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Description :
“It’s not a real diet – just real fun,”
says the author Kim Bailey. The North Beach Diet is a parody,
a spoof designed to make us laugh at our excesses with food.
A fun read to make us laugh, as we read though it with our
friends and family at the dinner table (where else).
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Customer Reviews:
Hoping
that Teddy Bear on the Back Cover is Real!,
July 17, 2005
Reviewer: gregarious1 (New York City)
If that was a picture of the author of this book, who decided
to finally let himself eat... and eat ... and not try to exercise
his monumental weight gain off...
Gosh, I miss food!
Well, this book is some kind of guilty pleasure. Had to really
fail at this diet due to health reasons. Still I do like a
laid back, easygoing, man of substance <wink, wink>....
And there are times I can't stand being a failure at this
diet-- just goes to show when there is a gym or two so close
by I could practically crawl to it....
In any case, we all have to lighten up (pardon the expression)
and laugh at ourselves once in a while. If you like your parody
straight, you can't do much better than this book. Not once
does this book let me down with any pathos, moaning or self-obsession.
And yes, the real North Beach exists--bounded on the south
by 71st Street, the North by Surfside, and Biscayne Point
to the West-- (actually a part of Miami Beach, Florida). Used
to live there and that place abounds with Kim Bailey types
and the women who love them.
Finally,
A Diet Book We Can Enjoy!, April 12, 2005
Reviewer: KBO "A Reader and Eater" (Ft. Worth, Texas)
This book is pure genius! Mr. Bailey does a masterful job
of turning the entire diet craze inside out and he does so
in such an entertaining way. I am very thankful for him and
his humor. To those who think he has gone too far, lighten
up for crying out loud.
Settle in with a bag of chips, some french onion dip, a coke
and a box of tissue. Between bites you will be dabbing your
eyes because you will be laughing so hard.
Thank you for the North Beach Diet!
The
best diet EVER!!!, February 8, 2005
Reviewer: NJOYDANCIN2 (Boston, MA USA)
I've read the book.
I enjoyed the book.
I laughed so hard it hurt! :D
Then found out that laughter causes weight loss. :(
I
bought 10 copies and will place them throughout
stategic places around my personal universe.
Remember...Eat and grow large with food.
Thank
you and Enjoy this delicious treat.
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Media Reviews:
“A
Clever Parody” - USA Today
“A total hoot, this book will make you laugh your obsessions
away. And if you adjust the outrageous portion sizes, there
are some really good recipes too.” - Library
Journal - Book Review
“Need to go on a diet from all that serious diet talk?
This book is the antidote.” - SeattlePI.com
“You’ll love the chapter on “Virtual Exercise:
Good For Mind and Body.” Have fun. I think I gained
10 pounds just paging through it.” - Jean Peerenboom
- Greenbay Press Gazette
“…it was with great joy and glee that I received
a book written by a man after my own heart… I was mesmerized
by the startling information I found on almost every page.
Here is a celebrating of wanton greed, lust and the love of
food by someone who has been there and defends those who are
reviled and ridiculed. There is something hypnotic about recipes
that totally disregard calories and concentrate on the wicked
enjoyment of over-indulgence.” - Doris Reynolds,
Naples Daily News, Author of: When Peacocks Were
Roasted And Mullet Was Fried
“Reasonable” has no place on the plate of Kim
Bailey’s “North Beach Diet.” - The
Sacramento Bee
“…the recipes are pretty scrumptious.” –
Publishers Weekly - Book Review
“This satirical diet book is totally goofy.” Katherine
Klasne – News-JournalOnline
“If you can’t bear to read one more word about
calories and carbs, seek refuge in a new tongue-in-cheek diet
book parody.” Forth Worth Star-Telegram
“I
was browsing at Borders in downtown Chicago when I ran across
your book. It was truly hysterical and well worth my $12.99”
- Ann Glen – A New Fan
