Jacqueline B. Marcus, TheFitFoodPro, is pleased to announce the publication of Culinary Nutrition: The Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking (Elsevier, 2014).

Jacqueline’s blog, FitFoodWays, incorporates many recipes and photos from this book, along with timely topics in nutrition, food science and the culinary arts.

Culinary Nutrition:  The Science and Practice of Health Cooking is now on the shortlist in the Professional category of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards!

The Best in the World will be announced May 20-21, 2014 in Beijing at the Daxing Theatre. There will be a cookbook exhibition, foreign rights trade center for publishers and authors, conferences, tastings, a show kitchen, book presentations and much more.

To order on-line, visit store.elsevier.com.

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Jacqueline B. Marcus and Associates,TheFitFoodPro, offers insightful editorial consulting and award-winning writing to bring life, clarity, and years of expertise to your publication.


We provide customized and convincing copy, from technical to progressive, scientific to culinary. A taste of press-ready articles is available on the resources page.


TheFitFoodPro delivers timely, cutting-edge copy for print and electronic media including magazines, newspapers, newsletters, journals, scripts, and more. We’ve published several books and book chapters, and are able to write or ghostwrite your next food, nutrition, and/or wellness publication. Stunning food photography by Grace Natoli Sheldon is available to enhance your print or electronic communication.


recent contributions

  • Quoted in hollywoodlife.com on eating disorders – February 12th, 2014
  • Quoted in International Business Times on fitness – December 31st, 2013
  • Featured as a McCormick & Company Flavor Ambassador – 2013-2014 http://www.flavoroftogether.com/Flavor-Stories.aspx
  • Editor – Greek, Middle Eastern, Thai, Vietnamese cookbooks
    The Penguin Group (USA) Inc. for World Market®
  • Featured on Oldways Preservation Trust website as Dietitian a Day
    http://oldwayspt.org/blog/dietitian-day-mediterranean-diet-month-celebration-may-12
  • Editor–Chinese, Indian, Italian, Spanish cookbooks
    The Penguin Group (USA) Inc. for World Market®
  • Created Aldi Fit & Active®, Organic and All-Natural, SimplyNature, Criteria and Website
    http://aldi.us/us/html/product_range/6815_ENU_HTML.htm
  • Authored articles on weight management:
    • FitnessMagazine.com – January 3rd, 2014
    • HellaWella.com – November 8th, 2013
    • RedbookMag.com – October 17th, 2013
    • Yahoo!Shine.com – October 17th, 2013
  • Culinary Success Factors of Belgian Gastronomy: A Study of Top Chefs Approach
    • Renata Januszewska1&2
    • Klaas Sys1
    • Bernard Lahousse2
    • Dries Robberechts2
    • Jacqueline Marcus3
      1. Ghent University, Department Agricultural Economics, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
      2. Food Pairing, Nijverheidsstraat 7, 8310 Bruges, Belgium
      3. Jacqueline B. Marcus and Associates, Food and Nutrition Consultants, Highland Park, Illinois USA, www.thefitfoodpro.com
      4. Contact: renata@foodpairing.comwww.foodpairing.com,tel: +32/ 50 36 75 00
  • “Fast Food Swaps”
    The Food Bible
    Gourmet recipes, cookery videos, and expert cookery advice
    http://www.thefoodbible.net
  • “Fast Food Swaps”
    Easy Feasts — iPhone application
    Entertaining made easy with great recipes and expert tips
    http://www.http://www.easyfeasts.co.uk
  • WLS-TV Chicago, ABC affiliate: Healthbeat report, “The Secret Fifth Flavor”
  • Crock-Pot Diabetic Cookbook, Publications International, 2011
    Nutritional analysis, dietary guidelines compliance, diabetic exchanges
  • Crock-Pot—The Original Slow Cooker—Comfort Food Diet Cookbook, Publications International, 2010
    Nutritional analysis, dietary guidelines compliance
  • The World of Food Ingredients, February-June, 2010
    “Balancing Salt Strategies”
    “Sweet Enough Already” – Part 1
    “Sweet Alternatives” – Part 2
  • Diabetic Cooking, Publications International, Winter – Summer, 2010
    Includes original recipes, photos, and nutritional analyses
    “Diabetic Entrees”
    “Diabetic Desserts”
  • Innova Market Insights, Spring, 2010
    “Stamping Out Childhood Obesity”
  • Food Technology, Cover Story, Fall, 2009
    Includes food and photo styling
    “The Power of UMAMI”

books and book chapters

  • Author – Culinary Nutrition: The Science and Art of Healthy Cooking, In progress
  • Chapter Author – Modifying Flavour in Food – Woodhead Publishing, Ltd.
  • Editor-in-Chief – Guide for the Professional Working with Active People – the American Dietetic Association
  • Editor/Publisher – Wooden Door Diet Plan and Cookbook and More Recipes from Wooden Door – Healthmere Press
  • Editor/Writer – HealthWalk, Physician’s Weight Loss Centers
  • Editor/Writer – Manual of Behavior Modification, Physician’s WEIGHT LOSS Centers
  • Editor – The Soup Bible, The Penguin Group (USA) Inc. for World Market®
  • Editor – The Curry Bible, The Penguin Group (USA) Inc. for World Market®
  • Writer – The Physicians WEIGHT LOSS Centers Cookbook, Physician’s WEIGHT LOSS Centers

journals, magazines, newsletters, and scripts

  • Editorial Board – Today’s Dietitian magazine
  • Editor/Publisher – Sports-Nutrition newsletter – Healthmere Press
  • Nutrition Editor – LowCarb Energy and Cooking Smart magazines
  • Script Writer – Women and Fitness – Journal Films
  • Writer/Contributor:
    • Asian Restaurant News
    • Better Homes & Gardens
    • Bicycling
    • Food for Health
    • Pioneer Press
    • Restaurants and Institutions
    • Shape
    • Runner’s World
    • Tastings
    • TIME Asia
    • TIME Europe
    • Today’s Chicago Woman
    • Today’s Dietitian
    • Vegetarian Times
    • Weight Watchers
    • and others…

electronic

  • Food and Nutrition Editor/Writer/Contributor:
    • cyberdiet.com
    • foodnavigator.com
    • foodnavigator.europe
    • HealthyFoodDigest.com
    • more.com
    • and others…