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This is me<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m just not a big fan of writing an \u201cAbout\u201d section.\u00a0 Of course, I love the \u201cAbout\u201d section of OTHER bloggers.\u00a0 But I\u2019m not so big on the personal reveal, and plus, it\u2019s all so situational.\u00a0 For example, how to describe myself?\u00a0 Depends on the situation.\u00a0 Neighborhood party? \u201cWe\u2019re the ones in the brown house with the Australian shepherd, yes, that one, I know he got out a lot last year\u2026 yes, the woman chasing him down the street when she already had a broken toe\u2026that was me.\u00a0 Function at the kid\u2019s school? \u201cMy husband Todd is over there, in the jeans, and we have a second-grade girl and little boy in kindergarten\u201d.\u00a0 Business event? \u201cI\u2019ve started a few companies, some made it, one didn\u2019t, my current company provides rapid and effective due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, yada yada yada.\u201d<\/p>\n

I also like to cook, and wish I had more time to do it.\u00a0 I began \u201ccooking\u201d when my mom went to work in the 80\u2019s, we were the last family on the block to get a microwave, and I learned to heat up a frozen dinner which was much faster than sticking one in the oven.\u00a0 I worked my way up to frozen bagels, and then real recipes, which I followed EXACTLY.\u00a0 This felt right to my perfectionist nature and got good results, but really wasn\u2019t much fun.\u00a0 When we moved to Nashville I took a cooking class at Margot (a terrific local restaurant) and spent the whole time trying to write down precisely what Margot was adding to her saucepan \u2013 was that one squeeze of the lemon? About a quarter-cup white wine?\u00a0 After Margot herself laughed at me I lightened up a bit and became more adventurous.\u00a0 For example, I no longer measure wine and lemon into recipes.<\/p>\n

I like diet books too \u2013 especially when they provide new and interesting information.\u00a0 Atkins Diet in the 90\u2019s?\u00a0 Revolutionary!\u00a0 Fat didn\u2019t make you fat \u2013 good to know.\u00a0 And carbs are bad.\u00a0 Very bad.\u00a0 South Beach Diet?\u00a0 There are good carbs and bad carbs!\u00a0 Sugar is bad.\u00a0 Very bad.\u00a0 And one of the most interesting \u2013 the Shangri-La Diet \u2013 this really works but is hard to say with a straight face \u2013 drinking sugar water or 1 tablespoon of oil one hour before eating curbs your appetite.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 The science behind it is fascinating.\u00a0 It was created by a Berkeley psychologist. \u00a0It is weird.\u00a0 And hard to do.\u00a0 And effective.<\/p>\n

Anyway\u2026.. my husband (Todd, as noted above) is a book publisher and brought me home an advance reader copy (ARC to those in publishing) of Slimmer \u2013 The New Mediterranean Way To Lose Weight.\u00a0 It was an international bestseller in Europe and has a charming picture of the author, Harry Papas, who lost 100 pounds and looks great.\u00a0 It is also filled with easy and awesome Mediterranean recipes.\u00a0 And it has lots of interesting science behind the eating plan, from why it is important to eat acidic foods (lemon, balsamic vinegar) with your meal, to how low-fat dairy increases metabolism.\u00a0 I sent a recipe I liked to a friend, suggesting, insisting<\/em>, she try it.\u00a0 A week later?\u00a0 Nothing. \u00a0So I took a picture of that day\u2019s dinner recipe and messaged it to her instead.\u00a0 She tried it the next day.\u00a0 Ah, the internet.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m starting this blog to share pictures of food from this book and other Mediterranean dishes.\u00a0 I hope you like it, and if you buy the book, let me know what you think.<\/p>\n

Jen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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