Doctor Turns in Scrubs for Apron - Retired Surgeon and Le Cordon Bleu Trained Chef Whips Up the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Total Nutrition Cooking

Beverly Hills, CA, December 11, 2006 --(PR.com)-- Doctors aren’t known for being good cooks, but when Larrian Gillespie traded her scrubs for an apron, family and friends began lining up for seconds. You won’t wonder why after reading The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Total Nutrition Cooking (ISBN 1592575498, Alpha Books, November 2006, 18.95). Forget about chocolate cake that tastes like cardboard or meat dishes that leave you wondering, “Where’s the beef?” In this smart, savvy, and fun-to-read cookbook, Gillespie show you how to make fast, easy, stick-with-you meals that tantalize your taste buds and satisfy your cravings. Her recipes will boost energy, slow the effects of aging and help prevent illness and serious diseases like cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes all through the use of scientifically proven natural ingredients. Gillespie also provides a 7-day meal plan to get you started with scrumptious recipes that will satisfy everyone at your dinner table, from picky-eater kids to discriminating gourmets with a sophisticated palate and those with special dietary needs requiring low-salt, low-fat, or high-fiber diets. Made with minimal ingredients and requiring no fancy gadgets, Gillespie’s recipes reassure even culinary klutzes that they, too, can become nutritional cooks.

Like many people, Larrian Gillespie was not “born to cook.” Although her mother was raised on a wheat farm in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada, she could present a turkey so undercooked Larrian felt obligated to resuscitate it. Some nights she prayed the oven could flush. It wasn’t until she was ten years old that she learned scrambled eggs didn’t have to contain the shells in order to provide a complete, nutritious meal. At the age of five, Larrian proclaimed she was going to be a doctor at a time when few women graduated from medical school. Always industrious, she worked as a child actress in television, appearing in over 35 television roles, and went on to earn her medical degree from the UCLA School of Medicine.

During her urology fellowship in London, she spent her "off nights" attending classes at Le Cordon Bleu and discovered that cooking was like surgery, only with bigger knives. Eventually she received a certificate for pastry work from the Paris La Varenne Cooking School, which she proudly displayed alongside her medical diplomas. During her 15-year surgical practice in Beverly Hills, Gillespie developed an interest in nutrition and authored several healthy cookbooks, including the best-selling Menopause Diet. She also served on the medical advisory boards of many publications, including Shape, Readers Digest Books, and Prevention Books.

Larrian’s ability to translate “doctor speak” into terms anyone can understand has made her a popular guest on numerous national television and radio shows. Her many years of professional acting has made her a pro at handling call-ins as well as delivering lively, animated cooking demos that are fun to watch, easy to follow, and will convince every member of the audience that they, too, can let their nutritional cook come out and play.

With a unique background that combines expertise in medicine, nutrition, gourmet cooking, acting and writing, Gillespie is the “Food Surgeon” of choice for anyone seeking authoritative nutrition information and healthful recipes dished out in a sassy, down-to-earth and easy-to-digest style.

About The Book:
CIG to Total Nutrition Cooking
http://totalnutritioncooking.com
Author, Larrian Gillespie
ISBN: 1592575498
$18.95
Alpha Books

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