The producer of An Inconvenient Truth , Laurie David's new mission is to help America's overwhelmed families sit down to a Family Dinner, and she provides all the reasons, recipes and fun tools to do so. Laurie David speaks from her own experience confronting the challenges of raising two teenage girls. Today's parents have lots to deal with and technology is making their job harder than ever. Research has proven that everything we worry about as parents--from drugs to alcohol, promiscuity, to obesity, academic achievement and just good old nutrition--can all be improved by the simple act of eating and talking together around the table. Laurie has written a practical, inspirational, fun (and, of course, green) guide to the most important hour in any parent's day. Chock-full chapters include: Over seventy-five kid approved fantastic recipes; tips on teaching green values; conversation starters; games to play to help even the shyest family member become engaged; ways to express gratitude; the family dinner after divorce (hint: keep eating together) and much more. Filled with moving memories and advice from the country's experts and teachers, this book will get everyone away from electronic screens and back to the dinner table.

Here, sizzling with flavor and dazzling with color photographs, is a new book of delicious proof that intense flavors and savvy cooking techniques can make low-fat eating a delight. High-Flavor, Low-Fat Appetizers offers provocative, attention-getting alternatives to the same old dips, chips, cheeses and crudites, notoriously short on flavor and high in fat. Accompanied by complete nutritional analyses, these lively and creative recipes are illustrated with photographs that prove they look every bit as good as they taste.