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Cavemen had all the time in the world to slave over a hot fire and cook their meals. You don't. As most of us know, getting a meal together can oftentimes be difficult - and making sure that it's healthy can be next to impossible. However, with the help of Melissa Petitto, personal chef to the stars, healthier and happier mealtimes are a breeze! 30 Minute Paleo Meals is filled with over 100 quick and easy recipes that won't jeopardize your time or your health. Not to mention, they're also kind to your waistline. Petitto uses all-natural, gluten-and-GMO-free ingredients in her recipes and makes a point of crafting meals which include only the foods that were available in paleolithic times; all unprocessed, unmodified, and unbelievably good for you.
About the Author
With a Jewish mother and an Italian father, Melissa Petitto was raised around an eclectic collection of food in the unlikely city of Birmingham, Al. With two seemingly diverse cultures that center life around the kitchen, Petitto gained an early appreciation for food and its impact on a person's life. However throughout elementary and high school Petitto was convinced that ballet was her passion and her future. Then while still in high school, Petitto apprenticed with world-renowned chef Frank Stitt at Highlands Bar and Grill, and she was smitten with a new and familiar passion for cooking and for food. Attending Johnson & Wales University from 2000 to 2004, Melissa Petitto was afforded the opportunities of working for The Governor's House Inn as the bed and breakfast chef and at Cooking Light magazine in the test kitchen. Graduating from Johnson & Wales University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Culinary Nutrition in 2004, Petitto received the top honor of Apprenti Cuisinier. In order to enhance her skills and opportunities, she furthered her education at Emory University Hospitals with a dietetic internship. Upon passing her registered dietician's exam, Petitto made the move to New York City to pursue her career goal of becoming a personal chef and cookbook author. After thirteen years in the city, Petitto has become the personal chef she had envisioned herself to be with an A-list clientele. She has worked with Lucy Liu, Gwyneth Paltro, Christy Turlington, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams...just to name a few. Upon meeting with a potential client, Petitto custom designs menus to fit that client's lifestyle, health needs, and desires. She shops for the freshest ingredients at local groceries, ensuring the quality of her final product. Cooking the various menu items and meals in each client's home, Petitto is there from the creation to the final presentation of the meal. In recent years, she has traveled to teach cooking classes. Traveling to South Carolina to work at the Hilton Head Health Institute, a premier weight loss spa, where she lectures, presents food demonstrations, and consults with individual clients in attendance. As well as traveling to York, Maine to teach classes at the well known Stonewall Kitchen Cooking School. Her recent move to Santa Barbara, CA is the next adventure she is extremely excited to embark upon.
