Cooking Light Lighten Up, America!: Favorite American Foods Made Guilt-Free

A celebration of American indulgence, but done right - keeping every last drop of creamy, gooey goodness while revealing the secrets to cutting fat and calories. Inside you'll discover the fun history and stories behind beloved favorites like Texas Sheet Cake and Kentucky Hot Brown, and explore the places, people, and ingredients that make American food so good.

An author, contributing editor and spokesperson for Cooking Light, Allison Fishman Task also hosts Yahoo's "Blue Ribbon Hunter", and is the author of You Can Trust a Skinny Cook. A passionate home cook, Allison has worked for Martha Stewart, Food Network, and Atkins as a food stylist, recipe developer, and cookbook editor. Her writing and recipes have appeared in Saveur, Fine Cooking, Glamour, Real Simple, and Everyday Food. She was a host of Lifetime's "Cook Yourself Thin" and TLC's "Home Made Simple." Allison is a graduate of Cornell University and The Institute for Culinary Education and she has a Masters degree in Food Studies from New York University. Allison currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey with her family.



Cooking Light is the nation's leading epicurean magazine brand with the largest audience and most epicurean editorial. It is the only epicurean brand positioned where great food meets good health. Cooking Light received two James Beard Foundation 2013 Book, Broadcast and Journalism Awards. The brand delivers innovative recipes, nutrition advice, and resources to live a healthful lifestyle via its magazine, website, and portfolio of cookbooks; across all tablets; through the highly-acclaimed Cooking Light Quick & Healthy Menu Maker app; and on social media platforms, including Facebook (Facebook.com/CookingLight), Twitter (@Cooking_Light), Pinterest (Pinterest.com/CookingLight), Instagram (@cookinglight), and Google+ (google.com/+CookingLight). Cooking Light is part of the Time Inc. Lifestyle Group, a division of Time Inc., the largest magazine media company in the U.S.