Art Smith's Healthy Comfort: How America's Favorite Celebrity Chef Got it Together, Lost Weight, and Reclaimed His Health!

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Art Smith, the award-winning, personal chef to Oprah Winfrey, returns to the kitchen with Art Smith's Healthy Comfort, a collection of 150 original, delicious recipes that will help you lose weight. Over 100 pounds overweight and facing a personal health crisis that included diagnoses for diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, Smith started to exercise and made changes to his diet while continuing to prepare scrumptious meals. For the first time, he shares his weight-loss secrets and the recipes that helped him keep off the pounds. Filled with stunning full-color photos and easy-to-follow directions, Art Smith's Healthy Comfort is a culinary pleasure that will put you on the path to a new, healthy lifestyle.

Art Smith, who was Oprah Winfrey's personal chef, owns several restaurants across the country, including Table Fifty-Two, Art and Soul, Southern Art, LYFE Kitchen, and Joanne Trattoria. He was a favorite on seasons one and four of Bravo's Top Chef Masters, has appeared on the cover of Parade magazine, and has been featured in Cooking Light magazine. He is a regular contributor to StandUp magazine, the proceeds of which benefit the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, which raises awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying. In 2003, he and Jesus Salgueiro founded a nonprofit organization, Common Threads, which is America's foremost after-school hands-on cooking program for low-income children to learn to cook wholesome and affordable meals.

What a fantastic book, an amazing journey, and a refreshing attitude to living a healthier, happier lifestyle. Nice one Art! -- Jamie Oliver "If you want to learn how to eat healthy, learn from a world class chef who has lost over a hundred pounds. Art Smith has walked the walk" -- Mehmet Oz, M.D., Professor of Surgery, NY Presbyterian/ Columbia University To live better, as well as eat better, just read this book. The phrase 'life-enhancing' is egregiously overused, but both Art and his Healthy Comfort are truly that. -- Nigella Lawson I always stop at Art's restaurant when I am in Chicago, I love his food, and his company. I also love the passion that Art has put into this book to help others achieve what he has. -- Sarah, Duchess of York My friend Art handed me this book, and I can't wait to have somebody make me these recipes. (Come on, you know I don't cook!) I think you'll be as happy as I am. -- Whoopi Goldberg