Louisa Shafia writes about food, and teach­es peo­ple deli­cious ways to eat health­ful­ly. Her lat­est cook­book, The New Per­sian Kitchen, is a fresh take on the ancient food of Iran. Her first book, Lucid Food, was nom­i­nat­ed for a pres­ti­gious IACP award. Watch Louisa’s cook­ing videos on the Weight Watch­ers web­site, eHow, and the Cook­ing Chan­nel’s Taste in Trans­la­tion series.