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Eat This Too: It'll Make You Feel Better
by Dom DeLuise
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Atria (1998-10-01)
ISBN: 0671004328
EAN: 9780671004323
Dewy Decimal #: 641.5945
Paperback: 256 pages
SKU: 08010017
Condition: Very Good As issued
Comments: Oversize Trade Paperback. Very Good condition with no markings. No highlights, underlines or notes in text. No creases to spine or cover. Minor wear to cover and tiny close tear at bottom spine. Tight binding and clean crisp text. Very Nice copy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Book Description
With his first smash cookbook, Eat This, It'll Make You Feel Better, the nation discovered that cooking is a passion Dom DeLuise and his family take seriously. Now he's back with more delicious recipes inspired by a lifetime of good eating. Perfect for the low-fat tastes of the nineties, these are treasures collected from both family and friends, and created in the freshest, healthiest, most mouthwatering traditions. Discover an array of more than 125 quick, easy dishes that feature intriguing combinations of spices, fresh vegetables, and lean meals for the ultimate in zesty, guilt-free dining. And no Dom DeLuise cookbook would be complete without excursions into the kitchens of his celebrity pals from coast to coast. Dom has shared food with such friends as Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, President and Mrs. Clinton, Shirley MacLaine, Norman Lear, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, Harrison Ford, Burt Reynolds and many others. Whether he's sharing his humor, his lasagna, or the best shrimp and squid salad you ever tasted, Dom turns food into a celebration every time. Sprinkled with memories of his Mama (a great cook whose recipes Dom admits to stealing), this Brooklyn boy's cookbook serves up happy and healthy fare that is really easy to fix and delicious. And it brims with one ingredient no other can match: mucho love!
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Customer Reviews
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THIS VERSION IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE FIRST
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-12-15
Although there are many repeats from the first book, and although the first book is fabulous, this version is more precise in some ways. For example, instead of just giving the recipe for pizza dough like the first version, this version also includes the cooking time and temperature requirements...a very important addition!
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Too Many Repeats, But a Good Substitute for the Original.
Rating  (3)
Date: 2003-07-01
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Dom DeLouise's first cookbook -- Eat This, It Will Make You Feel Better -- was a huge hit in my Italian family. Each of the women in the family owned a copy, and it is the one cookbook I absolutely HAD to have when I moved out on my own. There are a ton of great, easy and relatively healthy recipes in the first, along with several very funny anecdotes and tons of photos. The first book is still, hands down, my favorite cookbook. Unfortunately, Mr. DeLouise's second cookbook is not as great as the first. For one thing, several of the recipies from the first book are reproduced here, sometimes with slight differences, and sometimes exactly the same as in the original, right down to the photos and anecdotes that accompany them. As much as I love dishes such as Lucy's Pasta and Escarole and Beans, I did not need to buy the recipes twice. Moreover, where the anecdotes in the first book were entertaining tales of the people Mr. DeLouise loves to cook with, followed by favorite recipies from that person, the anecdotes in the second book often have nothing to do with the recipes. The tributes to Barbra Streisand [sp?] and Jason Priestly are particularly out of place. Nevertheless, the second book, like the first, contains many wonderful recipes, most of which require a minimum of skill and virtually no "exotic" ingredients. The best thing about the recipies, to me, is that many are for dishes I grew up eating, but somehow never learned to make. The Eat This books are like having a grandma in the kitchen, showing you how to make traditional favorites. Bottom line, If you have access to the original book, buy it and skip the sequel. If, however, you cannot find the original, than this book is a good substitute, particularly if you want good, basic, inexpensive, healthy and DELICIOUS meals.
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A very good cookbook.
Rating  (4)
Date: 2001-05-23
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a very good cookbook, but I think I like the first one better. "Eat This!" the original, was more practical and is one cookbook I have used more than any other I own. Dom does have quite a habit of hampering his cookbooks with more than a little name-dropping. (i.e. You hear of all the stars who have eaten his food, but you rarely find out what they liked about it.) But the two "Eat This!" books are well worth the money.
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Almost As Good As The First One
Rating (4)
Date: 2001-01-30
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This second "Eat This" book is nearly as good as the first: lots of great recipes, fun family stuff, etc. Here we have more bread recipes and finally some good pizza and calzone recipes. There does seem to be more emphasis on dead animal and in a misguided effort to keep fat calories down he uses margarine (a synthetic and dangerous substance that has the same amount of fat as butter, but increases cancer risk) instead of butter. With these few exceptions, I can recommend this book with nearly as much enthusiasm as the first one.
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A Great Cookbook for Everyone
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-07-18
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Dom DeLuise has some great recipes and some good hints for all cooks--even novices. His recipes are tasty and not too difficult to make. I learned how to make my first omelet from reading his book. Because I do not like adding oil to any recipe, I was happy to see that he noted that applesauce could be substituted for oil in the Zucchini Bread recipe. He has dozens of great recipes for everything from breads to pastas to desserts. I have had this book since it was first published and I can tell you that it is well worth the money.
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