The book contains some of the recipes Smith created on his journey to health and made for his celebrity clients. Just a few of the items in his book are unfried chicken with roasted Brussels sprouts; vegetable shepherd’s pie; lamb kabobs with cucumber raita; and lemon-yogurt panna cotta with blueberries.
“The idea behind the book is that you can have a wonderful healthy week, and on the weekend you can splurge—but by ‘splurge,’ I mean you can have a piece of this or that,” Smith told attendees. “Here’s to a healthy and delicious life.”
Among those in attendance were Smith’s husband, Jesus Salgueiro, and Salgueiro’s mother, who traveled from Venezuela.
Smith had just returned from a trip to the Middle East, where he prepared dishes for Holocaust survivors, among others.
Photos and text by Andrew Davis