If you have not had the opportunity to check out cookstr.com, January 12th is the day. I am featured as the Chef of the Day. Along with over 200 other chefs and cookbook authors coookstr is the web site for -all things food. It is the brainstorm of Katie Workman and many other creative [Read More]

In December Foster’s Market hosted Tea with Lee, a benefit for the Women’s Center in Chapel Hill.  My friends Lee Smith and Frances Mayes signed copies of their books while our guests enjoyed individual antipasto platters and sipped Italian wines.  Here are a few pictures.     Thank you, Lee and Frances, for sharing your spirtit and your [Read More]

Try this easy pasta dish alongside gilled lamb or chicken. It’s also great for a quick vegetarian lunch or for picnics. 1 teaspon salt 1 pound orzo 1/2 cup olive oil Safflower oil or canola oil, for oiling the grill 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 2 zucchini, sliced lengthwise into 1/4-inch slices 2 portobello mushrooms, stems discarded and caps wiped clean, cut into [Read More]

I was recently asked by an energetic company from Florida, called Studio B, to do a hands on cooking class as part of an inspirational weekend. Here’s the video.

Peter and I were recently invited to Blackberry Farm, in the rolling hills of the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, for a very special experience. I was honored to participate in a food and wine event along with Pam Starr of Crocker and Starr Winery. Blackberry Farm is a little hard to describe with the usual [Read More]

I had a blast shooting this video. The class was way into the challenge. Read more about the trip here >

Last week while driving through Connecticut I had lunch with Martha   and her sister Laura at  Richard Gere’s restaurant The Bedford Post Inn. After lunch we went back to Martha’s house, she made iced coffee,and we had Maple Walnut Pie I brought from the the Noonmark Diner in Keene Valley, NY. The coffee was so [Read More]

Recently Sara and her photographer, Peter Frank Edwards, have been shooting all the beautiful food shots to go with Sara’s recipes for her new cookbook, tentatively titled, A Little Slice of Southern. Here are some video clips from a resent session.

A fun video about our bi-weekly grilling event at Fosters with Chef Eric, aka, Chico!

I was thrilled when Country Living wanted to include me in a story as one of  ”Seven of America’s  best chefs and their Moms.” Other chefs included are Lidia Bastianich, Frank Stitt, Nancy Silverton, Suzanne Goin, Deborah Madison and Rick Bayless. You can’t ask for better company than that. We all share recipes that we learned [Read More]