Lowcarbezine!

Hey Gang -

So, what did you do this weekend? :-D

My heartfelt thanks to all who wrote to congratulate me on my appearance on The Today Show! I had a wonderful time. I'm happy to report that everyone at NBC was just as nice and friendly and warm as they could possibly be; they made me feel very comfortable. Their food stylist, Maria, made my dishes (not to mention a couple that were donated by readers for 500 Low-Carb Recipes -- Vicki Cash's Pumpkin Cheesecake and Ellen Radke's Noodleless Lasagne made the cut! Hey, guys, your food was on TV!) look far spiffier than they ever do in my kitchen, and the crew was gratifyingly enthusiastic about inhaling the "props"; as soon as the cameras stopped rolling.

Incidentally, after my rehearsal Saturday, I walked back to my hotel (the fabulous, elegant Essex House, on Central Park South -- and I'm usually a Super 8 kind of girl!) along 7th Avenue, which was closed for a street fair. Instead of eating dinner at the hotel, I bought food from the vendors at the fair -- a couple of kabobs and a chicken satay, giving me a wildly delicious dinner with no more than 2 or 3 grams of carb for a grand total of $7. What a bargain!

(I'll add here that it's always a joy to visit New York City. I grew up in New Jersey, just across the river, and New York will always have a very special place in my heart. And don't believe the nonsense you've heard about New Yorkers being hostile and unfriendly; I always meet lovely people when I go to New York. Love you, Big Apple!)

Nearly as exciting as my network television debut is the fact that for roughly 24 hours I was #1 at Amazon.com -- I was beating Harry Potter! And I'm still in the top 10.

All told, it's been an exciting week. But as always, it's good to be home, writing and cooking up a storm. So here's your ezine -- hope you enjoy it!

Read on!

Dana

Posted by HoldTheToast at August 13, 2003 05:09 PM