Appe"teasers"
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to whet your appetite"
Chili Pepper
Resources:
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For a great
source for hard-to-get New Mexican and South American dried
chilies,
click here
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For an
excellent source for a variety of dried chilies and Mexican food
products,
click here
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To visit a
World of Chile Peppers, Spicy Foods, and Barbecue,
click here
Great Grilling:
- For Grilling
Tips & Tricks,
click here
- To browse
Williams-Sonoma’s selection of great grilling tools,
click here
Visit this
month's contributing publishers:
Blue
Plate Special
Hot Chilies and Hot
Grills!
 THE CHILI PEPPER
DIET:
The Natural Way to Control Cravings, Boost Metabolism and
Lose Weight
by Heidi Allison
(Health
Communications, Inc.; April 2002)
A Hot New Diet!
Thirteen years ago,
author Heidi Allison thought she was dying. At thirty two, she
had a cholesterol count of 256mg/dl and was ninety pounds
overweight. She
bounced from diet to diet and even resumed smoking in a
desperate attempt to lose weight. Nothing worked.
Taking matters into
her own hands, Heidi began studying cultures where obesity
wasn’t a national problem, such as Japan and indigenous cultures
in Latin America. And what she found were foods with a low fat
content in tandem with different flavoring agents including
chilies. The result of her research was not only a size 6 pant
size but the surprising new book THE CHILI PEPPER DIET: The
Natural Way to Control Cravings, Boost Metabolism and Lose
Weight (Health Communications; April 2002).
In THE CHILI
PEPPER DIET, Allison provides solutions to the drawbacks of
conventional diets by addressing a variety of health benefits
related to chilies. Not just a source to spice up salsa, chili
peppers can curb appetite, reduce unhealthy cravings, increase
metabolism and reduce hypertension.
She emphasizes the beneficial effects of capsaicin, an active
chemical found in chili peppers. This chemical activates the
same neuronal pathways as fat, sending the signal to the brain
that you are full. Capsaicin also triggers the release of
endorphins and serotonin, which makes the individual feel better
both physically and emotionally.
Through beautiful
color photography readers will learn about a variety of chili
peppers, the amount of chilies needed to make this diet work,
and how to incorporate
chilies into their diets. THE CHILI PEPPER DIET includes
an easy to follow and prepare 21-day meal plan that emphasizes a
balanced diet of healthy low fat foods and information on how to
incorporate chilies if you don’t like spicy food.
 Also
included are: a complete list of chilies and their associated
heat levels, flavors and culinary uses; information on how to
read nutrition and serving size information on the labels of
packaged foods; guidelines for ordering meals at restaurants;
delicious easy to prepare recipes and a workbook to track eating
patterns, food triggers and responses to stress.
About The Author
Heidi Allison is a
former senior medical representative and hospital specialist for
an international pharmaceutical company. She has taught and
 lectured on various medical topics including pain management and
drug protocol. She is the creator of The Chili Pepper Diet and
supervised an independent research study comparing the effects
of a chili pepper diet and a conventional low fat diet. The
results of the study were analyzed by the UCLA School of
Medicine Statistical/Biomathematical Consulting Clinic. Allison
is a successful participant of this diet and has maintained a 90
pound weight loss for over 10 years.
Try
Fresh Corn with
Lime and Chilies,
Caribbean Jerk Chicken, and
Chinese
Chicken Salad with Sesame Ginger Salad Dressing in our
Last Licks section. With THE CHILI
PEPPER DIET, you’ll discover the secret to a hot new you!
Available at
bookstores nationwide and online. Or to order directly from the
publisher:
Phone: (800) 441 5569
Web site:
http://www.hci-online.com
For author
interviews & review copies contact:
Paola Fernandez Rana
Health Communications, Inc.
Phone: 800 851 9100 x 217
E mail:
paolaf@hcibooks.com
 DRESSED TO GRILL:
Savvy Recipes for Girls who Play with Fire
by Karen
Brooks, Diane Morgan, and Reed Darmon, Illustrations by Beth
Adams (Chronicle Books; 2002)
From the backjacket:
Hey,
Grillfriend
“Leave the
all-day barbecue experiments to the guys. The grill game has a
whole new look and flavor: sexy and sassy with a no-mistakin’-it
brand of girlitude.
Dressed to Grill
is pegged to the driving forces of a girl’s life: romance and
its opposites, bonding parties,
everybody’s-feeling-fat-and-on-a-diet dinners, sugar urges and
splurges, plus cocktails and mocktails to satisfy the devil or
angel within. Recipes include chitchat, dating tips,
hand-holding on dishes you never learned from mom, and
calorie-burning exercises between steps, even though you didn’t
ask for them. It’s an amazing dialogue, like cooking with a
friend at your side.
From the
insider scoop on hot grill accessories to the sure sign that
you’re burning up fuel for the wrong person, Dressed to Grill
is for everyone who thinks simple, delicious food and fun belong
on the same plate.”
Get the grill
going and sample
When Penne met Portobella (a wonderful penne
pasta with grilled portobella mushrooms and Vidalia onions) and
Currant Affairs: Grilled Pears and Cognac in our
Last Licks section.
To order
DRESSED TO GRILL Savvy Recipes for Girls who Play with
Fire by Karen Brooks, Diane Morgan, and Reed Darmon,
Illustrations by Beth Adams (Chronicle Books; 2002) at
ecookbooks.com,
click here.
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