I signed up for a class at Central Market here in Houston. She’s on a whirlwind tour to promote her latest cookbook. I think she said 28 cities in 34 days or something like that. We were number 22.
It was a lot of fun! She is a funny lady and a great story-teller. And a fantastic cook! We got to taste three dishes - roasted chicken with apricot glaze and a mayo-less potato salad; chicken, sun-dried tomato and wild mushroom quesadillas; and a Thai chicken salad with peanuts and lime. It was all very yummy.
And of course she autographed her cookbook for me!
I look forward to taking more classes there. Most are not so full (there were 50 people there! I got lucky and snagged the last reservation about a month in advance) so they are more hands on. This was only a demonstration, but very entertaining!
I had a great time. She told me “thank you” for speaking up and laughing a lot. I was seated right in front of her on the second row, and, being my normal loudmouth self, asked a few questions.
I’ve watched her show a few times. (I’m a Food Network junkie) I always thought she looked way too thin, like bordering on anorexic though last night on the Food Network awards she looked a bit more normal. Did she seem extremely thin when you met her?
Very cool! Ive been meaning to take some of those classes at Central Market, but every time I think about it all the cool ones (like that) are filled. What are some of the other classes like? Ive heard that hands-on classes aren’t hands on enough, and most classes are a demonstration and lecture set up.
IIRC she’s a contributor/editor/something for Cooking Light magazine, so I’d expect her to be slim.
Interestingly I just started yesterday on the series of recipes mentioned in the OP. I’m a vegetarian but my husband isn’t, and he loved the apricot roasted chicken. We’ll see about the rest!
