04/11 What's Cookin' Today
Lennon Parham "Lennon" NBC's "BEST FRIENDS FOREVER" & Jessica St. Clair " Jessica" NBC's "BEST FRIENDS FOREVER"
A devoted friend who finds herself taking in her
distraught best friend, Jessica (Jessica St. Clair), as she tries to adjust
to her new, unexpected, single life in NBC’s new comedy “Best Friends
Forever.” Parham co-created and serves as executive producer of the series
with her writing partner and co-star, Jessica St. Clair. Parham is perhaps
best known for playing the supporting role of Abby Chase, alongside Jenna
Elfman on the television series “Accidentally On Purpose.” Additional
television credits include guest roles on NBC’s popular comedy “Parks and
Recreation” as well as “How I Met Your Mother.” Parham also starred in “Lady
Refs” for the cable special “Funny or Die Presents...” Her film credits
include “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” “Splinterheads” and the comedy-horror
film by Dan Fogler, “Hysterical Psycho.” Parham is an alumna of the Upright
Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theater where she performed for nine years. Her
one-woman character show, “She Tried to be Normal,” ran in New York and Los
Angeles and was selected for the Montreal “Just For Laughs” festival in
2009. A graduate of the University of Evansville with a B.S. In theatre,
Parham taught French in the Mississippi Delta with Teach For America for two
years before she began performing with UCB. Parham currently resides in Los
Angeles.
Jessica St. Clair stars as Jessica, Lennon’s (Lennon Parham) fun-loving best
friend and former roommate whose husband recently served her with divorce
papers in the new comedy “Best Friends Forever.” Adjusting to this new
change in her life, she moves across the country and back in with her
dearest friend. St. Clair co-created and serves as executive producer with
her writing partner and co-star, Lennon Parham. A multi-talented actress and
writer, St. Clair has gained notoriety performing at the legendary Upright
Citizens Brigade Theater in New York and Los Angeles. This past summer
could be seen in the film “Bridesmaids” and will be seen in the feature
“Wanderlust.” Additional feature-film credits include “She’s Out of My
League,” “Life as We Know It” and Christopher Guest’s “For Your
Consideration.” In television, St. Clair has starred opposite Megan Mullally
and Cheryl Hines in “In the Motherhood” and has had guest-starring
appearances on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” “Weeds” and “United States of
Tara.” A graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, St. Clair can also
currently be seen as the spokesperson for the retail chain Marshall’s. St.
Clair currently resides in Los Angeles.
Larry Lipson - "Wine Reporter"
For fifty years Larry Lipson was the food critic for the Los Angeles Daily News and not reports
from Costa Rica weekly with his thoughts and favorite picks for Food & Wine.
Larry always has something cooking up at the Lipson Institute of Advanced
Wine Studies! Larry forages all of Costa Rica for the absolute best wines.
No region is spared from his intense search. No mountain or range or valley
is safe from his reach. He leaves no grape unturned, this man of passion.
Wine is his life. His love for wine is only paralleled with his love for his
lovely partner in wine, Lillian Lipson.Be fully prepared for this master of
vino as he shares his food and wine pairing techniques and experiences with
you on this great day in America - and the world. (GUEST WILL CALL)
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Allison Adato: SMART CHEFS STAY SLIM: Lessons in Eating and Living from America’s Best Chefs
Allison works with the country’s top chefs, unveiling their secrets to
eating amazing food while staying slim. Forwarded by Art Smith, the book
reveals undisclosed tools some of the country's best-known chefs use to stay
trim. Chefs such as Tom Colicchio, Cat Cora, Alexandra Guarnaschelli, Thomas
Keller, Wolfgang Puck, Marcus Samuelsson, and Michael Symon touch on eating
what they love, dessert, how to eat out, and more.
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