What I like best about this book, along with other South Beach Diet Cookbooks (see The South Beach Diet Dining Guide and The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook) is that the recipes are appealing even you aren't following Dr. Arthur Agatston's wildly popular South Beach Diet. To eat food this good and still lose weight is just a happy bonus.

While this book is being released in fall of 2006, just in time for the holidays, realize that the book has party and entertaining plans to last all year long -- not just the hectic time between Thanksgiving and New Years.

You'll get 20 full party plans and menus and 150 delicious South Beach Diet friendly recipes. Now you can entertain and still stay on your diet. The food will be so good, your friends and family will never suspect they eating healthy.

Party Plans Include:Phase ! Diet Kickoff Party; Family Buffet; Baby Shower; Weekend Brunch; Super Bowl Bash; Tuscan Feast; French Bistro Party; Backyard Grill Feast; Hors d Oeuvres for a Crowd ; Rite of Passage Party.

Holiday Menus Include: New year's Day Open House; Valentine's Day Dinner for Two; Passover Seder; Easter Gathering; Cinco de Mayo Celebration; Mother's Day Luncheon; Fourth of July Revel; Thanksgiving; Hanukkah Party; Christmas Eve Dinner; Christmas Day Wake Up Breakfast; Christmas Dinner.

Sample Recipes:
See the Related Recipes box below for sample recipes from this book.