Did you know that Chef Cat Cora loves to entertain? When she’s not in the Food Network’s Kitchen stadium during the summer months she loves to entertain friends and family in her backyard. Two of her favorite summer backyard cooking techniques include grilling and smoking. She says it’s a refreshing laid back change from the pressures of Kitchen Stadium.

Cat credits her Southern and Mediterranean backgrounds for the inspiration behind her easy, family friendly, global BBQ recipes and shares her creations at the recently opened CCQ (Cat Cora’s ‘Que) located at Macy’s Signature Kitchen in Costa Mesa, CA.
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And so is her wife! I feel like I’ve been living under a rock because I had no idea Chef Cora was a lesbian — you learn something new everyday. Cat Cora is one of five chefs on Food Network’s popular Iron Chef America.

Cat and her partner, Jennifer Cora, were both inseminated by the same donor, though Cat is actually carrying Jennifer’s biological child (a boy!), and Jennifer is carrying a baby from either one, as embryos from both women were implanted.
Jennifer is due in April and Cat is due three months later in July. The couple already have two …read more

Cat Cora is probably mostly known for her position as Executive Chef of Bon Appetit magazine and as one of the Iron Chef’s on Food Network. 
Cat Cora grew up in a strong Greek household in the South, graduated in Exercise Physiology and Biology from the University of Southern Mississippi.  She later graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and then continued her work and study in France.
Her most recent accomplishment is her new book, Cooking from the Hip:  Fast, Easy, Phenomenal Meals.  This is her second cookbook.  Cooking from the Hip is well-organized for the home cook.  She has set-up …read more

  
 
Cat Cora, Iron Chef and Food Editor at Bon Appetit, was recently on The Today Show with a recipe that is sure to warm so many of us attempting to stay warm these last few frigid weeks.
It is a Moroccan style stew with rib-eye.  She said you can substitute lamb if you wish.  It just takes longer to cook.  You can always try this in a slow cooker as well.
The Moroccan Beef Stew can be served on some couscous along with a Fennel and Olive Salad and don’t forget dessert with her Chocolate Budino. 
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Cat Cora, along with a long list of other celebrity chefs, will be mixing it up at  The 2006 Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo’s floor show entitled “Hot Spot Culinary Extravaganza” Saturday, August 26th through Monday, August 28th at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Other celebrity chefs who will be part of the floor show include: Guy Fieri, Tony Abou-Ganim, Gregg Wangard, and Tommy Tang.
You can get a complete schedule for the show, information about attending, and details of other shows in the works at this company press release: The ‘Hot Spot Culinary Extravaganza’ to Debut at the 2006 Western Foodservice …read more