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NWP welcomes author Deepa Thomas! Her new cookbook  Deepa's Secrets: Slow Carb New Indian Cuisine by Deepa Thomas, is available now. A journey from old traditions to modern Indian cooking with deliciously simple and gut-healing recipes that leave you feeling fulfilled—rather than full. November is National Diabetes Month bringing attention to diabetes and its impact on millions of Americans.

Upon learning that rice and bread were the culprits for her husband’s Type 2 diabetes, Deepa Thomas deconstructed and reinvented her native Indian cuisine. She slow-carbonized family recipes, used Western cooking techniques, incorporated breaking-news research on gut health and weight loss, and drew from her grandfather’s Ayurvedic wisdoms ("When diet is right, medicine is of no need; and when diet is wrong, medicine is of no use."). After three months, Deepa lost twenty-five pounds and freed her husband from a ten-year-long routine of insulin shots.

Part Indian cookbook, diet guide, kitchen companion, and memoir, Deepa’s Secrets introduces breakthrough slow carb and gut-healing recipes that are simple and healthy without sacrificing their rich South Asian flavors. To demystify an “exotic” cuisine, Thomas provides step-by-step instructions with ingredient substitutions (all ghee-free!), shortcuts, and secret techniques that will make New Indian easy, everyday fare. 

Bold and intimate, Deepa’s Secrets shares Thomas’s new secrets—family cooking traditions, how to “diet” without feeling hungry, beating diabetes, and eating to live in order to live to eat. Deepa Thomas was born and raised in New Delhi.

NWP welcoms Atticus! 

The internet's mysterious author, Atticus shares evocative words of inspiration that will leave a print on your heart and your mind.

Named “the #1 person to follow” by Teen Vogue and the “world’s most tattoo-able poet” by Galore Magazine, the young anonymous writer Atticus has taken the world by storm with his beautiful words and powerful themes of love and strength of the human spirit. He has been followed, quoted, and retweeted by the world’s top superstars, including Karlie Kloss, Alicia Keys, and Shay Mitchel. Thousands of his followers have tattooed his sublimely dreamy yet authentically relatable words on their bodies, a testament to the power of his brand of Instagram-based, short-form storytelling. His book, "Love Her Wild," features a collection of new poetry that marks his leap from Instagram poet into the literary mainstream.

On stage, audiences will meet the young face behind the mask and hear the inspirational story of how the poet built a name from scratch, twice. A #1 New York Times best-selling author by another name, Atticus encourages with his wise-beyond-his-years inspiration to face your fears and pursue your dreams. He also offers practical ideas and insights on building a stand-out brand in the age of distraction—and why it pays to be anonymous in a world obsessed with fame.

Anonymous Online Poet, Instagram Star, and “Love Her Wild” Author https://www.atticuspoetry.com

NWP welcomes Master Chef Jean- Christian Jury! 

Jean-Christian Jury is a globally-recognized chef specializing in creating vegan and raw dishes. The new recipe book Vegan: The Cookbook published by Phaidon in New York is a plant-based cookbook featuring 500 vegan and raw recipes emphasizing flavors from around the world. Available now: Vegan: The Cookbook is also translated in French, English, Spanish, German and Dutch. http://jeanchristianjury.com

NWP welcomes Producer/Director Roger King. Mr. King latest documentary "I Am What I Play" is availalbe now. http://www.distractioninc.com/projects/

"I Am What I Play" focuses on four well-known North American radio disc jockeys during the heyday of rock radio, when many disc jockeys were given great freedom on the air, had celebrity status, and had a direct connection to the biggest names in rock and roll. As radio became more commercially-controlled and new media has taken hold, these DJ’s have had to carve out a new career space for themselves. Has free-form radio died, or has it reinvented itself in unexpected spaces? A documentary about rock radio disc jockeys.  Produced and Directed by Roger King Featuring: Meg Griffin, Charles Laquidara, David Marsden and Pat O'Day

 (Music by Zach Tate Band "Devil At the Door" Southern Rain Album. Available now)

NWP welcomes Matt Moore!

Food writer Matt Moore waves away clouds of smoke to give BBQ lovers a sneak peek into the kitchens and smokehouses of a handful of the South's most revered pitmasters to uncover their tried-and-true techniques and patron-sanctioned favorite dishes. 

At long last a barbecue book that showcases the distinctive nuances of Southern barbecue like no other. By first aiming the spotlight on one of the South's most revered cuts of meat-pork butt-Matt Moore uncovers the methods that have produced the micro-regional styles of 'cue that garner an almost religious reverence. From old-timers and new-comers to the 'cue circuit, he gets the tried-and-true techniques gleaned over hours, days, and years toiling by fire and spit, coaxing meltingly tender perfection from the humble pig-the foundation of Southern BBQ. More than a book of recipes, Matt explores how the marriage of meat, cooking method, and sauce varies from place to place based on history and culture, climate, available ingredients and wood, and always the closely-guarded, passed-down secrets followed like scripture. Because no meat plate is complete in the South without "all the fixin's" to round out the meal, Matt cues up patron-sanctioned recipes from every establishment he visits. One thing is for certain…this book will change the way you cook, smoke, grill, and eat, but be warned: Your own butt may suffer in the process.

https://www.mattrmoore.com  

Order now! https://smile.amazon.com/Souths-Best-Butts-Pitmaster-Perfection/dp/084875185X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492559556&sr=1-1

NWP welcomes China's top culinary authority Kei Lum Chan!

Available NOW: The definitive cookbook bible of the world’s most popular and oldest cuisine

"China The Cookbook is a magnificent insight into the history of Chinese cuisine. I will treasure it in my collection and it will be no doubt be used as valuable reference for many years to come." —Ken Hom OBE,Chef, author and tv presenter

In the tradition of bestsellers including Mexico and The Nordic Cookbook comes the next title in the multimillion-selling national cuisine series, China: The Cookbook. Featuring more than 650 recipes for delicious and authentic Chinese dishes for the home kitchen, this impressive and uthoritative book showcases the culinary diversity of the world’s richest and oldest cuisines with recipes from the 33 regions and sub-regions.

China: The Cookbook celebrates popular staples such as Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs and Dim Sum, as well as lesser-known regional classics like Fujian Fried Rice and Jiangsu’s Drunken Chicken, and features additional selected recipes from star chefs from around the world. Available now where books are sold, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more!

Just in time for the holidays, NWP welcomes party planner to the stars RACHEL HOLLIS!

Recipes for affordable meals presented so polished you'd never know their "lowbrow" origins, complete with tips and tricks that prove fabulous hosting doesn't have to break the bank.

Rachel Hollis, blogger and founder of "The Chic Site," http://theChicSite.com which reaches over 600,000 users a month, delivers this swoon-worthy cookbook packed with delicious and easy comfort food that's sure to wow at both family suppers and the fanciest dinner parties. 

Rachel puts a finger-licking gourmet twist on classic American favorites in sections that include recipes for:

*Casseroles: balsamic bacon-wrapped meatloaf, bacon and green chili mac n'cheese 

*Potluck: loaded baked potato salad, seven layer salad

*Dips: grilled guacamole, corn dip, chili cheese dip, pizza dip

*Sips: strawberry rosemary moonshine, Grandma's sweet tea

*Somethin' Sweet: banana pudding parfaits, Mema's carrot cake 

Packed with big flavor and simple enough for a beginner home cook to master, Upscale Downhome focuses on great-tasting food and beautiful presentation that is guaranteed to impress. This is the kind of food that we all like to eat, served up with a chic twist. A-List clients include Bradley Cooper, Ivanka Trump and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

NWP welcomes back Dorie Greenspan!

Inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America, Dorie Greenspan is the author of Around My French Table, a New York Times bestseller that was named Cookbook of the Year by the IACP; Baking Chez Moi; and Baking: From My Home to Yours, a James Beard Award winner. She lives in Westbrook, Connecticut, and Paris 

All-new collection from a "revered icon" and "culinary guru" (New York Times).

Over the course of her baking career, Dorie Greenspan has created more than 300 cookie recipes. Yet she has never written a book about them—until now. To merit her “three purple stars of approval,” every cookie had to be so special that it begged to be made again and again. Cookies for every taste and occasion are here. There are company treats like Portofignos, with chocolate dough and port-soaked figs, and lunch-box Blueberry Buttermilk Pie Bars. They Might Be Breakfast Cookies are packed with goodies—raisins, dried apples, dried cranberries, and oats— while Almond Crackle Cookies have just three ingredients. There are dozens of choices for the Christmas cookie swaps, including Little Rascals (German jam sandwich cookies with walnuts), Italian Saucissons (chocolate log cookies studded with dried fruit), and Snowy-Topped Brownie Drops. And who but America’s favorite baker could devise a cookie as intriguing as Pink-Peppercorn Thumbprints or as popular as the World Peace Cookie, with its 59 million Internet fans?

MNWP welcomes USA Today bestselling author Daisy Prescott back to the show!

Before writing funny contemporary romances about adults, I dreamed of being an author while doing a lot of other things. Antiques dealer, baker, blue ribbon pie-maker, fangirl, freelance writer, gardener, pet mom and wife are a few of the titles I’ve acquired along the way.

Born and raised in San Diego, she and her husband currently live in a real life Stars Hollow in the Boston suburbs with their dog, Hubbell, and an imaginary house goat who remains nameless.

Geoducks are for Lovers, her debut novel in the Modern Love Stories series, is a second chance romance that mixes Reality Bites with The Big Chill.

Ready to Fall, her second novel, features John Day, the hot, sexy neighbor in my debut novel Geoducks Are for Lovers.

Missionary Position, the third novel, follows Selah Elmore, Maggie’s sexy, sassy best friend, on the adventure of a lifetime.

Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat, the fourth novel, features “Tom Cat” Donnely, John Day’s wingman and self-declared manwhore, finally meeting his match.

All four books can be read as standalones, but are interconnected.

Also look for  Modern Love Stories Shorts in various anthologies, including LOL and Red Hot sets.

Shes busy writing her next novel, which will not feature any bivalves. http://daisyprescott.com

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NWP welcomes back Pit Master and Grilling expert Meathead Goldwyn! ?

His biz card says he is the BBQ Whisperer and Hedonism Evangelist behind http://AmazingRibs.com, the world's most popular BBQ & grilling website. The Roman god Bacchus is his paragon.

"I've had the privilege of judging barbecue and other foods and drinks from Italy to California. I have been a judge at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue, at the Kingsford Invitational, at the California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition, at the World-Wide Mustard Competition, and the World Championship Steak Cook-Off. I have served as Chief Judge of the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition and Chief Judge of the College Football Hall of Fame Kickoff Riboff, and I founded and directed for many years the World Wine Championships, World Beer Championships, and World Spirits Championships."

"Along the way I have tried to share my love of the sensory world with words and pictures. I was a journalism major at the University of Florida and I have written hundreds of articles about food and drink as a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune."

"I've been helping folks learn about food and drink online since 1990 when I started Wine & Dine Online as part of LAOnline, long before anybody typed "w" three times in a row. I then hosted the Food & Drink Network on America Online from 1992-2000, built Tastings.com in 1998, and built http://AmazingRibs.com in 2005."