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• LaBelle, Patti and Lancaster, Laura Randolph

This is the sage advice Patti LaBelle lives by, and in her new book she shares more than 100 original recipes for meals that are not only good for you but taste great, too. She also shares her own personal story of a lifetime of struggling with body image and tells the heartbreaking story of how she lost her mother to diabetes and learned recently that she, too, had the disease.

In her first cookbook, LaBelle Cuisine, LaBelle featured the high-style, down-home cooking she learned from the great Southern cooks in her family. But after she was diagnosed with diabetes, LaBelle had to radically change her dietary habits and food choices. With diabetic exchanges developed and approved by the American Diabetes Association and the American Dietetic Association, Patti LaBelle's Lite Cuisine is chock-full of the kind of recipes that made her earlier cookbook a bestselling sensation. Readers will love the wide array of healthful and heavenly dishes like Awesome Oven-Fried Chicken, Sensational Sloppy Joes, Company's-Coming Crab Imperial, and Luscious Lobster Salad. Delectable desserts include everything from Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies to Tastes-Like-Grandma-Made-It Banana Pudding.

One of America's most beloved performers once again creates her special brand of culinary magic. Her new, healthy, and delicious recipes are destined to make Patti's latest cookbook a staple in kitchens all across America.

Patti LaBelle has enjoyed a nearly four-decade-long career and has won multiple Grammy Awards and earned three Emmy nominations. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Don't Block the Blessings and LaBelle Cuisine. She currently serves as spokeswoman for the American Diabetes Association, the National Medical Association, the National Minority AIDS Council's Live Long, Sugar campaign, and the National Cancer Institute. She was recently awarded the Recording Academy's first MusiCares Award for her deep-hearted commitment to many notable charities and causes.

Laura Randolph Lancaster is a journalist, attorney, and the co-author of Don't Block the Blessings and LaBelle Cuisine. Formerly the managing editor of Ebony, she was the magazine's White House correspondent and creator of its acclaimed Sisterspeak column.