Cathy Katz

The Soft Gourmet: Eating Well On A Soft Food Diet is a cookbook featuring soft food to look forward to This kitchen-tested collection of delicious, nutritious recipes supports the healing and stamina of people who cannot bite or chew food, and provides a practical strategy for caregivers of patients recovering from oral surgery, maxillofacial reconstruction, dental implants, cancer treatment, and other conditions requiring a Soft Food Diet. Our surgeon and our reconstruction dentist both wrote: "This soft foods recipe book is a game-changer" for caregivers, patients, and clinicians of Oral Surgery, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, Otolaryngology, Trauma Surgery, and Dietitians. "All of these clinicians and their patients stand to gain so much from this book." (see Foreword) The Soft Gourmet offers: 77 delicious, nutritious recipes of easy-to-swallow foods-a year's worth: 26 yummy soups and stews - smoothies, custards and puddings, main dishes, pastas, potatoes, sides, sauces, and sweets-that the whole family can enjoy Kitchen strategies to succeed over a long healing period Patterns of Soft Gourmet Cooking: convert any recipe to Soft Food First foods: menu plan and recipes for the first tender weeks following oral surgery Pantry lists: boost protein, create creaminess, and provide key nutrients for patients for whom biting, chewing, and swallowing is difficult, and who struggle to maintain weight and energy Written by a caregiver-cook, The Soft Gourmet: Eating Well On A Soft Food Diet will help you keep joy and sanity in your caregiving kitchen during recovery.

A handy and beautifully designed card deck featuring a diverse array of plants, flowers, and trees and related growing information that makes it easy for anyone to cultivate and maintain pollinator-friendly plants in their own garden.Gardeners of all levels can join in the movement toward ecologically friendly gardening and welcome diverse species of birds, butterflies, and more to their backyard or balcony gardens or farms, by simply choosing pollinator plants that will thrive in their environment. The 109 cards included in The Pollinator Garden Planning Deck are brimming with information and full-color photographs of a diverse assortment of wildflowers, shrubs, trees, and grasses whose nectar and pollen nurture a range of pollinators. Many are perennials, meaning they are easy to maintain and require little upkeep. Specific species in the deck are native to the United States, but many of the plants have European counterparts. Each card features a vibrant photo and describes the size, color, growing conditions, planting considerations, nourished pollinators, and special qualities of these pollinator plants. With more than 100 profiled plants, the deck can easily be sorted and grouped to find the right selection for your garden, season by season, making it a wonderfully customizable resource. Great for home gardeners, landscape designers, and educational programs, this practical and inspiring gardening deck makes it easy to plant for pollinators, from native bees to Monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, beneficial insects, and much more, and ensure you have blooms throughout the season.