Dr. Fisher is a member of the Society of Wine Educators, The Circle of Wine Writers (UK) and was awarded a Wine Enthusiast Media Scholarship for 2005 at the Culinary Institute of America. He is the author of the Wine Work Book now in its 6th edition.
In 2004 he co-led a program for chefs and culinary students to the Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany and to wineries in Burgundy and Champagne. In June 2006 he again led a program, "Wine and Cuisine of Iberia," to Spain and Portugal.
2013 LA WineFest – June 8 & 9
Five Reasons the LAWineFest is GOOD For You!
1. Travel the world (without walking more than a city block). Taste your way around the globe, sampling hundreds of wines from more than 15 countries.
2. Connect with history. Refresh your taste buds in the beer garden brought to you by Stella Artois, brewed in Belgium since 1366.
3. Improve your cooking. Catch a demo by LA’s celebrity chefs.
4. Expand your mind. Whether it’s about how to pair wine and cheese or about Spain’s Rioja region, check out a seminar, enjoy exclusive tastings, and learn something new. (Seminar descriptions under Fest Facts.)
5. Eat healthily (or not). From vegetarian fare to dessert goodies, your needs are covered with the city’s hottest food trucks.
Mareya Ibrahim - Founder and CEO of Eat Cleaner
Are you frustrated with why you can’t lose those stubborn pounds, even though you’re on a perpetual diet? Do you want to make a lifestyle change that will rock your food and fitness world?For example, did you know most people need to exercise less and EAT more?
It’s MAY DAY! Celebrity chef and clean food expert Mareya Ibrahim is calling a state of the plate emergency with the release of “The Clean Eating Handbook: 31 Essential Rules For Health, Wellness and a Fabulously Fit Life” and her “Cleaner Plate Club Meal Prep Program” launching today onhttp://www.eatcleaner.com/.
“It’s time we clean up our plates. People are dieting like crazy, yet disease is increasing along with our weight. We need to fix mealtime for good and I’m sharing a real, actionable plan to do that,” commented Ibrahim.
“The Clean Eating Handbook” is not a diet book - it’s a lifestyle approach with bite-sized, realistic steps that once practiced and repeated, create lifelong, healthy habits in just 31 days. In her debut publication, Ibrahim shares her true story about beating a decade-long eating disorder by discovering how to eat cleaner. Her essential rules include three critical keys to becoming fabulously fit. She also unlocks the metabolic dilemma of most dieters with her “Fit Foody Triangle” approach to balancing nutrients and managing blood sugar. Rather than focusing on calorie restriction, the book provides insights on getting the right amount of the right macronutrients at the right intervals throughout the day. This proven approach has been used on thousands of clients to effectively help them take back their plates for good. The goal is to eat cleaner and get leaner for life.
Some of the essential steps include:
o Rehab your refrigerator and purge your pantry
o Kick the habit, sugar
o Skim the saturated fat - but don't go fat-free
o Choose cleaner carbs
Ibrahim also shares 10 key recipes and how she keeps it clean as an entrepreneur and single mother of two young children.
In addition to the book, May 1st is the launch of the “Cleaner Plate Club Meal Prep Program, the only program that follows Mareya’s proven “Fit Foody Triangle” method. Customers will receive a weekly meal prep guide, daily meal plan, exclusive recipes, a shopping list and a nutritional breakdown. Pre-balanced recipes include Gluten-Free Grilled Chicken Pesto Pizza, Superfood Salad with Salmon, and Chocolate and Flax Protein Pancakes. The program is an affordable $9.99 per month.
The Clean Eating Handbook: 31 Essential Rules for Health, Wellness, and a Fabulously Fit Life! Written by Mareya Ibrahim, The Fit Foody. Edited by Ryan Chandler Brown. The book is available May 1st, 2013 as an eBook on www.eatcleaner.com for only $4.99 for the month of May and will be available onwww.amazon.com by June 1st, 2013 for $9.99.
The Clean Eating Handbook and The Cleaner Plate Club Meal Prep Program are both available for purchase athttp://www.eatcleaner.com/.
About Mareya Ibrahim
Orange County, CA resident Mareya Ibrahim is “The Fit Foody” – an award-winning chef, writer, food expert, educator and founder of EatCleaner.com, the premier lifestyle destination for how to eat clean and live fabulously fit. She is a featured chef on ABC’s Recipe Rehab, is the Clean Eating expert for eHow.com, and is the resident food expert for San Diego Channel 6 News. She has appeared in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Parents Magazine, Oprah.com, Sunset Magazine, Epoch Times, INC Magazine and Edible Community Magazine. Mareya has been honored with multiple awards for her work including the 2013 California Women Making a Difference Award, the Gold Prize for the World’s Best Technology 2011, the Disney iParenting Award 2010, and was a finalist for Inc. Magazine’s Newpreneur of the Year. Ibrahim is also dedicated to helping at-risk communities through her landmark work with the Network for a Healthy California and the LA Unified School District. For further information about Mareya Ibrahim, please visitwww.EatCleaner.com.