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Lara MGirlosophy- Real Girls Eat - Book Review
July 12th 2006 09:15
This is one of a series of ‘Girlosophy’ books which deal with early teen lifestyle issues such as love, spirituality and of course, food. Masterminded by Anthea Paul, her background as a stylist, fashionista and art director is reflected in the funky style of the book.
One of the most distinctive things about this book is the very informal style, using slogans such as “real girls eat” and “Let’s face it, diets suck”. Despite the zany teenage colloquialisms employed, it’s the message that’s important. It deals with pertinent issues such as body image and holistic health. If this kind of commercial format is what is required for some teen and pre-teen girls to come to terms with the fact that the world doesn’t revolve around fad diets and supermodels then it’s well worth it.
It’s choc a block with all kinds of interesting content, not the usual sparsely populated page affair. There are dozens of pages on various food related topics such as dieting, kitchen hygiene, eating disorders and basic nutrition. There are also a lot of tips and tricks which are stressed in detail, for example learning to read the labels on packaged foods, something that seems obvious but is rarely attended to enough.
The recipes are also very detailed and comprehensive with great corresponding imagery. This includes varied multicultural recipes which have supposedly been submitted by people from around the globe. They all look mouth watering and among the dozens there are bound to be a few you will want to try as they are quite practical and do not appear to be too difficult in terms of either preparation or ingredients. They are arranged by the time of day you are supposed to eat them, which roughly corresponds with regular meals.
Aesthetically this book is very appealing. The pages are high quality photo printed with dozens of colourful illustrations and text spread out like a graphic designer’s wet dream. This is a delightful book to leaf through just for its purely artistic value. Unfortunately this is also reflected in the cost price, it retails at around $35. Nevertheless, the attractive format makes it a great gift idea.
More information can be gleaned from the official website: www.girlosophy.com
“Food is the love you show your body.”
It is believed that the use of low-resolution images in this context
• to illustrate the book in question,
• with the book name either visible on the image itself or written in the image description above,
on the www.foodherald.com hosted on a server in Australia by www.orble.com , qualifies as fair use under Australian copyright law.
One of the most distinctive things about this book is the very informal style, using slogans such as “real girls eat” and “Let’s face it, diets suck”. Despite the zany teenage colloquialisms employed, it’s the message that’s important. It deals with pertinent issues such as body image and holistic health. If this kind of commercial format is what is required for some teen and pre-teen girls to come to terms with the fact that the world doesn’t revolve around fad diets and supermodels then it’s well worth it.
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It’s choc a block with all kinds of interesting content, not the usual sparsely populated page affair. There are dozens of pages on various food related topics such as dieting, kitchen hygiene, eating disorders and basic nutrition. There are also a lot of tips and tricks which are stressed in detail, for example learning to read the labels on packaged foods, something that seems obvious but is rarely attended to enough.
The recipes are also very detailed and comprehensive with great corresponding imagery. This includes varied multicultural recipes which have supposedly been submitted by people from around the globe. They all look mouth watering and among the dozens there are bound to be a few you will want to try as they are quite practical and do not appear to be too difficult in terms of either preparation or ingredients. They are arranged by the time of day you are supposed to eat them, which roughly corresponds with regular meals.
Anthea Paul
Aesthetically this book is very appealing. The pages are high quality photo printed with dozens of colourful illustrations and text spread out like a graphic designer’s wet dream. This is a delightful book to leaf through just for its purely artistic value. Unfortunately this is also reflected in the cost price, it retails at around $35. Nevertheless, the attractive format makes it a great gift idea.
More information can be gleaned from the official website: www.girlosophy.com
“Food is the love you show your body.”
It is believed that the use of low-resolution images in this context
• to illustrate the book in question,
• with the book name either visible on the image itself or written in the image description above,
on the www.foodherald.com hosted on a server in Australia by www.orble.com , qualifies as fair use under Australian copyright law.
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