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Excerpt: Next Valentine's Day, it will be ten years since Kris first heard the words, 'You have cancer.' She is not cancer-free; her tumours remain, and she has annual scans to monitor their growth, or otherwise. Fortunately, her cancer, the specialists discovered, is the slow-growing rather than the aggressive sort.
But as the self-ascribed 'poster girl for cancer', Kris is a powerful advert for her own alternative approach – she is glowing and vital and looks at least a decade younger than her 41 years. 'I've not only been surviving, I've been thriving – with cancer,' she agrees. 'I actually feel better with the disease than I did without it.'
And inadvertently, through focusing first on her own holistic health, then on that of others, she has become a celebrity health guru, a 'wellness warrior', teaching better health for all by banishing the bacon and grabbing the juicer.
Her new book, Crazy Sexy Kitchen, is a perky, colourful collection of 150 recipes, including smoothies, salads and soups, all developed with her co-author, the chef Chad Sarno, plus personal anecdotes and explanations of her philosophy for eating and for life – her 'veggie manifesto'.
On a chilly November night in Manhattan's trendy Tribeca district, I witness the extent of Kris's fervent following. The cooking demonstration and meet-the-author event to promote the book – her fourth in the US, but the first to be published in the UK – is packed to the rafters with hundreds of polished post-work New Yorkers, keen to ask Kris questions about whether vegan diets are suitable while training for a marathon, and what meat-free, plant-friendly treats to cook for 'nonbelievers' this Christmas. In tight black jeans and spike-heeled boots, with her blonde hair in big, bouncy waves, Kris holds court with humour, warmth and inspiring enthusiasm. And the samples of dishes being handed around, and hungrily devoured – a crunchy kale salad, crostini with artichoke pesto and mushrooms, and a creamy, festive smoothie called For the Love of Nog – would satisfy even
the most finicky gourmand.