Product Description: Turn the kitchen into your gym! #1 New York Times bestseller and celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito helps you stay ahead of your calorie intake by cooking healthy and delicious dishes--all sugar-, gluten-, and lactose-free--designed to burn more calories than they contain! Cardio Cooking is a uniquely engineered type of cooking formulated to help readers burn calories and lose weight while they cook...read more

The chef of the Union Pacific, one of Manhattan's most successful restaurants, demonstrates the art of creating bold, delicious food with the help of a variety of common and exotic ingredients that emphasize the four basic flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, and salty and includes such dishes as Braised Veal Roulade with Root Vegetables and Lemongrass Lobster Salad. 60,000 first printing.

THE POUND A DAY DIET is an accelerated program designed to help dieters lose up to five pounds every five days-- without frustrating plateaus-- while enjoying all their favorite foods. It rewrites every carb/fat/calorie rule in the book! This delicious, easy-to-use, plan is specifically formulated as a Mediterranean-style diet that is carb and calorie corrected to turbocharge metabolism and weight loss. Complete with menus for 28 days (four five-day plans and four weekend plans), dieters first follow the five-day plan, switch over to the weekend plan, return to the five-day plan for the second week, and continue with the weekend plan-alternating like this right down to their goal weight. To help readers, Rocco has created 50 all-new lightning-quick 5 ingredient recipes, as well as ready-made suggestions for those who simply cannot find the time to cook; a primer on healthy and fast cooking techniques; calorie-calibrated menus and shopping lists; and a lifestyle plan for maintaining a lean, healthy body for life.

The celebrity chef from The Restaurant shares a collection of 175 high-flavor recipes that can be quickly prepared with a minimum of ingredients and expense, in a volume that shares numerous tips on how to reduce shopping time, organize a home pantry, and provide for special occasions. 125,000 first printing.

A timeless selection of family recipes from the acclaimed New York chef and author of Flavor shares the secrets of traditional favorites--including Mamma's Meatballs, Mamma's Frittata, and Asparagus with Beciamella--along with a collection of personal reminiscences, family photographs, and tips on the techniques and ingredients of the Italian-American kitchen. 75,000 first printing.

The chef-star of the NBC television series The Restaurant introduces more than 175 of his finest recipes for quick, easy, and flavorful dishes, each of which can be made in thirty minutes or less, using easy-to-find ingredients, including a combination of fresh and prepared foods, as well as a section of fabulous menus for special occasions. Original.