What to Eat During Cancer Treatment

This cookbook contains 100 fast, flavorful recipes to help both patient and caregiver prepare satisfying meals to combat some of the side effects of treatment. Recipes are organized by side effects and include Brie and Apple Grilled Cheese to deal with nausea, Lemon Egg-Drop Soup for diarrhea, Blueberry-Peach Crisp for constipation, a Sherbet Shake for sore mouth, and Honey-Teriyaki Salmon for taste alterations.

Jeanne Besser is a food columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the author of six cookbooks, including The Great-American Eat-Right Cookbook. Kristina Ratley, RD, LDN, Michele Szafrankski, MS, RD, LDN, and Sheri Knecht, MS, RD, LDN, are all dietitians and experts on cancer nutrition. They operate the Dietitian on Call program from the South Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society.