Alton's sardine diet sheds 45 pounds in 5 months

Word is, a book is in the works. Please not another diet book. “The Sardine Diet.”

You can get plenty of omega 3s from flax seed, walnuts, etc. This is one more complicated kitchen ritual, that no one will follow, but seems brilliant.

Meanwhile, on the other FN shows, they’re pushing BBQ, bacon, butter and Red Lobster. Go figure.

And did Alton give up cooking all those cakes and pastry, as well as the deep fat fried foods so typical of the Southern cuisine he promotes? What made him see the light (or lite)?

(The photo is from a recent promo for the new season of Iron Chef America.)