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I was born and raised in San Francisco — one of the greatest eating cities on the planet — and I’ve been writing about food and teaching cooking for over 20 years. I trained at Tante Marie's Cooking School, completing the 9-month professional course and apprenticing at Chez Panisse Cafe, but I'm proud to call myself a cook and not a chef. In my view, chefs work in restaurant kitchens and cooks work in home kitchens and there is a big difference between the two. For the last 8 years, I've been cooking on TV: 3 years doing 5-Minute Cooking School segments for The CBS Early Show and 5 years filming Ultimate Kitchens for Food Network (reruns now air on Fine Living). I also write cookbooks and my latest is Braises & Stews: Everyday Slow-Cooked Recipes. My last book, Party Appetizers: Small Bites, Big Flavors came out in 2004 and Cabin Cooking was published in 1998. When I’m not filming, I write articles for Bon Appetit, teach at Tante Marie’s Cooking School and Draeger’s in San Mateo, and I'm a regular volunteer for Food Runners, a nonprofit that delivers food to the needy of San Francisco. The joy I get from handing hungry people something good to eat is one of the best parts of my career. Other than that, I’m usually in my kitchen testing recipes for this website and my next cookbook. Or I’m in the yoga studio. Or hiking my beloved Bay Area hills. If it’s a really good year, I spend part of it in Rome. Cooking is a wonderful life. |
