Review: "You Can Achieve Your Dreams," Chef Andre'
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2014
"We should eat to live, and feed ourselves food to sustain us, keep us healthy, and make our bodies operate correctly. When you live to eat, it can present a very big problem if you have a tendency for weight gain." Chef Andre' did; he was a round, jolly man, who had a dream. "Food was his life, and his goal was to someday have a cooking show on TV, if he lived long enough.""Because Chef Andre' was so beloved in his town, and his restaurant 'Better With Butter' one of the city hot spots, a local TV personality wanted to come out and interview him...(he was very excited but never knew what the interview was all about until he was asked)...whether he'd like to be a contender for a television show. The catch was the show would be about an unhealthy and overweight chef who changed his eating habits, which in turn changed his restaurant into the prime health conscious hot spot....This was a win-win deal. Now, losing weight before an audience was a little humbling, but you do what you have to do if the dream means enough to you. Chef Andre' agreed, and a cooking/weight loss guru was born. (He wondered if he would be changing the name of his restaurant to 'Better Without Butter!)"Herein lies the story you read in this well written book. It is a very entertaining story shared by Corine Channell of what Chef Andre' learned on his 6 month journey. First of how he was able to humble himself to accomplish this goal. Second he learned how people behave and interact and respond to things. This he learned by bringing a street band into the restaurant and giving them a platform to be heard, his way of giving back. Along the way he gives you very helpful, healthy tips on which foods to substitute, as he shares 45 of his most loved recipes. Last but not least, he learned that everyone has the same chances of seeing his or her dream come true. "That if you set your mind to a task, no matter how large (even if it its your own body), with some motivation  and a whole lot of hard work you truly can do anything!"