I enjoy cookbooks and books about healthy eating and thought that Skinny Bitch in the Kitch would make a nice addition to my cookbook collection, however I was greatly disappointed. The original Skinny Bitch had humor but in this book the author went way overboard in trying to hard to make it humorous. Not only is this not a funny book but the recipes are awful and bland. I tried a few just to give the book a chance and the result was that I donated the book to a library nearby. I definitely do not recommend this book even if it's humor you are seeking.

I got this book at a garage sale and I thought it was odd that they had it out because it's such a "new" book. However, I completely understand now why they had it out there and I donated it to my library. I think the humor in the book, while at first was semi-amusing, went a bit overboard. It was like the author was trying way to hard to achieve her original skinny bitch humor. Also, the recipes were not so fantastic and I think you could find just-as-healthy and vegetarian AND MORE flavorful online or in another book somewhere else.

This book was great! I bought it after reading Skinny Bitch (the original) and it was extremely helpful. After reading the first book I felt it was time to turn my eating habits around and become a vegan thanks to the enlightening information from the girls at Skinny Bitch. This cookbook and lifestyle guide of sorts is great for people new to veganism. They convert you and then go as far to supply you with the tools you need to change your eating habits. This book contains great vegan recipes, vegan products, restaurant guides and vegan lifestyle tips. Like their other book they maintain the characteristic “bitchy” fem attitude motivating the reader through “frienemie” tactics to help you effectively lose weight in a healthy way. The book provides extremely positive and caring advice to lose who have been struggling to become a healthy weight for years. It also provides relevant and insightful support for those who are embarking on a new lifestyle themselves by choosing to become vegans.

The Skinny Bitch in the Kitchen is unfortunately a one trick pony without the redeeming qualities of at least being a good cookbook.

While initially tickling my funny bone with their witty banter in the directions aside each recipe, I quickly grew tired of what seemed like inappropriate and presumptuous humor. For example, when making Pecan-crusted French Toast, the directions tell you to coat the bread in milk then stick the crushed pecans to the milk-soaked slices with the following unnecessary statement “Yeah, it's a little challenging to make 'em stick in there. Quit whining. You're about to have French Toast!”

Thanks for the not so tasty recipes and the less than appetizing attempts at humor Ms. Freedman and Ms. Barnouin, but I'll take a serious recipe book with good nutritional advice any day over this.

I conclude this review with a warning: Don't waste your time with this cookbook. You'd be better served by almost any other book on nutritious cooking for weight maintenance.

I am an avid collector of cookbooks and with this witty title and snappy cover, I expected, if nothing else, it would be a funny book to have in my repertoire.
However, it's one of the few books that I have exhausted from my said collection. Her attitude towards food is not one that I would condone. I do believe that we are what we eat and the way in which the author chooses to talk about that nourishment is not one that I can myself associate with. In addition, I feel the recipes lack a certain sort of balance and found it hard to glean anything from the pages of this 'recipe book'.

It's a sad thing when you find it hard to learn even one or two things from an entire book. Don't waste your precious time. Read something a bit more positive and a lot more yummy!

I thought this book would be funny (with the clever, hip title and all) but instead I just found it to be really annoying. I can not for the life of me figure out why this book is so popular. The authors seem to be trying really hard to be cool, funny, and cutting edge. But, the reality is there is nothing new or innovative about any of these recipes. There is not any nutritional information listed either. Furthermore, the names of the recipes, again trying to be hip, just come off as stupid and annoying- Bitchtastic Brownies? As for the actual content, the recipes basically tell the readers to replace their food with vegan products. You do not need to buy the book as most vegans are fully aware that ordinary food can be replaced with vegan substitutes. Thankfully, I did not waste my money and checked this book out at the library first.

Good for me that I just read this book for free. And even better I only read half of it. Sad though that I did not realize what trash this is by reading only the 1st page.

So there is this friend of mine who (like me) loves to read and doesnt mind dropping of the books she likes with my wife and recommends reading them. This is the 1st time when I am beginning to doubt her intentions. She is probably trying to make my wife stay away from books if she recommended this but thats another story.

I started reading this as just a time pass in the loo and probably that was the only sensible thing I did. That is where the book belongs and I kept it there till I read half of it before throwing it away telling my wife to return it. Here we are, proud parents, telling our kids to feel lucky that we have food to eat and all that.. and imagine calling food with names as crap and shit !!

Terrible.. stay away

Finally! For those who made it through Skinny Bitch without being too entirely offended or being turned off by the all-or-nothing tone of the writers, here’s a cookbook to start you on your path to a healthier, more balanced diet. Or so the summary would have you believe. In reality, while a lot of these recipes are great for beginners- they’re easy, resemble that ‘junk’ food you’re giving up, and can provide some great foodie comfort in times of need- they don’t really give you something that I find essential in a vegetarian or vegan diet—true balance. Almost all are soy based, instead of taking advantage of the natural flavors and nutrients available in a variety of foods. Why try to recreate something that reminds you of the stuff you used to eat when you can fall in love with something completely new?

Like the first Skinny Bitch book, many may be turned off by the tone of this one. These girls aren’t always polite, and they’re not always politically correct. But there is fun to be had, so you might as well give it a try!

Ok, so my doctor recommended I read this book due to the fact I have a strong family history of diabetes and heart disease. She said I should be vegan as much as possible. Some of the recipes in here are good, but it seems that almost all of them are soy-based. I got totally sick of it after about a week of trying to eat these things. Not to mention I got really hungry from trying to eat just fruit for breakfast. My body needs protein or it just won't work for me. The recipes I tried aren't too bad for the most part and I especially liked the tofu brownies. However, unless you want to eat soy for every meal all the time, I don't really recommend this.

The diet is totally vegan, sugar free, wine is bad, meat is worse, etc. I can't get beyond the language to read this book entirely. I’ve read that it is sassy and cute but they call food ‘crap’ and use a lot of foul language. The title is a good indication of how the rest of book reads but it just gets worse. It’s written by two models from Los Angeles so I’m not sure they can know what works without ever having been in the situation even though they call themselves pigs and talk a good game. There is something like a PETA section in the book also because of the vegan part of the diet. I love meat and all the abuse that comes with it so this was really gross in my opinion. They use tofu to replace meat in some of the recipes--I did browse the recipes a little bit. It is on the New York Times Bestseller list and there are more Skinny Bitch books on the way so it must have something to it. I mentioned I didn’t read the entire book so I can’t get more detailed.