10/02 LARRY LIPSON, SPENCER GRAMMER, IRONSIDE, NBC, CHEF MALIKA AMEEN

LARRY LIPSON - Costa Rica      

For fifty years Larry Lipson was the food critic for the Los Angeles Daily News and now reports from Costa Rica weekly with his thoughts and favorite picks for Food & Wine.  His lovely Wife Lillian is also on hand at the Lipson Institute for advanced wine studies. 



SPENCER GRAMMER - IRONSIDE ON NBC

Spencer Grammer stars as Holly, the strong feisty detective who loves the rush of being undercover and the danger that goes with the job.

Grammer shined in her role as Casey, star of ABC Family’s hit series “Greek.”  Previously, she starred in “As the World Turns,” playing the role of Lucy Montgomery for close to 100 episodes. Other television credits include NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU,” “CSI: NY,” “The Bedford Diaries,” “Third Watch” and “Clubhouse.” On the big screen, her feature credits include “Missing William,” “Beautiful Ohio,” and  “Descent.” In addition, she has three upcoming independent features that will be released in 2014: “2BR/1BA,” “Beyond Paradise” and “In Lieu of Flowers,” which premiered at the 2013 Newport Beach International Film Festival.  Grammer majored in theater at Marymount Manhattan College and currently resides in Los Angeles.
 IRONSIDE - Wednesdays, 10 p.m. ET  ON NBC


CHEF MALIKA AMEEN - PASTRY CHEF

Malika Ameen is a nationally-known Chicago-based pastry chef/restaurateur and entrepreneur whose love of unique flavor combinations and fascination with spices and attention to detail began in a food-focused home where family dinners were prepared from scratch each day. In 2010, Malika was chosen as a featured ‘cheftestant’ on Bravo’s premiere season on “Top Chef: Just Desserts.” Soon after appearing on the show, Malika launched her own pastry business, ByMDesserts, which specializes in cookies made with the highest quality ingredients and unique flavor combinations. As a single mom to three young boys (ages 3, 6 and 8), she’s always incorporating her “chef thinking” into the foods she cooks daily at home for her children in order to make food as exciting (and fair) for them as it is for her; thus the concept the Modern Spice Pantry was born at home.