Gulf Gourmet or At Home with Gladys Knight

Gulf Gourmet

Author: Westminister Academy PTA

The charming Mississippi Gulf Coast area is famous for its delectable seafood and the great live oak trees that line its seashore. Since the area is so close to New Orleans, you'll find some Cajun-influenced recipes inside. A great collection of true Southern cooking. More than 50,000 in print!

Interesting textbook: Gestão de Recurso Humana

At Home with Gladys Knight: Her Personal Recipe for Living Well, Eating Right, and Loving Life

Author: Gladys Knight

More than a cookbook...an inspirational guide for readers with diabetes!

Gladys Knight doesn't have diabetes, but the disease is never far from her mind. Her mother, Elizabeth Knight, died of complications in 1998 after living successfully with diabetes for 40 years.

Following her mother's death, Gladys started the Elizabeth Knight Fund with the American Diabetes Association to help people living with diabetes. The singing legend has also been eating healthfully and exercising regularly for many years.

At Home With Gladys Knight's is more than a collection of recipes. It's an inspirational guide that people with diabetes can use to lead a full and healthy life with the disease.

• More than 100 recipes, including appetizers, desserts, breads, soups, salads and salad dressings, fish, meat, poultry and pasta
• Features a healthy living section that outlines a successful exercise plan, self-care tips, and nutrition recommendations
• Includes personal anecdotes from Gladys and captures her mother's heartbreaking yet inspiring fight against diabetes

Gladys Knight has been singing professionally for more than 50 years, and her successful career has led to 10 top ten albums. The Elizabeth Knight Fund she created with the American Diabetes Association has raised millions for the association's research and advocacy programs.

Publishers Weekly

While fans of Gladys Knight know of her wonderful voice, they probably don't know that Knight has fought to prevent her family's hereditary disease, diabetes. As a child growing up in the South, food and family celebrations around a dinner table were important, and from the time Knight reached her teens, she battled a weight problem. She spent many years trying out various diets with little long-term success. A few years ago, she embarked on an exercise and diet regimen with a trainer, Al Claiborne. This program really a combination of sensible eating and regular exercise transformed Knight's life. The book divided between personal details about her life and her exercise/diet regimen and recipes is easy to read. The statistics about diabetes are clear; boxes are used to present the most important information. The advice, while not unique, is sensible. "The easiest way to engage in any activity program is to make it fun. Do something that you enjoy.... You may not realize it, but almost any activity you do can be a way to burn calories and lose weight." Knight doesn't offer a specific step-by-step diet; instead, she talks about eating natural foods rather than processed ones and trying to exercise regularly. This book is an inspirational start for readers who need motivation, but they will probably also want to consult more complete diabetes diet/recipe books that offer daily recipe plans. (Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.