health guides
High-Fibre Diet
Resources for This Diet
High Fibre, High Flavour: Delicious Recipes for Good Health by Rosemary Moon, Toronto: Firefly Books, 2000.
The New Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen, Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2000.
366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains by Andrea Chesman, New York: Plume, 1998.
The Corinne T. Netzer Fibre Counter by Corinne T. Netzer, New York: Dell Books, 1994.
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