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Jean Carper, a Key West author of 23 books on health and nutrition whose nutritional advice reaches 50 million Americans each week, will sign copies of "Eat Smart," her new cookbook from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Key west Museum of art & History at the Custom House. The evening, which is coordinated with the Sixth Annual Key Women Artists exhibition, will include samplings of the some of the 150 recipes in the book, subtitled "The Nutrition Cookbook You Can't Live Without." The 240-page volume is a condensation of the best of 10 years' worth of Carper's newspaper column, "Eat Smart" that now appears weekly in USA Weekend. "Because Jean is a local woman whose writings have significantly contributed to the nation's knowledge of good nutrition-an art form in itself we thought having her talk and answer questions during the exhibit would be very appropriate," explained Claudia Pennington, executive director of the Key West Art & Historical Society. Carper's column is distributed to 598 newspapers in the Sunday supplement USA Weekend, published by Gannet, which also publishes the daily USA Today newspaper. A former medical correspondent for CNN television, Carper has written several best-selling books, including "The Food Pharmacy," "Your Miracle Brain," "Miracle Cures," "Food-Your Miracle Medicine," and "Stop Aging Now," which won the excellence in journalism award from the American Aging Association. "I've always felt that my talent was on being able to translate nutritional science into everyday language that was easy to understand and practice. Although some of what I write about is cutting edge information, all of it is substantiated by good academic research," she said. " Over the years readers have written and e-mailed me, asking for reprints of the advice and recipes in my columns," she said. "I'd been thinking about doing this book for almost four years, so I selected and updated the best and most popular columns and chose150 recipes that seemed to be everybody's favorites. Carper's recipes are full of vegetables, filled with fiber and antioxidants, as well as low-fat protein and herbs loaded with health promoting phytochemicals. They also are quick and easy to prepare with convenient ingredients and simple cooking procedures. Each recipe has survived numerous trials, not only by professional cookbook testers, but also by readers who have been using some of the recipes for years. "What makes me the most confident," Carper said, "is that people like the way they taste, even though they are simple and sometimes have strange ingredients," For example one rather offbeat recipe called Quick Peanut Cabbage uses fresh, sliced green cabbage, chunky peanut butter, frozen orange juice, balsamic vinegar and hot pepper. It's not exactly your normal lunch but it's packed with anticancer agents and antioxidants. The peanut butter helps control blood sugar and suppress appetite, she said. "And it's delicious," Carper said. "Eat Smart," which is not yet available in bookstores, is being sold for $28. on Carper's website at stopagingnow.com, through which she also markets her line of personally formulated vitamins and food supplements. The book also will be sold in the gift shop at the Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House. "Each year we have tried to improve the women's art exhibit and expand it," explained Pennington. "This year we've added a literary reading event on Sept. 16 and Jean Carper's book signing and Q and A. In the future there's no reason that music and dance can't also be incorporated into the event." The Key Women Artists Exhibition runs through Oct. 8.
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