Amy Riolo

Amy Riolo is an award-winning author, chef, television personality, food historian, and culinary anthropologist. She is known for simplifying recipes for the home cook. She leads culinary tours in Italy, is the co-founder of A.N.I.T.A. (National Italian Academy of Food Traditions), and has her own line of private-label Italian products.

Articles From Amy Riolo

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Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-12-2024

Planning what you eat, your activity level, and the amount of food you eat are all powerful steps to improving your health. Managing diabetes means prioritizing your health and the way that you feel. Choosing the best foods and discovering how to combine them is key to achieving the best, most delicious, enjoyable, and sustainable diet.

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Diabetes Meal Planning & Nutrition For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 10-05-2023

Diabetes is a serious medical condition where your body cannot properly process foods to meet your energy demands and keep your blood glucose levels balanced. But, you can do a lot to help your body work better. Adopting and sticking to a heart-healthy diet that also manages your intake of carbohydrate foods can help prevent the complications of diabetes for years to come. When it comes to diabetes, food is medicine.

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Diabetes For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-18-2023

Diabetes, which is excessive glucose in your blood, leads to serious health problems if left untreated. You should follow the American Diabetes Association screening guidelines to get tested for diabetes at the earliest possible time. If you have diabetes, this Cheat Sheet is a handy reference to screening guidelines, rules for living with diabetes, and continuing your diabetes care to better control the disease.

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Italian Recipes For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 06-01-2022

To cook truly wonderful Italian meals, it helps to have some knowledge of Italian cooking tradition. This Cheat Sheet summarizes important factors in cooking like an Italian, including cooking terms, pairing flavors, and Italian culture and history. It also includes explanations of ingredient labels, wine labels, and an Italian meal-planning checklist.

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Mediterranean Lifestyle For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 04-13-2022

You may have heard of the Mediterranean diet and wondered if it was right for you. But the reason people in the Mediterranean region enjoy good health goes beyond the diet — it’s about their entire lifestyle. Knowing why the lifestyle is good for you is the first step to making it work. A key part of the lifestyle is the way people approach food. They enjoy their food; they don’t view it with rules and restrictions in mind. Armed with this information, you’re ready to review the key components of the Mediterranean lifestyle so you can put them to work in your daily life.

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