Till we eat again: confessions of a diet drop-out by Judy Gruen is a book review that I should have included here LONG ago. Judy was kind enough to send me a copy of her book maybe a year or so ago, and I've been sitting on it for such a while (well, not literally, else my behind would be quite sore) after reading it. Sometimes, I just don't know what I do with my organisational abilities!
However, it is a book that is most definitely worth reviewing, since it made me laugh out hysterically loud on a number of occasions throughout reading. Judy, through biting wit and spot-on self-awareness, depicts her route to losing 15 pounds after she gets invited to a college reunion, and cannot bear the idea of attending carrying the extra rolls.
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It takes me a while to get into any recipe book, if I ever do. Mostly, I make one or two culinary concoctions and then it sits in my cupboard getting dusty (with a few coffee stains for a well-worn look). However, I recently received The Big Book of Juices and Smoothies: 365 natural blends for health and vitality every day by Natalie Savona, and it is so easy to use, it even draws in a one-pan wonder woman like me.
It’s an idiot’s guide, really. And what I most love about the book is that it is coded by cute little pictures of the main fruit or vegetable ingredient of the drink blend, so if you have an abundance of tomatoes in your fridge, you can go straight to the section and look for tomato recipes.
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Or not as much as women in the UK or US, that is! 
French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure is Mireille Guiliano's light-hearted look at some of the possible reasons as to why obesity isn't as much of a problem for our female neighbours on the continent (and something I wrote about for handbag.com).
There aren't any real secrets, but if you've lost the way through dieting, bingeing, starving or whatever, then it can be a breath of fresh air to read something as common sense as this book.
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Fed up of the endless treadmill of
weight-loss and weight gain, and wishing you could live a life that doesn't
revolve around planning your next meal (or feeling guilty about the last one)?
Then Beyond Chocolate could be for you. Learn the principles that will help you lose weight
for good, without pain, and more importantly, that will help you dump those
diet fads for good.
Easy to get to grips with, generous
helpings of empathy and understanding, and mercifully lacking in any
patronising self-help gobbledegook, it explores the alternative to a life of
being a yo-yo dieter, aiming to help women break the cycle that leaves most of
us left with little self-esteem.
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