{"id":47599,"date":"2011-04-28T08:11:31","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T13:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=47599"},"modified":"2011-04-28T15:30:42","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:30:42","slug":"eat-like-a-food-critic-and-stay-slim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/eat-like-a-food-critic-and-stay-slim\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat Like a Food Critic and Stay Slim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Kristin Donnelly<\/strong>. Brought to you by FoodandWine.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Restaurant reviewer Joy Manning keeps the pounds off with a tell-all blog and a semi-vegetarian diet at home\u2014the subject of her new cookbook, Almost Meatless.<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/em> <\/em>Like the fictional Bridget Jones, Joy Manning writes down her weight almost every day. But instead of keeping the number in a diary, she shares it with the world on a blog, WhatIWeighToday.com. \u201cIt makes me feel accountable,\u201d explains Manning, the restaurant critic at Philadelphia magazine. (At five feet four inches, she\u2019s about 145 pounds.)\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Still, the threat of public embarrassment isn\u2019t Manning\u2019s most effective tactic for controlling her weight: Instead, her strategy is to work out\u2014a lot\u2014and balance rich restaurant meals with light dishes at home that contain just a little meat.<\/p>\n

Manning, along with cowriter Tara Mataraza Desmond, has turned those recipes into a terrific cookbook, the new Almost Meatless<\/em>. Her summery BLT bread salad<\/a><\/strong> is a tumble of cherry tomatoes, butter lettuce and homemade croutons, with a bit of smoky bacon for substance. She keeps her tangy white gazpacho<\/a><\/strong> completely vegetarian, but it\u2019s deceptively creamy: Almonds and cauliflower give the soup a silky texture.<\/p>\n

A bonus to her almost-vegetarian approach: \u201cWhat\u2019s good for you and good for the environment tend to go together,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>See more about health-conscious foodies from FoodandWine.com<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Joel Robuchon: From Haute to Healthy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

An Indulgent Chef’s Healthy Makeover<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

America’s Fittest Chefs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n


\nOrder your copy of Almost Meatless<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Photo \u00a9 Hallie Burton<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Kristin Donnelly. Brought to you by FoodandWine.com. Restaurant reviewer Joy Manning keeps the pounds off with a tell-all blog and a semi-vegetarian diet at home\u2014the subject of her new cookbook, Almost Meatless. Like the fictional Bridget Jones, Joy … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,58],"tags":[8247,8245,8246,24],"class_list":["post-47599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-womens-health","tag-almost-meatless","tag-food-and-wine","tag-joy-manning","tag-vegetarian"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47599"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47660,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47599\/revisions\/47660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}