Chef Art Smith puts the power of healthy living within your reach with these delicious dishes. Discover some of the great recipes he created on his journey to health and wellness, and then prepared for his celebrity clients. Bestselling author, Top Chef favorite, and award-winning chef Art Smith was discovering new innovations in the kitchen, including his beloved cuisine of the South, but neglecting to take care of himself. So he decided to make a change in the way he ate without giving up the foods he loved. By reimagining his favorite dishes and making exercise a regular part of his life, he lost 120 pounds and transformed both his body and his health. Art always knew that fine cooking is a way to show love to others--but now he saw it as a way to show love to yourself. Art cant resist bringing people together through food. Its partly what made him the success he is today--and his unique reimag-ining of classic comfort dishes has added to his wide appeal. After ten years as Oprah Winfreys personal chef, Smith now cooks for special events for celebrities all over the world. He has been a contributing editor to O, the Oprah Magazine and has made numerous television appearances, including on ABCs A Very Lady Gaga Thanksgiving, Bravos Top Chef Masters, and ABCs Nightline. Theres no doubt about it: Art Smiths Healthy Comfort is about great cooking and good eating. But Smith also shares his personal journey to good health--including delectable dishes such as Three Cheese Macaroni, Unfried Chicken, and Grilled Hanger Steak with Slow-Roasted Tomatoes that you just wont be able to resist.