The Chef Recommends…

1. Spike Mendelsohn’s We, the Pizza is officially open (WASHINGTON POST)
2. Secrets of a Sultan’s Kitchen: Chef Silvena Rowe’s new book Purple Citrus And Sweet Perfume (THE NATIONAL)
3. Étoile Chef Perry Hoffman Started Training Really Early (GRUB STREET)
4. Chef Rocco Dispirito gets new show (BUSINESS WORLD)
5. Chefpreneurs hit the shelves (GLOBE & MAIL)
6. Chef’s Challenge: John Lanzafarme – PODCAST (ABCNET.AU)
7. The latest chefs on the move (NRN)
8. Bangkok’s home-grown, Waldorf-trained, world-famous chef (CNN)
9. Sutton lady wins date with TV Chef Jamie Oliver (THIS IS LOCAL LONDON)
10. 10 Questions for chef Cat Cora (ABC15)

Each week I focus on articles, recipes and tips for Healthy Living (nutrition, fitness, weight loss, etc.)

Articles:

1. Eating nuts can lower cholesterol, say experts (BBC)
2. Unhealthiest Juices in America (MEN’S HEALTH)
3. 7 Healthy Foods That Deliver Just What Women Need (COOKING LIGHT)
4. Cookbooks take tried and true recipes, make them more healthful (KENTUCKY.COM)

Recipes:

1. Cashew Salmon with Apricot Couscous (EATING WELL)
2. Portobello Benedict – VIDEO (FOOD NETWORK)
3. Rocco’s Low-Cal Brownies (ABC NEWS)

Tips:

1. David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding’s Cook This, Not That: Kitchen Survival Guide contains hundreds of quick and easy recipes focused on improving your health as well as saving money. Scorecards illustrate which foods pack the most nutritional wallop. Recipes include comparisons with restaurant meals including number of calories, fat, sodium and cost.
2. ICIO Water combines purified water with natural flavors to create a no-calorie, sugar- and fat-free beverage. I like the Lemon Basil flavor as a tasty afternoon pick-me-up — poured over ice and garnished with a sprig of fresh basil.

Video clips featuring culinary subject matter: your favorite chefs, the latest restaurant openings, food product releases and more!

1. The House that Sausage Built (FINE HOMEBUILDING)
2. Unwrapped: Pork Rind Snacks (HULU)
3. Batali on Daily Show (EATER)
4. Tour the Mast Brother’s Chocolate Factory (COOL HUNTING)
5. Rocco DiSpirito take an awkward turn on ABC’s Castle (GRUB STREET)
6. Solid Potato Salad (YOU TUBE)

The daily specials:

1. Don’t boil a lobster; give it a zap instead
2. Wine Spectator announces number one wine of 2009
3. Consumer Reports says some celebrity chef’s kitchen knives, like those from Paula and Martha, don’t make the cut
4. MaggieMoo’s announces new flavors: Winter Wonderland Cake, Caramel Pumpkin Pie Cupcake, Butter Pecan Pie Cupcake & Ho-Ho-Ho cupcakes
5. Kim Kardashian promoting healthy eating through Carl’s Jr. Premium Salads
6. A Master’s Touch: Sushi & the Secrets of its Chefs
7. Chef Rocco DiSpirito writing cookbook with a little help from his Twitter & Facebook fans
8. Walter Scheib, Former White House Chef: No Such Thing As ‘Presidential Food Taster’ (VIDEO)
9. Emeril gets his own show on Satellite Radio
10. Food banks burdened by high demand in sour economy

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The latest food blogging news:

1. Chef Rocco DiSpirito pitches frozen food to a tough crowd at BlogHer food conference
2. Eater offers $25 to any food blogger who shuts down
3. 400-pound woman hopes to blog her way to health
4. Weekend Blog Watch: Pretty Pictures!
5. McDonalds McTweets Born Too Late?