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The reviews are in on Mary Mauksch's FABULOUS AND FLOURLESS! Of 7 replies,
6 people loved it, and one thought it was okay. A coule said it was quite a
bit of work to master the different techniques. I've put the replies below,
since there aren't that many. It's only $13.97 at Amazon.com, and it's
going on my Christmas list!
Carma in Phoenix
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I love this cookbook!! I've only tried 2 or 3 recipes, but I've enjoyed
them very much, and lots of them really look yummy.
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I consider any cookbook a hit when it has one good recipe I like. In this
case, it was a cookie recipe using ground almonds that really gives the
same effect as oatmeal cookies. I haven't gotten around to trying any
others, but I will as the holidays approach.
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I have Fabulous & Flourless and it's a great dessert book for us celiacs.
The author uses different kind of nuts in place of flour for most of the
recipes.
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I saw your question about the book on the Celiac list. I bought the book last
year and absolutely love it! I had to stop making the recipes for a time
because they are so good, I was eating too much of them! The cakes are
luscious and will impress everyone, GF or not. It is a definite buy!
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I have had the book for about a year. The desserts are great. It requires a
bit of patience at first to be comfortable with the directions. We have found
several new "favorites" since I began testing the recipes every couple of
weeks.
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I have the book and have only made about two items from it. The first one was
a long time ago and was quite a bit of work. It turned out a cake that was
about 1/2 inch high, but it tasted good. Most of the recipes require nuts and
nut flours. The basis of most comes from egg whites being whipped to a
meringue and then folded into a batter. Give it a try. You may do quite
well with it. Let me know.
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I use this cookbook rather frequently. Although many recipes say serve
10-16 or 8-12, the reality is it's very easy for only 2 or 3 people to
finish one off. One strange thing--she usually suggests dusting the pans
with spelt flour, which we know contains gluten. I usually dust with sweet
rice flour or whatever is handy. I don't think the recipes are all that
dairy free--there is an extensive use of eggs and butter. The recipes are
easy to follow, and everything I've made tastes great.
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