Auburn Cookbook Available for Christmas

	Auburn, Dec. 9, 2002 -- A new shipment of "The Auburn Cookbook" has arrived just in time for 
Christmas orders.  For Christmas delivery, orders must be received by Tuesday, Dec. 17.  
The $10 cookbook is 480 pages of delicious recipes, nutrition and food safety information, meal 
planning tips, cooking techniques and more.  
	Written by Extension food and nutrition specialists, the 1996 revision of the Auburn Cookbook 
contains most of the former book's traditional recipes, modified to contain less fat, cholesterol and sugar.  
New recipes were also added including pizza, tacos, stir-fry, dried beans and pasta.  The cookbook is not 
a diet cookbook, but its adaptations, substitutions and cooking methods are designed to help cooks adjust 
and improve their cooking for a healthier diet. 
	At the end of each recipe is a nutritional analysis.  The analysis gives the amount of calories, 
cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, protein and fat in one serving. It also gives the percentage of calories 
that come from fat.
	"The cookbook is written for the novice cook as well as the more experienced," says Dr. Barbara 
Struempler, an Extension nutritionist and one of the authors of the book. 
 "Directions for each recipe explain how to do many things a beginning cook would not otherwise 
understand, therefore, some directions run long.  Also, many recipes include made-from-scratch sauces 
and toppings and use spices and herbs for flavoring for healthier meals. These sometimes add up to 
many ingredients.  However, most recipes are not complicated and only require a little more measuring 
and adding," Struempler says. 
	 To order a cookbook, send a check or money order (made out to ACES) to the Alabama 
Cooperative Extension System, Publication Distribution, 6 Duncan Hall Annex, Auburn University, AL 
36849-5632 or contact your county Extension office.