The Dancing Gourmet: healthy recipes from a dancer to stay in shape

Linda Hymes shares a whole repertoire of delicious and healthy recipes suitable for dancers and non-dancers alike at The Dancing Gourmet: Recipes to keep you on your toes. Heck, these are recipes to keep you fit. Hymes knows the secrets to preparing tempting dishes that won’t bulk up your waistline: She trained at the prestigious School of American Ballet in New York City before becoming a professional dancer for fifteen years. After retiring, she devoted herself to her greatest passion, food, attending the world famous Le Cordon Bleu in London.

The dancing gourmet it is a perfect marriage between gourmet food and elegant aesthetics. Anyone who loves ballet or wants to look like a dancer by eating well will enjoy the delicious and colorful photos of the food and of Hymes during some of his best dancing moments; they both seem to jump off the page. The Dancing Gourmet has a flavor of humor throughout its pages: the recipes are categorized by the positions of the feet of the ballet, from the first position (appetizers and small dishes) to the fifth position (main dishes). The final section involves the prerequisite visit to the Land of Candy (a reference from the second act of the much-loved Nutcracker) that shouldn’t be missing from any ballet career or gourmet dining experience.

Eating well doesn’t have to be a punishment. In fact, it can be quite pleasant. Third-tier salad options (not just rabbit food! according to Hymes) like Grilled Chicken Salad with Spicy Blackberry Dressing, Thai Pickled Garlic Eggplant Salad, and Salmon Flounder Twists with maple glaze are attractive, or the curried banana. meatballs with masoor daal and cold sesame soba with tofu for vegetarians. Top it off with a cup of fresh chai and a slice of pavlova cake. Well done!