitchen, the older Vegetarian Epicure books, Moosewood books,
Mollie Katzen's other books) should also be good sources for the type of
recipes you're seeking. You might also want to look for Thai cookbooks (I
have a good one, but the title escapes me at the moment). Other than the
occasional wheat noodles, the cuisine as a whole does not rely on gluten
grains, and certainly doesn't rely on milk products. They use coconut milk
for a lot of things, and the "fish soy" (nam pla) is not made with wheat in
the way that soy sauce is.

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I have found the same problem with GF cookbooks, they are too heavy on the
baked goods.  I now buy normal cookbooks that look like they have a lot of
recipes that suit me.  It's usually not hard to substitute...for me...but it
may be for you.  I feel that if I get one or two good recipes, the price is
worth it, and I do much better with normal, unspecialized cookbooks than
with GF cookbooks. You can look them over thoroughly at the bookstore.  Just
a suggestion
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I really like the books by Carol Fenster. She recently rewrote my favorite,
now I like the new one better. Here's the URL to the publisher:
 
    http://www.penguinputnam.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_1583331913,00.html
 
 I would buy it locally or shop with the discounters online.

Received 5 other emails recommending her books
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'Eating Gluten Free' by Shreve Stockton.

There are over 100 recipes for simple, healthy (and totally delilcious)
meals, snacks, treats, all of it.  There is one bread chapter, and the
rest of the book focuses on being independent from bread and dairy.
You can find it on amazon, etc, or you can have any bookstore order it
in without you being locked it to purchasing it.

Here's a review that was published in a newspaper yesterday:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/212117_fresh16.html?
searchpagefrom=1&searchdiff=1

Received 6 other emails recommending this book
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You might try looking at books for raw foods, or the "Caveman" or
Paleolithic diet, in other words, more natural foods rather than processed
ones. I have one called Dining in the Raw by Rita Romano which is very
interesting! Sounds like a niche that is in need of being filled.

Received 3 other recommendations for Raw food diets and for the Paleo diet
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I really like books by Bonnie Stern.  (www.bonniestern.com)
You have to order them from Canada.

More HeartSmart Cooking is particularly easy to adapt to the GFCF life.
Most of the recipes do not contain dairy products.  Also, they have been
uniformly reliable and the products have been delicious.  She has a
chapter where she lists suggestions for cooking for kids,
lactose-intolerant, vegetarians, teenagers etc.  Very adaptable book
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Regards 
Sherene

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