Sheremet - Eat your heart out: the look good, feel good, silver lining cookbook

Copyright 2016 by Dean Sheremet Photographs by Aaron Cameron Muntz copyright 2016 by Muntz, Inc. All rights reserved For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact W. W. Norton Special Sales at or 800-233-4830 Published by The Countryman Press,
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For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, The Countryman Press, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110 Book design by Melanie Ryan The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Sheremet, Dean, author.
Eat your heart out : the look good, feel good, silver lining cookbook / Dean Sheremet.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-58157-329-9 (hardcover)
1. Cooking. 2. Health. I. Title.
TX714.S5333 2016
641.5dc23 2015034171 ISBN 978-1-58157-573-6 (e-book) To the three most important women in my life: My grandmother, Stella, who instilled tough love and
old-school virtues in me from a young age.

To my Mother, for always understanding me, supporting
me, and giving me the freedom to be who I am. To my lovely and talented wife, SarahI couldnt have
written this book without you. Youve seen me through
every step of my culinary and emotional journey.
You are my constant source of inspiration.

Everyones collaborations, from pre-production to during the shoot, helped me fully realize and achieve this dream of a project. AARON CAMERON MUNTZWe finally did it! I always knew you would shoot beautiful images for this book, but the results ended up even more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. MEG THOMPSONNot only are you the most beautiful book agent in the world, but you are also the most honest and true. Thank you for constantly talking me off the ledge when I got discouraged and thank you for never backing down. LAUREN KUCERAKYou are the ultimate connector and youve never doubted me for a minute. MARA DEL MAR CUADRAYou are my culinary better half and the images came to life through your brilliant art direction and minimalist styling. ANN TREISTMAN and the whole team at Norton/Countryman for taking a chance and believing in my message, and letting the food speak for itself. COTY TARRMy brotha from anotha motha, thank you for always making me look good and always stepping up and killing it when I call. COTY TARRMy brotha from anotha motha, thank you for always making me look good and always stepping up and killing it when I call.

Alsocan I get a little more Uncle Phil in there? MELANIE RYANYou were so gracious to help me make a beautiful proposal and now an absolutely beautiful book. FRANKLIN THOMPSONYour infectious laugh kept me going on these extremely long and challenging days. Thanks for helping to keep us on track and backing us up on the technical side. MAYA ROSSIThank you for finding a way to execute my champagne dreams on a beer budget. You were a great sport in dealing with my crazy antics on set. ROBERT KIDDThanks for lending your expertise and keeping me entertained with your stories. DAVID WHITEThank you for opening your home to us and always providing an environment for me to be creative in.

Id like to say it was conscious uncoupling, but the truth is, I got knocked on my ass. Thats the CliffsNotes version of the demise of my marriage to LeAnn Rimes. When we split up, the press had so many questions, and I avoided answering them. All I wanted anyone to know back then was the condensed versionwe tried, she hurt me, we failedwhich means that there is so much of that story that went untold, so many more discoveries made that I kept to myself, until now. When my marriage ended, so did the fairy tale, and I had to finally wake up and face my fate. I wished my ego had let me see the ending sooner, because it was over long before I ever realized it.

I wanted to blame her, I wanted to blame him, but for the first time in my life, I realized that the blame fell squarely on my shoulders. I had been the one who was foolish enough to get caught up in a lifestyle that was so different from my own upbringing, a world where Ferraris, Porsches, and private planes were the norm, where dinner parties were populated with more stars than the Billboard 100. But how could a 20-year-old from a middle-class family in Detroit not have been enticed by that? Now that time has passed, Im ready to answer all the questions the reporters kept throwing at meabout what happened to break me, and more important, what I did to heal. My heart was broken and my life was in pieces. Cooking helped me put myself back together again, recipe by recipe, dish by dish, and meal by meal.

While we were living in Nashville, we were anyones definition of a normal young couple. I loved her more than I had ever loved anything. That period felt so normal and grounded. On a professional level, LeAnn and I worked incredibly well together. We collaborated on everything from music videos to live performances, and I was getting my writing itch scratched as well. I was engaging in all of the creative possibilities offered by my role in her organization, and for a while, I was happy.

When I wasnt writing or choreographing, I was throwing the most amazing dinner parties, with guest lists that read like the Billboard HOT 100, and I was cooking all of the food! I loved it. LeAnn had the spotlight in our relationship, and at that time, I embraced it. I felt that rather than live separate lives chasing a similar dream, I would funnel all of my creative energy into her career. As a professional dancer, I knew what it took to keep ones body running at an athletes level, so I got LeAnn into the gym and insisted that I cook most of our meals, especially on the road. I knew how to get results, and instead of focusing on helping myself, it was all about her. When we love people, we want to make things perfect for themsometimes at the expense of ourselves.