The Dish: On Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous! [Hardcover]

Carolyn O'Neil (Author), Densie Webb (Author), Laura Coyle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2004

Welcome to The Dish, where new nutrition aptitude meets stylish lifestyle attitude! Serving up heaping helpings of nutrition know-how designed to fit a busy schedule and a sense of taste, The Dish is here to proclaim that you can have your chocolate torte and eat it, too!

Forget starve-yourself regimens and diet gimmicks that just don't work; instead join Carolyn O'Neil and Densie Webb as they invite you to wine and dine, entertain and travel, and feel fabulous. As registered dietitians, they know their stuff, but call them the Dish Divas as they put the fun into eating right and feeling great.

In these pages they dish out smart tips on how to fit nutrition into hectic days, how to make healthy eating stylish, and how to be trim by eating more, not less (yes, it can be done!). There are no food police on patrol here, just some real-life advice from two nutrition experts, who talk you through food challenges with wit and wisdom.

Eating out? The dish is here, from four-star tables to the fast-food lane. What about a bit of the bubbly? The Dish Divas offer the lowdown on the liquid portion of portion control. Need to get your rear in gear? From power walking to karate kicks, they'll help you find the moves that appeal to you. They've even dished up plenty of fresh advice on beauty and fashion.

To show you how to maximize flavor with flare, there are loads of easy-to-cook recipes from top chefs, dubbed Gourmet Gurus. And to answer that oft asked question, how do stylish women stay fit and still live the high life, Carolyn and Densie gather the secrets that work for their Hip & Healthy Heroines.

A marvelous mix of nutrition advice, culinary wisdom, and chic insight, The Dish is here to help you create your own hip and healthy lifestyle.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In an age of frenetic debates over low-carb vs. low-fat diets, O'Neil and Webb advocate for an indisputable method for weight loss: calories out must exceed calories in, while simultaneously acknowledging that dieting doesn't have to focus on deprivation. They draw on their experiences (O'Neil was a CNN producer and Webb is a nutrition writer with a Ph.D.) to create "a girlfriend's guide to eating out, eating in, entertaining, and traveling." Though they claim it's "the very first diet book for glamour girls of all ages and sizes," it's actually more of a lifestyle book, likely to appeal to the demographic of women who read fitness magazines and have 15 or fewer pounds to lose, or want to maintain a healthy weight while living a busy, changing life. The authors give "the dish" on nutrition, eating in, dining out, drinking, exercising, dressing to maximize your assets and even cheating (in moderation), with each author occasionally sharing a personal experience or preference. Throughout, O'Neil and Webb present sidebars (and occasional recipes) from experts, chefs, restaurateurs and magazine editors including Wolfgang Puck, Felidia Bastianach and Bon Appétit editor Barbara Fairchild. Perky writing sometimes belies the deep knowledge and research underlying the nutritional information presented here, yet the authors do a tremendous service by digesting the latest studies on such controversial subjects such as soy ("How much is too much?"), raw food diets and supplements. Their clear analyses will help readers wade through the maze of conflicting nutrition information.
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Review

Dean Ornish, M.D. founder and president, Preventive Medicine Research Institute clinical professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco author of Eat More, Weigh Less At a time when many people are more confused than ever, Carolyn O'Neil and Densie Webb bring common sense in helping people customize a diet that's just right for them.

Emeril Lagasse chef and host of TV Food Network's Emeril LIVE, and author of From Emeril's Kitchen The Dish! Healthy eating that's fun and prepared with lots of style.

Jane Fonda Academy Award-winning actor, activist, and author of Cooking for Healthy Living The Dish sends women an empowering message about food and fitness. You can eat great tasting food that promotes health, you can do it on your own terms, and have fun along the way.

Barbara Rolls, Ph.D. professor and Guthrie Chair in Nutrition at Pennsylvania State University author of The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan Forget highly restrictive diets that force you to give up your favorite foods. The Dish combines the latest sound nutritional advice with lively tips on how to have fun while achieving a lifetime of optimal health.

Joan Lunden television host and bestselling author of Growing Up Healthy Carolyn and Densie dish up expert diet advice with extra helpings of fun. It's great to know that enjoying life is part of a healthy lifestyle. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Atria; 1 edition (June 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743476883
• ISBN-13: 978-0743476881
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,405,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Noted nutrition expert and television personality CAROLYN O'NEIL, MS, RD shares her refreshing food philosophy- "The More You Know, The More You Can Eat!" She is a registered dietitian and award-winning author and journalist who reported on food and health at CNN for nearly 20 years. Carolyn is the co-author with Densie Webb, PhD RD (on right in photo ) of The Dish on Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous! (Simon & Schuster, Atria Books) - winner "Best Health and Nutrition Book" at the World Food Media awards.
Carolyn writes a weekly column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Healthy Eating Out" and appears on the Food Network as "The Lady of the Refrigerator" a recurring nutrition expert on Alton Brown's hit program Good Eats.
Carolyn's CNN television reporting on food, nutrition and cuisine earned three James Beard Foundation Awards and she was the first dietitian to be inducted into the James Beard Who's Who in Food and Beverage. The American Heart Association, The American Dietetic Association and the National Restaurant Association have presented O'Neil with awards for food and nutrition education.
Carolyn O'Neil has a master's degree in Nutrition and Communication from Boston University (1980) and an undergraduate degree in Foods and Nutrition from Florida State University (1976.) She completed her Dietetic Internship at the Veteran's Administration Hospital, San Diego and has been a registered dietitian for nearly 30 years.

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like a scene out of "Sex & The City", June 14, 2004

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christine lavin (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dish: On Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous! (Hardcover)

Monday, June 14th, 10 PM. My boyfriend and I seat ourselves at a sidewalk table at "Cafe Boulud" on Manhattan's Upper East Side. There's a boisterous table next to us, and we recognize CNN's Carolyn O'Neil as one of the revelers. They are celebrating something, so, curious New Yorkers that we are, we ask them what is it? A book called "The Dish on Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous." Remember that scene in "Sex & the City" when Carrie's in Paris and the Parisian bookstore throws her a party and she doesn't show? Well, it's like that, except it's New York, she shows, and everybody (including all the strangers at the adjoining tables) has a swell time, they pass the book around and we all get to take a peek (I hogged it for close to an hour). The bad news is: it's their only copy! We can look, but we can't buy it. The good news is we go home, go on Amazon and order it. If Carrie Bradshaw wrote a book on how to eat well and still fit into her fabulous outfits, this would be it. It's whimsical, but underlying it all is the serious topic of getting us to eat healthy without becoming obnoxious food cops. I love living in this city, and running into Carolyn (and her co-author Densie Webb and all her other friends) is one of the reasons why.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Fabulous, September 16, 2004

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Annie (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dish: On Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous! (Hardcover)

Finally a book that makes sense and has real world application! It is so fun and easy to read - I could hardly put it down. I can relate to the information in the book and actually put it to good use - my kitchen makeover is almost complete! All of my bridesmaids are getting a copy too.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eat Great and Look Great, May 11, 2006

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KatChap 8 "KT" (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dish: On Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous! (Hardcover)

The Dish helped me...finally...learn what nutrition was really about. NOT about all the foods I can't eat, but what I should be adding to my diet. The recipes are easy and tasty and really pretty to make. There's even a chapter on what to drink and what to eat at airports and restaurants. The Dish helps me even when I leave my home kitchen...and truthfully, away from home is where I make the most food choices. It's The Dish on real life nutrition.