Smart Chefs Stay Slim: Lessons in Eating and Living From America's Best Chefs [Hardcover]

Allison Adato (Author), Art Smith (Foreword)

Book Description

Release date: April 3, 2012 | ISBN-10: 0451235851 | ISBN-13: 978-0451235855 | Edition: 1

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"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

"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

"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

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: NAL Hardcover; 1 edition (April 3, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451235851
• ISBN-13: 978-0451235855
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #594,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Allison Adato began her career at the monthly edition of LIFE magazine, and is now a senior editor at People magazine, where she covered celebrity chefs. This led her to wonder about how chefs eat, and how they manage to stay in shape. She cooks, window-box gardens, and eats out a lot in New York City, where she lives with her husband and son.

Follow her at http://www.twitter.com/editgirlnyc

NEW: Website with chef interviews, ideas and recipes: http://www.smart-chefs.com

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Good (R)eating! April 12, 2012

By Jordonna Grace

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Confession: I am not a "cook," (I make the simplest meals for myself and my family), I don't watch cooking shows on TV, and I don't know who most of the famous chefs in the book are. It doesn't matter: their thinking about food, including what to eat, when to eat it, and how to eat in general are really fantastic. It's like getting good philosophy on food and eating from people who've spent decades thinking about such things. Most of the tips are easy to implement, natural and aren't about deprivation. The writing is fresh and fun, you can pick it up anywhere and have a "snack-size" bite of information, and you really don't need to be a "foodie" to enjoy it. Totally recommend!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Ideas and Insight April 10, 2012

By Andrew L. Robinson

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I do 95% of the cooking at home and strive to serve up healthier and more interesting meals for my family (which these days includes 3 kids under 6). "Smart Chefs Stay Slim" is less of a recipe book than I expected but I love the insight it provides into professional chefs and what, why and how they cook at home. Surrounded by food they have all come up with techniques to moderate caloric intake, better enjoy and simplify the foods they prepare on their own time. There are a lot of commonsense ideas here that work well.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and informative May 6, 2012

By MOMan

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"Smart Chefs" makes us all smarter about how we can eat healthy and still enjoy great food.
The book provides great understanding into how celebrity chefs deal with their occupational hazard of being around wonderful food all day. The stories were fun, interesting and insightful. Most importantly, I am able to easily apply the "lessons" into my daily dining.