The biggest news is - I'm about to sign a deal for a food and wine pairing cookbook of my own. It's not inked yet, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Stay tuned...

Meanwhile, I'm working on recipes for a JCPenny's cookbook, tentatively titled The Cook's Treasury,

This comes on the heels of my first two book projects, including developing the recipes for New York Times Best Seller Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, by Rory Friedman and Kim Barnouin. Check it out on Amazon.com.

The other book project was contributions to a recently-released Weight Watchers cookbook called Shortcuts: 130 Almost-From-Scratch Recipes, also available on Amazon.com. That's my recipe on the cover!

Amidst that, I'm staying busy with magazine work, including first-ever assignments from Cooking Light, for their April 2009 and Summer Cookbook 2009 issues, and Clean Eating, for their Fall 2008 issue. I'll also be appearing in Country Home for the first time in September 2008.

My most recent piece in Bon Appetit was their their January 2008 issue with recipes for a steak dinner, including Pan-seared New York Steaks with Boursin and Herbed Merlot Sauce. Click here to read it. I'll also be in their August 2008 issue with recipes for 4 no-cook sauces and in their October 2008 issue with canning recipes. 

Also this spring, I'm back in Napa Sonoma magazine, with a story on luxury lodgings in the wine country - you can read it here.

I continue to stay busy at Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts where I'm Senior Culinary Instructor and teach the Taste of Copia Lunch, our signature full-meal food and wine program, along with other programs. For details, visit www.copia.org.

And this fall, I'll be teaching 4 classes at Ramekins in Sonoma - Chicken: Basics & Beyond on September 26, Everything's Better With Booze on October 17, Quick Soups & Quick Breads on November 22, and Dungeness Crab Party on December 13.