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Hi - When I was working on Eating for IBS with my editor, we went back and forth about what direction to take with the recipes. Should the book be a very basic primer for people who had never cooked, or should it be a full-on cookbook with recipes that assumed some basic level of kitchen familiarity? We decided to make it a regular cookbook...and in hindsight I think that was a mistake. I have since heard from so many people who have never cooked before but now have to due to IBS, or from people who were used to just throwing together convenience food but now needed to expand into more in-depth recipes, but didn't know how. So, the book has been great for people who already cooked and just needed to know how to modify recipes or venture into more ethnic/gourmet territory, but it hasn't really fit the bill for folks who don't know how (or don't want to know how!) to cook.

That's why I've been trying to work on a fast and easy diet book for IBS, that's less a full-blown cookbook and more a how-to guide. With Eating for IBS, it was assumed that people were already cooking. With the new book, I won't make that assumption and everything will be taken step by step. I'm also going to concentrate more on ideas and suggestions for throwing a meal together instead of having specific recipes (though I will include those too). More store-bought things will be included, and the focus will be on learning the basics of cooking so you can eat safely for IBS without having to really get into cooking and recipes. Hopefully this will fill the gap...

- H

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