Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too: Eating to Be Sexy, Fit, and Fabulous!

by Eve Adamson and Melissa Kelly

Book Overview

Mediterranean women live lives free from empty calories, empty diet promises, impossible standards, and a "say no to food" mentality. Thanks to the influence of cooking lessons in her Italian grandmother's kitchen, Melissa Kelly, co-owner and executive chef of Primo Restaurant, has learned how every woman can extract the essence of the Mediterranean spirit and make it uniquely her own.

She shares these lessons in Mediterranean Women Stay...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060854227
• ISBN13: 9780060854225
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Stay Healthy

This is an excellent resource of interesting facts + recipies on how to stay healthy. It was recommended by my husband's doctor who treats him for prostate problem.

A must read!!

This book absolutely changed the way I think about eating. If nothing else, Kelly's straight forward and easygoing approach will have you slowing down at mealtime and appreciating your food in a new way. While the scope of the book is very broad, that is exactly what I liked about the book. The recipes and way of eating are not limiting but more of a guideline. Much of the text is a bit repeptitive, but the principles are worth repeating.

Fabulous Mediterranean Food

This book is an inspiring addition to food and lifestyle books--Chef Melissa Kelly offers wise advice on what--and how--to eat, noting the flawed and dysfunctional relationship many Americans (myself included) have with food. Some of her key points are obvious: eat fresh, quality foods that are well-prepared, and slow down long enough to enjoy them (and realize when you've had enough). Fresh really is better--I've tried several recipes from the book, and find them easy to manage (though not simple), beautiful to look at, and delicious. My children (ages 6 and 3) are hooked on Kelly's pasta alla puttanesca recipe (I did cut down on the red pepper flakes). Kelly encourages a small glass of wine with dinner--the book is big on flavor, and low on restriction. I feel like I'm learning about food all over again, and I'm inspired by Chef Kelly to eat to be sexy, fit, and fabulous.

Eat healthy, eat happy!

The medical community's been telling us for a long time that the Mediterranean way of eating--lots of fresh veggies and fruits and whole grains, not so much meat, and olive oil--is good for the heart and for longevity. In her book, Mediterranean Women Stay Slim, Too, chef Melissa Kelly reminds us, with exuberance, that we eat not only for sustenance but also for pleasure. We like to eat! James Beard Award-winning chef Kelly takes readers on a tantalizing journey through the tastes of the Mediterranean. Far more diverse than being Italian or Greek, the recipes of the region are not bound by the borders of countries. Rather, they draw from the rich resources of all the lands that border the Mediterranean Sea and from the sea itself. With chef Kelly's recipes and guidance, I can make elegant, sophisticated dinners for guests or simple, serve-yourself meals for my family. I'm not likely to sell my 15 year-old daughter on braised rabbit, but she's a big fan of salmon (three recipes in the book) and wants me to prepare the Pomegranate-Glazed Pork Tenderloin so she can buy the pomegranates (fruit that's always fascinated her). And she can make a number of dishes by herself, even shopping for fresh ingredients at our local Farmer's Market. Enjoy your food! Eat what you like! Such simple concepts, yet ones that have lost context for us in our crazy lives where meals are often an odd junction between science and haste--counting grams of this and calories of that jumbled in the rush to get something to eat. If we are what we eat, as the saying goes, then I'm all for eating to be sexy, fit, and fabulous. Aren't you?

Wonderful Outlook

This book is a wonderful and refreshing look at the world. It isn't a diet so much as a new and better way of thinking about food, eating, and cooking. The recipes are exciting, exotic, and still pretty easy to actually make. It has totally changed the way I eat, and therefore the way I feel! I love this book and my new Mediterranean Mindset!!