The Babytalk Insider's Guide to Your Baby's First Year: Expert Advice that Tells It Like It Is---Plus the Secrets that Nobody Else Reveals
Author: Baby Talk Magazin
A cross between the bestsellers in this category, The Girlfriend's Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood (with secrets from other moms), and What to Expect the First Year (with advice from experts) -- this is a comprehensive first-year guide from the editors of the critically-acclaimed parenting magazine. Complete with problem-solving strategies; step-by-step instructions; and quick tips and sidebars; this is the only first-year guide that you will ever need -- from the magazine that is the Bible for new moms who have turned to it for generations.
Topics include breastfeeding, basic development, sleep, language development, attachment, immunizations and common health problems and solutions. The book offers a combination of expert advice ("the right way") from well-known parenting gurus, as well as "the other ways," a spinoff of the magazine's wildly popular column packed with innovative tricks from other new moms. Chapters like "Sleep and the Lack of It" and "The No-Panic Guide to Health Emergencies" offer a fresh and reassuring voice that provides new moms with the guidance they need. This is sure to become the new go-to guide for new moms everywhere.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Susan Kane is the editor-in-chief of Babytalk magazine. She frequently appears on national television on behalf of Babytalk, discussing issues ranging from affordable daycare to new trends in baby gear. She lives in Chappaqua, New York, with her husband and two children.
Publishers Weekly
Well-organized, comprehensive and written with humor, this book covers all the bases. Each chapter is informative, with useful illustrations, and helpful lists such as "The Real Life Layette," essential clothing and items needed for newborns; "Tricks of the Tired," suggestions for getting through the day when sleep isn't an option (soaking up sun, eating enough protein); and exactly what to pack in your diaper bag. "Baby Boot Camp" focuses on surviving the first six weeks with advice on how to clean and dress your baby and when to call the doctor. "The Growing Year" explains your baby's development (senses, reflexes) and discusses "milestone madness": parents' tendency to panic when their children aren't the first to accomplish things. "The Stuff of Motherhood" helps keep your shopping list under control, with advice on gear that's great and gear you just don't need. Also included are chapters on premature babies, multiples and adoption. Personal accounts from mothers across the country help ease common anxieties and give the reader different perspectives on topics such as bottle feeding, sleep deprivation and being a working mom. The authors manage to give a wide range of practical advice without preaching or passing judgment, making this book a must read for new parents. (Feb.)
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Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen
Author: Naomi Moriyama
What if there were a land where people lived longer than anywhere else on earth, the obesity rate was the lowest in the developed world, and women in their forties still looked like they were in their twenties? Wouldn't you want to know their extraordinary secret?
Japanese-born Naomi Moriyama reveals the secret to her own high-energy, successful lifestyle and the key to the enduring health and beauty of Japanese women in this exciting new book. The Japanese have the pleasure of eating one of the most delicious, nutritious, and naturally satisfying cuisines in the world without denial, without guilt and, yes, without getting fat or looking old.
As a young girl living in Tokyo, Naomi Moriyama grew up in the food utopia of the world, where fresh, simple, wholesome fare is prized as one of the greatest joys of life. She also spent much time basking in that other great center of Japanese food culture: her mother Chizuko's Tokyo kitchen. Now she brings the traditional secrets of her mother's kitchen to you in a book that embodies the perfect marriage of nature and culinary wisdom Japanese home-style cooking.
If you think you've eaten Japanese food, you haven't tasted anything yet. Japanese home-style cooking isn't just about sushi and raw fish but good, old-fashioned everyday-Japanese-mom's cooking that's stood the test of time and waistlines for decades. Reflected in this unique way of cooking are the age-old traditional values of family and the abiding Japanese love of simplicity, nature, and good health. It's the kind of food that millions of Japanese women like Naomi eat every day to stay healthy, slim, and youthful while pursuing an energetic, successful, on-the-go lifestyle. Even better, it's fast, it's easy, and you can start with something as simple as introducing brown rice to your diet. You'll begin feeling the benefits that keep Japanese women among the youngest-looking in the world after your very next meal!
If you're tired of counting calories, counting carbs, and counting on being disappointed with diets that don't work and don't satisfy, it's time to discover one of the best-kept and most delicious secrets for a healthier, slimmer, and long-living lifestyle. It's time to discover the Japanese fountain of youth.
Washington Post
Moriyama walks readers through creating a "Tokyo kitchen" in their own home—rice cooker and wok are optional—and intersperses her argument for Japanese culinary supremacy with recipes...The result: a delicious way to stay healthy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Even the most hesitant readers will find their passion for the wonderful taste and aroma of Japanese dishes irresistible and will be tempted to try some.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Naomi Moriyama and William Doyle have laid out a convincing and tasty arguent for cooking the Japanese way in their book...easy to accomplish in your own kitchen.
The Oregonian
Naomi Moriyama has staked out her own territory and written a smart, lively and useful book. While "Japanese Women" is a personal story, it's also well-researched and full of delicious-sounding recipes and tips for learning to cook home-style Japanese foods.
goodhousekeeping.com
For weight loss, I recommend Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen, by Naomi Moriyama and William Doyle. One-upping a certain French woman who boasted about staying thing, Moriyama reveals seven secrets of how Japanese women avoid adding pounds and prolong their life.
AARP Magazine Online
A tasty mix of easy and adventurous,...the recipes come from Moriyama's mother, whose motto is, 'I use ingredients from the mountains, the oceans and the earth.' If that isn't the Zen of cooking, what it?
Bookseller (UK)
After the stodgy excesses of Yuletide, Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat will seem like spring come early. This book combines personal memoir, social and political observations, a section for the Samurai in your life, and, naturally, plenty of recipes . . .
Telegraph (UK)
If you need inspiration to change your diet, spending a couple of hours with Moriyama should do the trick. She has a slight (but not too skinny) frame, perfect skin, lots of energy and gleaming hair. She looks 20 years younger than her real age of 45. When buying alcohol, she is often asked for ID, and is regularly quizzed on which university she attends. She is a living example of what most women her age dream of...Japanese people, especially women, are the healthiest in the world.
Sunday Telegraph (Australia)
Moriyama's book is a compelling wake up call...She gives an easy guide to setting up your own little Tokyo kitchen, with more than 30 recipes handed down form her mother, about whom she writes with great affection. Likewise, she writes about Tokyo in a way that makes you want to get there and into the first noodle house you see. Her descriptions of food and mood would lure the most reluctant gourmet adventurer...Moriyama puts a human face on facts, alternating between personal stories, interesting snippets of Japanese history and the latest research on food and health from a plethora of experts.
The Washington Post - Rachel Hartigan Shea
Moriyama walks readers through creating a "Tokyo kitchen" in their own home -- rice cooker and wok are optional -- and intersperses her argument for Japanese culinary supremacy with recipes such as "Spinach with Bonito Flakes" and "Salmon-edamame Burger." The result: a delicious way to stay healthy.
Publishers Weekly
It's well known that Japanese women have the lowest obesity rate in the industrialized world (3%) and the highest life expectancy (85 years), and that their cuisine is based on simplicity. Tokyo native Moriyama puts a human face on this phenomenon, that of her mother, Chizuko, in this well-organized, persuasive introduction to a non-Western everyday cooking plan. Just as Moriyama reconstructed Chizuko's cooking practices for herself and her coauthor husband, Doyle (Inside the Oval Office), she shows readers the elements of Chizuko's 6' x 12' Tokyo kitchen. She details its pantry ingredients, including bonito (fish) flakes and daikon (radish) and tools such as a rice cooker and wok. Most recipes are based on at least one of the "seven pillars"-fish, vegetables, rice, soy, noodles, tea, fruit-and are familiar and easy to make (Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura, Teriyaki Fish, etc.). Cooking tips abound, but what adds a French Women Don't Get Fat angle is the useful eating advice, such as "Hara hachi bunme," or "Eat until you are 80 percent full." It's a call for moderation that occurs throughout other cultures, and if it's the Japanese version that speaks to readers, good for Moriyama. Agent, Mel Berger. (Nov. 8) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
French women don't get fat, Japanese women don't get fat or old, and American women don't ever get tired of reading books that could help them get a grip. Sushi, anyone? Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
