The health benefits of olive oil have recently made the headlines, and this collection of recipes reflects how olive oil, with its range of flavors and its healthful qualities, can make even the simplest dishes memorable. The book includes 200 recipes, plus first-rate health and nutrition information and tips on choosing and cooking with olive oils.
Sarah Schlesinger is the author of 500 Fat-Free Recipes, 500 (Practically) Fat-Free Pasta Recipes, and 500 Low-Fat Fruit and Vegetable Recipes, and the co-author of The Low-Cholesterol Olive Oil Cookbook, among others. Her interest in fat-free cooking resulted from her husband's ongoing battle against coronary artery disease. A lyricist and librettist for musical theatre, she is the chair of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Schlesinger lives with her husband in Greenwich Village and in Lewes, Delaware.