Chef-restaurateur Tom Valenti of Ouest in New York City knows what delicious is better than most chefs I know. He's also a diabetic. In fact, he co-wrote a terrific cookbook, You Don't Have to be Diabetic to Love This Cookbook. So when he e-mailed me a couple of weeks ago asking if we wanted to post some Thanksgiving-appropriate recipes from the book we of course said yes. More

Kudos to Foodie Obsessed for calling our attention to New York chef-restaurateur Tom Valenti's (Ouest and the forthcoming West Branch) appearance on the Today Show this past Thursday. Valenti made some of the contemporary-classic comfort-food dishes he does so well, but he wasn't on the show to promote his restaurants or a cookbook. Valenti came on to encourage viewers to donate money to a cause he deeply believes in, the Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund, "formed to provide aid, future scholarships, and funds to the families of the victims of the World Trade Center tragedy who worked in the food, beverage, and hospitality professions throughout the entire complex and who were lost on September 11." Tom is not only... More