Description: A respected chef offers a holistic look at the benefits of the Mediterranean diet. From offering 50 delicious, healthy recipes to teaching women to appreciate the pleasures of preparing and eating great food with family, this book shows that nurturing the soul leads to a long life.
Brief description:
Chef Melissa Kelly named her restaurant Primo, located in Maine, after her grandfather, Primo Magnani, a local butcher. Primo has two satellites in Marriott hotels in Orlando and Tucson. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Chef Kelly is a 1999 James Beard Foundation Award winner.
Review Quotes:
"I'd follow Chef Kelly anywhere... [Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too] is infused with her smart buoyant spirit . . . and her intriguing recipes." - Michael Ruhlman, author of The Making of a Chef
"A uniquely wonderful book that truly captures the enriching connection between the food we eat and the lives we lead and the persons we want to be." - Mark Miller, chef/owner Coyote Cafe, and author of THE GREAT CHILE BOOK
"[H]as a zest for life on every page and recipes that are full of flavor, intense, and passionate." - Mark Miller, chef/owner Coyote Cafe, and author of THE GREAT CHILE BOOK
"[D]eliciously advances the proposition that the good life and the well life are not only compatible, but indivisible." - Bryan Miller, author of Cooking for Dummies and former restaurant critic for the New York Times