The Slim Gourmet by Barbara Gibbons. She began writing food columns for Family Circle magazine in 1971, was syndicated as “The Slim Gourmet” in about 200 newspapers nationwide by 1976, when she published her first book, “The Slim Gourmet Cookbook.”
The book reflected her many years of scouting and testing low-calorie recipes for waistline-busters like macaroni-and-cheese, chicken à la king, pizza, pancakes, chocolate pudding cake and what she called “man-pleasing beef stew.” The book's dust jacket is in good shape.