New Orleans Program: Eat, Exercise, and Enjoy Life - Hardcover

David A. Newsome; John Besh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1589803442 ISBN 13: 9781589803442

Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

The New Orleans Program: Eat, Exercise, and Enjoy Life recipe book is emphatically not a diet book. According to the authors, “Diets create unhappiness. We seek healthier and more vital lives for ourselves and our loved ones.”

With over 97 recipes tied to events and celebrations from Mardi Gras to Jazz Fest, Dr. Newsome and Chef Besh intend to inspire people around the country to embrace their belief in “sustained and pleasurable health.” Dr. Newsome also includes a foreword about Hurricane Katrina and its impacts.

About this title

About the Author

Named one of Food and Wine magazine's Top 10 Best New Chefs of 1999, Chef John Besh is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. In 2001, he opened Restaurant August in New Orleans, which was named one of Travel + Leisure's Top New Orleans Restaurants and listed on Gourmet's Guide to America's Best Restaurants.

From the Back Cover

With 95 Recipes from Chef John Besh!

“God loves this town. And God loves our people who know how to enjoy all that life has to offer. David and John have really captured that and show you that enjoyment is the key to a healthy lifestyle. I just wish this book had been around when I was their age.”
—Ella Brennan, Commander's Palace restaurant

“Chef Besh and Dr. Newsome couldn't have gotten the New Orleans vibe more right.”
—Irvin Mayfield, New Orleans trumpeter and cultural ambassador

“The New Orleans Program is the road to salvation; we can still enjoy breaking bread, preparing and eating good food together, and live longer, too.”
—Joseph J. DeSalvo, Jr., a founder of The Faulkner Society and owner of Faulkner House Books

“Dr. Newsome and Chef Besh have produced a plan that allows us to succumb to the culinary pleasures of this treasure of a city that we live in without killing ourselves. Bravo.”
—Rosemary James, editor of My New Orleans: Ballads to the Big Easy by Her Sons, Daughters, and Lovers

“This is a must-have book about enjoying life and the culinary pleasures from one of America's most renowned food capitals.”
—Tim McNally, host, The Wine Show, BizRadio 990

From the Inside Flap

Regardless of where you live, The New Orleans Program invites you to bring the spirit of New Orleans into your kitchen--and into your life.

Using the best that the culture of New Orleans has to offer, the authors combine their knowledge of medical health and culinary arts to offer more than one hundred recipes tied to New Orleans events and celebrations. With recipes ranging from Lower French Quarter grillades for Mardi Gras, to oyster-leek bake for Lent and blackened tuna wrap for Jazz Fest, you will be inspired to experience a taste of New Orleans anytime of the year.

In addition to recipes, the book also includes critiques of current diet fads, commentary and facts on balancing intake of alcohol, protein, and carbohydrates, and advice on exercise, vitamins, and much more. Complementing the scientific data are delightful ruminations and ideas for creative ways to experience a healthy good time at New Orleans festivals and events, from second-line parades to second helpings of red beans and rice.

(Back Flap)

The New Orleans Program: Eat, Exercise, and Enjoy Life is emphatically not a diet book. Instead, Dr. David A. Newsome and Chef John Besh intend to inspire people around the country to embrace their belief in "sustained and pleasurable health." Join them in celebrating all the wonderful food and fun New Orleans has to offer and stay healthy doing so!

David A. Newsome, M.D., is the president of the Retinal Institute of Louisiana and was a clinical professor of ophthalmology at Tulane University School of Medicine from 1988 to 1995. He received his medical degree from Columbia University.

Chef John Besh was named one of Food and Wine magazine's Top 10 Best New Chefs of 1999 and nominated as Best Chef, Southeast, by the James Beard Foundation in 2005. In 2001, he opened Restaurant August in New Orleans, which was named one of Travel + Leisure's Top New Orleans Restaurants and listed on Gourmet's Guide to America's Best Restaurants. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America.

Reviews

Newsome, nutritionist and head of the Louisiana Retinal Institute, and Besh, an "Iron Chef" winner and restaurateur, have designed a plan for "healthy eating, adequate exercise, and a self-nurturing spirit." Inspiration came after Newsome treated an obese child with cataracts and diabetes-related eye problems; he created a clinical program to help her and others. The authors say their plan is "not a diet" because "[d]iets don't work. Diets produce unhappiness." Rather, they say, gradual changes will lead to better health. This exhortation is hardly new; the book's New Orleans–centric approach, however, with recipes and anecdotes about holidays from Mardi Gras to Jazz Fest, isn't common diet fare. The way in which the book is organized is confusing; "Notes from Chef Besh" are mixed in with recipes, scientific information and stories about New Orleans. It's a not unpleasant mishmash—evocative of a large dinner served family-style—but readers looking for a cohesive, step-by-step breakdown of the program will not find one. They will find copious data about food, exercise tips and plenty of recipes for everything from a roux to Low-fat Red Beans and Rice, and Sea Scallops with Squash Sauce. (Aug.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589803442
• ISBN 13: 9781589803442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320