Food and Culinary

Alicia Silverstone has said that her life and health transformed dramatically when she adopted a vegan diet. Over the years, the star has created vegan meals that are full of flavor and easy to make. Her book, The Kind Diet, is a collection of her personal favorites designed to make vegan eating easy to follow. Silverstone is also a food activist who writes about how foods common in the average American diet are actually not good for you. Veganism is a political statement and advocates like Silverstone are passionate in their arguments for a plant-based eating program.

Skinny Italian was the debut cookbook from Teresa Giudice of The Real Housewives of New Jersey who rocks a great body even after four kids. The reality star is big on Italian dishes but still manages to fit into her sexy clothes. This book revealed her secrets to being svelte without denying yourself the tastes of Italy.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s off-screen versatility continues. The Oscar winner and creator of Goop.com has now given fans entry into her culinary family secrets with her new cookbook. Paltrow’s domestic side shines through in 150 recipes that she shares from her family’s kitchen. The actress reveals she has been a foodie since her childhood when she learned to cook with her late father, Bruce Paltrow. In honor of her dad, she named her book My Father’s Daughter. Like other celebrity cookbooks, it also includes personal stories with a special focus on her relationship with her producer father.

Celebrity chef and recurring judge on the Food Network’s hit cooking competition show Iron Chef America, Domenica Catelli has written a cookbook called Mom-a-Licious: Healthy Recipes in 7 Steps or Less. This book is chock full of delicious recipes that are packed with healthful ingredients that moms can feel secure feeding their child. What’s unique about this book, is that many of its recipes contain some vegetables which children have been known to avoid.