Preparing Salt Free Low Sodium Meals and Dishes for over 50 years.
Written by Tony DiMarco
Screen Writer Publicist Journalist
Chef Don's salt free low sodium culinary talents have taken him into galleys and kitchens around the world. He has cooked for governors senators congress members state houses and one president although he has dined with a total of three different presidents and a few candidates for the office. He has roasted wild boar in a ground pit in Tahiti cooked fresh King Crab in an open pot along the shores of Taku Harbor Alaska learned his risotto oso bucco in Italy and baguettes in Paris. He became well known in some areas of the U.S. for his "Oysters Gazzaniga."
Don also found himself preparing meals for film crews actors and even learned the art of "deli-sandwiches" from famous Hollywood locations where the "stars" hung out. Many film crews wanted to work for him when he was producing or directing simply because he'd either take them to the right eateries or prepare it for them himself.
Always without salt.
I met Don in the seventies when I was a writer for the TV show "Happy Days " where I served as executive story editor. He was a writer and producer/director and owned a large production services company one that provided film crews for many sitcoms at the time. I came from a family where cooking was probably the most important part of our lives. My own mother was an excellent cook and Don even has one or two of her adapted recipes in The No Salt Lowest Sodium Cookbook.
You'd think two film writers would talk scripts. But no Don talked about preparing meals. He would fly off and film in a foreign country or another state and come back with some top-notch recipes. He'd prepare them for us and wow they were always great (although to tell the truth I added a bit of salt back then just out of habit).
Today I use Don's No Salt Lowest Sodium Cookbook and his No Salt Lowest Sodium Baking Book. I need to because of a high blood pressure problem. Why should I pay attention to his recipes his work? Maybe it's because I know him maybe it's becaue I have experienced his energy devotion and sincerity to the projects he dove into before. I do know that about seven years ago I thought he was not going to make it. He called me and said "Well Tony this is it. I've been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and need a heart transplant or I'm out of here in six months to a year." I couldn't believe that the big guy was actually going to check out at his early age. ...
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