Dairy-Allergy Sufferers Put Out to Pasture - Panax Publishing Launches Next Generation Cookbook

"Grazing on Pasta," a wholesome, gourmet-style, whimsical, user-friendly and dairy-free cookbook is moo-ving out to help "un-complicate" life.

CORONA DEL MAR, CA January 8, 2005 -- Panax Publishing announced today the long-awaited release of Grazing on Pasta, a snappy new cookbook designed to streamline the feeding processespecially for dairy-sensitive people and all those who share meals with them. Wholesome, gourmet-style, whimsical, user-friendlyand dairy-freeGrazing on Pasta sets a new standard in cookbooks.

Author Shari Rae Noyes, who is dairy-allergic, is quick to point out that excluding dairy from the diet does not automatically mean vegetarian. The last thing we want, she says, is to be even more restricted.

Flexitarian Not Vegetarian
Due to their inclusion of olive oil, garlic, moderate amounts of poultry and seafood, and a plethora of vegetables and herbsall atop pasta, Grazings recipes reflect the traditional Mediterranean diet, studied by researchers since the 1950s for its excellent effects on heart health and longevity. According to new study findings, people age 50 and older who will simply include specific heart-healthy ingredients in their diets might also add 5-6 years to their life expectancy and enjoy greater cardiovascular health.

Sizing up the Book
Grazing on Pasta serves up recipes in a convenient, 8.5 x 5.5 format, with a maximum of 10 steps in each. Other features include:

    Enticementeach recipe sports a gorgeous, full-color photo.
    Funwhimsical recipe titles range from Monsters and Greens to Purple Cords on Neptune.
    HelpGrazing offers a preparation timetable, menu suggestions, cooking tips, presentation ideas and a glossary.
    Wear-and-tear powerthe entire book is printed on sturdy cover stock.
    Easy accessit self-stands (on a shelf or windowsill) or mounts on a wall.

Stay Tuned
Grazing on Pasta is the first installment in a series of sixall dairy-free and in the same friendly format. With a touch of irony, Noyes has titled her series Grazing because the word evokes an image of leisurely consuming fooda practice in which most of us are deficient. Slow food, she says, is the way to go. Eating snake-style precludes proper digestion, while thorough chewing slows down consumptionwhich translates to stretching out ones satisfaction more than ones waistline. Noyes also teaches that taking time to feed oneself well nourishes more than body: It sends the subconscious a message of worthiness.

Give'Em a Rest
Life can be complicated, but for those with a food allergy, ratchet up that stress meter some more. Allergy sufferers have to scrutinize food labels, pepper servers with questions, and even then sometimes go hungry. People who dont get it label them hypochondriac, fat-phobic or attention-needy. So compassion is more than just a preferenceit becomes a major social criterion. Often, the only guaranteed safety away from home is found in a brown bag. In order to prevent being deprived, sometimes you just have to take matters in your own hands, says Noyes.

Cows milk is one of the most common allergens that affect an estimated 5% of the population (and this number is on the rise). Different from lactose-intolerance, reactions range from upper respiratory complications to anaphylaxis, a life-threatening condition. Often less severe, lactose intolerance usually produces digestive distress and ranges among adults from 15% for those of northern European ancestry to 95% among peoples of color.

Expeditionist Author
Noyes has been developing dairy-free recipes for over 15 years. Primarily self-educated, she complemented her early experience with a 15-month sojourn in Italy, where she experienced firsthand the Mediterranean lifestyle. After later learning she was allergic to cow's milk but finding a dearth of edible "friendly" foods, Noyes embarked on a quest to end deprivation. Grazing is the natural outgrowth.

Going "Grazy"
Panax Publishing is offering Grazing on Pasta (ISBN 0-9702973-0-0), priced at $29.95, on the Web (www.panaxpublishing.com/ordergop). Because Noyes is dedicated to health in its various formsand to her creative vision, she founded her own company to publish Grazing. Named after a type of ginseng, known for its vigor-inducing properties, Panaxs immediate mission is to help improve quality of lifeespecially for dairy-sensitives and others interested in healthier eatingby offering this new tool.

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    Heart disease: Fish provides a slice of life, AFP via Yahoo! News - Dec 16, 2004
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    The Man Behind the Mediterranean, Eating Well magazine - Mar 1997
    www.foodallergy.org (Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network)


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