Deceptively Delicious - Jessica Seinfeld [42]
Daily Recommendations
1 to 3 year olds: 500 mg
4 to 8 year olds: 800 mg
9 to 18 year olds: 1300 mg
POTASSIUM regulates blood pressure and plays an important role in overall heart health.
MAGNESIUM helps regulate blood sugar levels and is important for overall heart health.
Antioxidants
Antioxidants include many different chemical substances, such as vitamins C and E, the mineral selenium, and carotenoids (the most famous carotenoid is beta-carotene, found in butternut squash and carrots, which the body converts to vitamin A). Antioxidants appear to be important for a number of different reasons—they help prevent harmful substances called “free radicals” from damaging healthy cells in the body. Therefore, they have been shown to be helpful in preventing cancer, for example, and heart disease.
Acknowledgments
I wholeheartedly share credit for this book with those who made it better than I could have ever done myself—Stephanie Lyness, Chef Jennifer Iserloh, Lia Ronnen, Joy Bauer, and Drs. Mehmet Oz and Roxana Mehran. Their contributions to this book are immeasurable and invaluable. Specifically, Stephanie Lyness and her ability to take my work and articulate, organize, and strengthen it made her my lifeline from start to finish. The wonderful Chef Jen worked patiently with me to create and test (endlessly) our recipes so that they are family-friendly, Joy Bauer–approved, and best of all, delicious. As the project manager, Lia Ronnen suffered every detail of this book with me, always with a smile. She, along with Charlie Melcher, art director Paul Kepple of Headcase Design, photographer Lisa Hubbard and illustrator Steve Vance were each masterful in helping to create the look, feel, and beautiful production of this book.
Most important, the evolution of this book starts with Elizabeth Wiatt and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh for their instantaneous belief in this idea. Jane Friedman, Joe Tessitore, Kathryn Huck, and the team at HarperCollins gave this book a very happy home.
Without my family and friends it is impossible to imagine this book happening.
My amazing team at Baby Buggy, headed by Claudia Fleming, helped me step back and focus on recipes and writing for a little while.
Elizabeth Clark Zoia, Tom Keaney, Steven Rubenstein, Ricky Strauss, Rich Ross, Hal Petri, Martha Lebron, Sofija Sefa, Rosie Aquino, Ricardo Souza, Kate Fenneman, Dr. Pat Schimm, Dr. Jean Mandelbaum, and Dr. Barbara Landreth have my endless appreciation for always being tremendously supportive.
Additional thanks to Eric Zohn, Lee Eastman, Cara Stein, and Rachel Nagler.
Ellen Rakieten, Tina Sharkey, Alexandra Wentworth, Ally Lieberman, Rain Kramer, Sarah Easley, Courtney Denaro, Stefani Greenfield, SJP, and Carolyn Liebling have my deep thanks for their infinite love and friendship.
As always, I want to express my deeper-than-describable love and appreciation to my grandmother, Eleanor Furman, my parents Ellen and Karl Sklar, my sisters Rebecca Shalam and Elzy Wick. To my husband, my love. And to Sascha, Julian, and Shepherd, I hope this book will serve as a reminder of how much I love every inch of you all, inside and out.
Finally, and sadly, I must acknowledge the prescience of Chris Rock, who years ago said to me, “Well, now that you’re married to a celebrity, the cookbook is only a matter of time.”
—Jessica Seinfeld, 2007
About the Author
Jessica Seinfeld is the founder and president of Baby Buggy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing clothing and equipment to New York’s families in need. She is the wife of Jerry Seinfeld, with whom she has three children. This is her first book.
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Credits
Photographs copyright © 2007 Lisa Hubbard
Illustrations copyright © 2007 Steve Vance
Copyright
This book is intended to be informational and should not be considered a substitute for advice from a medical professional or nutritionist. The author and the publisher expressly disclaim responsibility