Smart Chefs Stay Slim: Lessons in Eating and Living from America's Best Chefs (Hardcover)

Smart Chefs Stay Slim: Lessons in Eating and Living from America's Best Chefs By Allison Adato, Art Smith (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Allison Adato, Art Smith (Foreword by)
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"How do you stay thin with a job like that?" This is the question many food loving mortals often pose to celebrity chefs. Clearly they indulge in their love of food, so how is it that they can enjoy the tantalizing dishes we see them create and still look fit, fabulous, and photo-shoot- ready?

Like so many Americans, celebrity chefs also face the strain of balancing a good diet with a busy lifestyle full of temptation. Now chefs like Michelle Bernstein, Eric Ripert, Tom Colicchio, Rick Bayless, Jacques Torres, and Cat Cora share their own stories on how you can keep your love for food-without foregoing a healthy life.

About the Author


Allison Adato is an award-winning journalist and senior editor at "People" magazine. Her work has appeared in "Los Angeles Times" magazine, and she was a staff writer at "Life" magazine. She lives in New York City.

Praise For…


"Overeating may be an occupational hazard, but some chefs manage to maintain their weight. Smart Chefs reveals their successful strategies for eating what they love-in moderation, of course. Adato presents their strategies as 'lessons' that should work for anyone who adores food. Smart Chefs is fun to read and packed with good advice."—Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and Author of What to Eat

"Smart Chefs Stay Slim is at once approachable, realistic and mouth-watering."
--Gail Simmons

"A breezy, entertaining read sharing lessons, tips and recipes from some of America's best-known chefs in answer to the compelling question, 'How do chefs stay slim?' It's filled with enjoyable anecdotes that promise to help fuel your efforts to do the same."—Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg, James Beard Award–Winning Authors of the Bestseller The Flavor Bible and The Food Lover’s Guide to Wine

"Sure, chefs are delighted to talk about childhood obesity, and a healthier America, but getting this personal? Sharing private details about their own struggles and frustrations with weight? It's very rare. I love this book because of the great practical tips. But I really love this book because it humanizes so many legendary chefs, who aren't above taking inventory of their own bodies -- as emotional as that can be -- just like the rest of us."—Alyssa Shelasky, author of Apron Anxiety and editor at New York magazine’s Grub Street

"Wise about mindful eating, portion strategies, eating for savor, etc. Well-written, too."
-Cooking Light

"Instead of a book that tells you to avoid foods, feel guilty, deprive yourself, and turn your dinner table into a science experiment, [Smart Chefs Stay Slim] is really all about welcoming good food into your life.  It's about living a life surrounded by good food -- and some of it very decadent -- without driving yourself crazy. . . I plan on reading it twice."
-Cookistry.com

"A refreshingly readable--not to mention appetizing--alternative to run-of-the-mill diet books."
-Wall Street Journal

Product Details
ISBN: 9780451235855
ISBN-10: 0451235851
Publisher: New American Library
Publication Date: April 3rd, 2012
Pages: 292
Language: English