How to Get Everyone to Love This Fat-Burning Veggie

I recently had an aha! moment when someone asked me: “How would you define your style of cooking?” The best way I can think of to describe my cooking is: Simplicity. The more I gain experience as a chef, the more “simple cooking” appeals to me. It’s not easy to achieve simplicity. Probably because we always think…

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How to Cook “Fat-Burning Rice” (Recipe Inside)

I’ve been using this little-known cooking secret for years to eat rice and never gain an ounce of fat… You see, most people think that rice makes you fatter, but when it’s cooked correctly it can be healthy. What’s my secret? I use brown Basmati rice and cook it a certain way.  You may not…

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My Kitchen Nightmare

This, is my kitchen. I know, it’s a nightmare, and you have to hear this story. You see, we are remodeling and right now,  our family has to rely on paper plates and the only cooking appliance we have: a microwave.  I won’t lie. For a chef used to delicious homemade food, it has been an internal struggle. We ordered take-out, we got ready-made “meals” from the frozen section of the supermarket,…

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Our Formula for Losing Fat

My wife Carissa, a nurse practitioner and scientist, wrote this in her latest article: “Many people ask me how I can be married to a French chef and not weigh a ton. I’ve actually lost 20 pounds since we met — with zero effort.” This is true. We eat as much as we like. We…

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The MAGIC Chocolate Cake Recipe

I know, I know. I’m a chocolate addict. Truth be told, I spend a lot of time engineering recipes so that people can both lose fat and overeat delicious chocolate desserts. It’s not always easy. I wouldn’t be able to hack, for instance, an Oreo cookie. Once in a while though, I find a MAGIC…

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3 Quick Tips for Delicious Weight Loss Cooking

I love sharing these tips with you, and that’s why I dug around in my kitchen to bring you even more today. Enjoy them for more taste and faster weight loss. Quick Tip #1 ==> Taste your food An obvious one, that one. Yet, this is the number one mistake that culinary students make. Taste…

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3 Fat-Burning Cooking Secrets

It was 1986. My first day of school. Chef School! It was in the charming city of Marseilles, France. I thought we would spend all day learning cooking secrets from older French chefs… and drinking wine. 🙂 Little did I know, our instructor (and my lifelong mentor), Yves Tarallo, had other plans. He put us…

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The Trick to Eating Potatoes for Weight Loss

This may be the craziest fat-burning cooking secret I will ever send you. But I’m here to help you lose weight and feel great while eating your favorite foods, including one of the most Forbidden Foods of all. I know the trick to eating potatoes for fat loss that no other fat loss “expert” knows… because they aren’t a trained chef with…

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Don’t Buy THIS Olive Oil

We all know that olive oil is one of the best health-boosting ingredients EVER. But did you know it’s also one of the most corrupted? Making olive oil is the simplest thing. I know because I was making it as a child with my grandfather in the South of France. The first thing you need…

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Eat Chocolate, Lose Weight

Back in 1996, I took a break from cooking, stuffed a few clothes in a backpack, and went off traveling for a year in South America. All alone (I’ll tell you why in a minute). My adventures eventually led me to Mamitupu, an island roughly the size of a football field, and populated by the…

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Losing Fat the Easy Way

This is fantastic news: University of Massachusetts researchers just gave us the key to effortless weight loss! You see, all we usually hear from nutritionists and diet “experts” is a call for restriction, tough exercise, and counting calories. But not this time. In fact, the recent study promotes weight loss by doing nothing other than…

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You can Eat Delicious Pastries and Lose Weight?

Yes, it’s true. Eating pastries at the end of your meal has little impact on weight gain. I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s scientifically proven and it makes sense. You see, when I go back to France in the summer, I’m always amazed by what French people eat. This, for instance, is a…

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