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LARRY LIPSON - COSTA RICA WINE REPORT   

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. 


MOLLIE KATZEN - AUTHOR OF COOKBOOK, “THE HEART OF THE PLATE: Vegetarian Recipes For a New Generation”

In The Heart of the Plate, Mollie completely reinvents the vegetarian repertoire, unveiling a collection of beautiful, healthful, and unfussy dishes — her “absolutely most loved.” Her new cuisine is light, sharp, simple, and modular; her inimitable voice is as personal, helpful, clear, and funny as ever. Whether it’s a salad of kale and angel hair pasta with orange chili oil or a seasonal autumn lasagna, these dishes are celebrations of vegetables. They feature layered dishes that juxtapose colors and textures: Orange Rice with Black Beans, or tiny Buttermilk Corn Cakes on a Peruvian Potato Stew. Suppers from the oven, like Vegetable Pizza and Mushroom Popover Pie, are comforting but never stodgy. Burgers and savory pancakes — from Eggplant Parmesan Burgers to Zucchini Ricotta Cloud Cakes — make weeknight dinners fresh and exciting. "Optional Enhancements" allow cooks to customize every recipe. The Heart of the Plate is vibrantly illustrated with photographs and original watercolors by the author herself.

About Mollie: Mollie Katzen, with over six million books in print, is listed by the New York Times as one of the best-selling cookbook authors of all time. A 2007 inductee into the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame—and largely credited with moving plant-based cuisine from the fringe to the center of the American dinner plate—Katzen has been named by Health Magazine as one of The Five Women Who Changed the Way We Eat, and she has been a member of the faculty at Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives, the groundbreaking annual symposium co-hosted by The Culinary Institute of America and the Harvard School of Public Health, since its inception.
Katzen is a charter member of the Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Roundtable and an inaugural honoree of the Natural Health Hall of Fame. An award-winning illustrator and designer as well as bestselling cookbook author and popular public speaker, she is best known as the creator of the groundbreaking classics Moosewood Cookbook, and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest. Her other books include the award-winning, best-selling children's cookbook trilogy, dubbed “the gold standard of children's cookbooks” by the New York Times: Pretend Soup, Honest Pretzels, and Salad People. Mollie Katzen has collaborated on several projects with Walter Willett, MD of Harvard, most notably the book Eat, Drink, & Weigh Less. Her other titles include Still Life with Menu, Vegetable Heaven, Sunlight Café, The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without, and Get Cooking.

From 2003 through 2011, Katzen was a consultant to Harvard University Dining Services, and co-creator of their Food Literacy Project. Her recipes and menus remain popular in the university's many eating venues. She is also a well-loved public speaker on a number of foodrelated topics, often employing a beautiful slide show of her art and photos to illustrate her storytelling, recipe sharing, and inspiring, downhome practical information.