By now, you’ve heard of (and maybe tried) them all: thelow-carb diet, the grapefruit diet, the miracle diet . . . the listgoes on and on. Fad diets may promise a quick fix, but few deliverlasting results. If you’re like millions of other Americans, you’restill struggling to lose weight and get in shape—without harmingyour long-term health in the process. It’s time to leave behind the one-size-fits-all approach todieting. Now, the American Heart Association, the nation’s mosttrusted authority on heart-healthy living, introduces itsfirst-ever comprehensive weight-loss book. No-Fad Diet helpsyou create a personalized plan to lose weight in a healthful way.After a simple assessment of your current habits, you choose theeating and exercise strategies that best fit your needs. You’lllearn how to set realistic goals, eat well to lose extra poundssafely, and add physical activity to keep the weight off forgood. This book offers more than 190 delicious, all-new recipes,including Cream of Triple-Mush

From the author of French Women Don't Get Fat, the #1 NationalBestseller, comes an essential guide to the art of joyful living—inmoderation, in season, and, above all, with pleasure. Together with a bounty of new dining ideas and menus, MireilleGuiliano offers us fresh, cunning tips on style, grooming, andentertaining. Here are four seasons' worth of strategies forshopping, cooking, and exercising, as well as some pointers forlooking effortlessly chic. Taking us from her childhood inAlsace-Lorraine to her summers in Provence and her busy life in NewYork and Paris, this wise and witty book shows how anyone anywherecan develop a healthy, holistic lifestyle.

Few chefs in America have won more acclaim than Suzanne Goin,owner of Lucques restaurant. A chef of impeccable pedigree, she gother start cooking at some of the best restaurants in theworld–L’Arpège. Olives, and Chez Panisse, to name a few–placeswhere she acquired top-notch skills to match her already flawlessculinary instincts. “A great many cooks have come through thekitchen at Chez Panisse,” observes the legendary Alice Waters, “ButSuzanne Goin was a stand-out. We all knew immediately that one dayshe would have a restaurant of her own, and that other cooks wouldbe coming to her for kitchen wisdom and a warm welcome.” And come they have, in droves. Since opening her L.A. restaurant,Lucques, in 1998, Goin’s cooking has garnered extraordinaryaccolades. Lucques is now recognized as one of the best restaurantsin the country, and she is widely acknowledged as one of the mosttalented chefs around. Goin’s gospel is her commitment to thefreshest ingredients available; her way of comb

Everyone loves potatoes. This book transports cooks beyond theusual side dishes and introduces them to the secrets andspecialties of great chefs and cooks the world over. Finamore showshow to prepare spectacularly simple appetizers, including dips,chips, and showstopping cocktail potatoes made from a few ordinaryingredients. He presents dozens of soups and salads, including richSummer Vichyssoise and Herb Garden Potato Salad. There are morethan fifty main-dish possibilities, such as Sunday Lamb with ProperRoast Potatoes and Chicken Stuffed with Potatoes and ShiitakeMushrooms not to mention a sophisticated rendition of Shepherd'sPie. The potato turns up as the hidden ingredient in such breads asPotato Cheddar Bread with Chives and in such desserts as moistFarmhouse Chocolate Cake. Finamore shows how to master crisp steakfries, silky mashes, and sumptuous gratins. A bonus feature of thebook is the sweet potato, in dishes from a delightfully nostalgicBaked Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallow to an urbane Semi

In her New York Times bestseller Everyday Italian, Giada DeLaurentiis introduced us to the simple, fresh flavors of her nativeItalian cuisine. Now, America’s favorite Italian cook is back witha new batch of simple, delicious recipes geared toward familymeals—Italian style. These unpretentious and delicious meals are at the center of someof Giada’s warmest memories of sitting around the table with herfamily, passing bowls of wonderful food, and laughing over oldtimes. Recipes for soups like Escarole and Bean and heartysandwiches such as the classic Italian Muffuletta make casual, easysuppers, while one-pot dinners like Giada’s Chicken Vesuvio andVeal Stew with Cipollini Onions are just as simple but elegantenough for company. You’ll also find recipes for holiday favoritesyou’ll be tempted to make all year round, including Easter Pie,Turkey and Ciabatta Stuffing with Chestnuts and Pancetta, andPanettone Bread Pudding with Amaretto Sauce. Giada’s Family Dinners celeb

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Lidia Bastianich, loved by millions of Americans for her goodItalian cooking, gives us her most instructive and personalcookbook yet. Focusing on the Italian-American kitchen—the cooking sheencountered when she first came to America as a youngadolescent—she pays homage to this “cuisine of adaptation born ofnecessity.” But she transforms it subtly with her light,discriminating touch, using the authentic ingredients, notaccessible to the early immigrants, which are all so readilyavailable today. The aromatic flavors of fine Italian olive oil,imported Parmigiano-Reggiano and Gorgonzola dolce latte, freshbasil, oregano, and rosemary, sun-sweetened San Marzano tomatoes,prosciutto, and pancetta permeate the dishes she makes in herItalian-American kitchen today. And they will transform for youthis time-honored cuisine, as you cook with Lidia, learning fromher the many secret, sensuous touches that make her foodsuperlative. You’ll find recipes for Scampi alla Buonavia (the garlicky shrimp

Whether your home is small or large, an apartment in the cityor a country cottage, it is a space that should be at oncebeautiful and livable. The key to that is managing the upkeepwithout feeling flustered. Until now, there has never been acomprehensive resource that not only tells how to care for yourhome and everything in it, but that also simplifies the process byexplaining just when. With secrets from Martha Stewart foraccomplishing the most challenging homekeeping tasks with ease,this detailed and comprehensive book is the only one you will needto help you keep your home looking its best, floor to ceiling, roomby room. In Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook , Martha shares herunparalleled expertise in home maintenance and care. Readable andpractical–and graced with charts, sidebars, illustrated techniques,and personal anecdotes from Martha’s decades of experience caring for herhomes–this is far more than just a compendium of ways to keep yourhouse clean. It covers everything from properly ex