In honor of my oven-baked latkes, I decided to opt for a more health-conscious choice for the Cookbook of the Day today with Fry Light, Fry Right: Fried-Food Flavor Without Deep Frying because you don't have to eat a ton of oil just to enjoy the flavor of fried foods (or to celebrate oil, since today is the first day of Hanukkah).
Despite the holiday reference, this is not a Hanukkah oriented book. In fact, it's more about all-American fried foods of the variety that you'll find on hundreds of menus and in bakeries across the country, including things like Mozzarella Sticks, Coconut Shrimp, Chicken Fried Steak and Chocolate Devil's Food Donuts, among its 120 recipes. Each one is simple and all you really need to know how to do is work an oven to turn out impressive (and healthy) results. With only some heat and a little bit of oil, included primarily to prevent sticking and encourage browning, you should be able to obtain crisp exteriors and tender interiors on everything you make - just like deep fried foods, only there won't be as much fat to cover up the base flavors.

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12-17-2006 @8:52PM Elaine Magee said... Thanks so much for appreciating and mentioning my book, FRY LIGHT, FRY RIGHT! I'm thrilled!
This was a truly fun cookbook to work on and I hope it inspires all sorts of light frying in 2007!
I also write a blog for WebMD, feel free to come and visit anytime,
http://blogs.webmd.com/healthy-recipe-doctor/
--Elaine Magee
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