WILLIAM MALTESE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL #16 — IT’S THE HOLIDAYS! SO, PIG OUT … GET FAT … AND, THEN, BUY “EVEN GOURMANDS HAVE TO DIET!”

It’s that time of the year when everyone, including me, chows down, pigs out, and, likely, despite all of our resolves to the contrary, still gains unwanted weight.

 

As if it’s not already difficult for me to stay thin, what with two cookbooks out —

THE GLUTEN FREE WAY: MY WAY —with Adrienne Z. Milligan

Print: http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Way-My-Guide-Cooking/dp/1434457192/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323650391&sr=1-1

—and—

BACK OF THE BOAT GOURMET COOKING: AFLOAT, POOLSIDE, BACKYARD —with Bonnie Clark

Print: http://www.amazon.com/Back-Boat-Gourmet-Cooking-Pool-Side/dp/1434411540/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323650469&sr=1-1

 

Kindle : http://www.amazon.com/Back-Gourmet-Cooking-Afloat-Pool-Side-Backyard-book/dp/B004HW7DFC/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1323650469&sr=1-1

 

—as well as with four more contracted to be finished by the end of next year—

THE GOURMET HUCKLEBERRY —with Bonnie Clark

DINNER WITH CECILE AND WILLIAM —with Cecile Charles

SWEET AND EASY VEGAN DESSERTS —with Christina-Marie “GonzoMama”

Wright

—and—

THE WILLIAM MALTESE HOTTIE SPICE mix COOKBOOK)

—me continually testing new recipes to see what should and shouldn’t be included in my cookbooks.

Over the years, though, I’ve simply accepted the fact that there’s going to be weight gains, especially over the holidays, so I just tell everyone else, during the triad of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, to go ahead and pig out, right along with me, with whatever your favorite recipes from whatever your favorite cookbooks (hopefully, one or two of mine).

Just BE SURE to include in your cooking, by way of “the” ingredient to add a little heat to your life (and I’m not JUST talking at the holidays but ALL YEAR ROUND), my very own namesake WILLIAM MALTESE HOTTIE SPICE mix — presently available exclusively at the brick-and-mortar The Heart of Spokane gift boutique, BUT, available on-line, everywhere, via —

 

http://theheartofspokane.com/the-heart-of-spokane-notable-people-spices/32-the-heart-of-spokane-notable-people-spices

 

—especially since .50 from every purchase goes by way of donation to Inland NWbaby, an organization that’s devoted to seeing that all children who desperately need diapers get them.

 

While larger jars of the spice are soon to be made available, the small-size, presently offered, makes for ideal stocking stuffers.

 

Then, anticipating that moment when the holidays are finally over, when we all look in our mirrors and wonder who in the hell those plumped-up people are, looking back at us, we should THEN follow the health regimen Bonnie Clark and I have carefully laid out in our—

 

EVEN GOURMANDS HAVE TO DIET

Print: http://www.amazon.com/Even-Gourmands-Have-Bonnie-Clark/dp/1434435563/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1323650612&sr=1-1

 

Kindle : http://www.amazon.com/Even-Gourmands-Have-Diet-ebook/dp/B005H3EPT2/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1323650612&sr=1-1

 

—and see how we can all still eat well, eat chocolate (albeit Xocai Healthy Chocolate), lose weight, AND feel even better than we did before our last food binge.

 

Following the EVEN GOURMANDS HAVE TO DIET regimen, Bonnie and her husband lost a combined weight of over 160 pounds (See Before and After pictures). If that doesn’t tell you our plan works, I don’t know what will.

Buy the book early, though, rather than wait until after 1 January 2012, because if you buy it afterwards, it’ll seem like you’ve made a New Year’s resolution, and we all know difficult those are to keep.

 

 

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