Projects
I’ll post here about upcoming projects, so come back often and check it out! Hope you enjoy!
XXOO,
Cat
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Do Your Kids Hate to Eat Vegetables?
Sign up below if you’d like to work with me as part of a “Nightline” broadcast.
Do your kids not eat their vegetables? “Nightline” is looking for parents who have tried everything, but just can’t get their kids to eat their vegetables.
Parents and kids would have an on-camera meeting with Bon Appetit Executive Chef & Iron Chef America star Cat Cora as she helps your kids learn to love veggies of all kinds. If you think you are a good fit, please fill out this form and a “Nightline” producer may contact you.
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TOUR DATES for
CAT CORA’S CLASSICS WITH A TWIST
Fresh Takes on Favorite Dishes
June 5
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Macy’s Southdale
June 7
ST. LOUIS, MO
Sauce Magazine Luncheon with Left Bank Books (ticketed lunch)
L’Ecole Culinaire with Left Bank (ticketed class)
Mad Art Gallery Reception with Left Bank
June 8
AUSTIN, TX
Central Market (ticketed class)
HOUSTON, TX
Central Market (ticketed class)
June 9
DALLAS
Central Market (ticketed class)
FT. WORTH
Central Market (ticketed class)
June 11
CHICAGO
World Kitchen / Downtown Farmstand
June 13
SAN FRANCISCO
Book Passage’s “Cooks with Books”
@ Left Bank Brasserie, Larkspur CA (ticketed lunch)
June 14
SAN FRANCISCO
Macy’s Union Square
June 15
LOS ANGELES
Diesel, A Bookstore
June 21
COSTA MESA
CCQ/Macy’s South Coast Plaza
June 23
PHOENIX
Changing Hands Bookstore
June 28
MIAMI
Books & Books Coral Gables
June 29
ORLANDO
Kouzzina Restaurant at Walt Disney World
July 1
TAMPA
Macy’s Countryside
For more information, check out this tour link
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CAT CORA’S
CLASSICS WITH A TWIST
Fresh Takes on Favorite Dishes
By Cat Cora
Cat Cora’s Classics with a Twist
Fresh Takes on Favorite Dishes
By Cat Cora
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company; June 2, 2010
$30.00; 228 pages; ISBN 978-0-547-12603-6
On the wildly popular show Iron Chef America, Cat Cora has gained a devoted following and an ever-growing legion of devoted fans. Cat successfully uses her instincts to transform random ingredients into exciting and mouth-watering creations on a moment’s notice. In CAT CORA’S CLASSICS WITH A TWIST, she turns her eye to some of our most popular dishes to make them faster, fresher, and lighter.
These are the swift meals that Cat relies on when she comes home from work to cook for her own family (which includes four boys under the age of six so she’s no stranger to the need for fast and delicious meals).
Some of these tasty meals include:
• Greek-Style Nachos,
• Grilled Chili-Lime Flank Steak Soft Tacos,
• Crispy Baked Fish Stix with Mustard Dipping Sauce,
• Quick Chicken Curry with Peas, and
• Sour-Cherry-Filled Chocolate Cupcakes.
In dishes like Baked “Fried” Calamari with Marinara Dipping Sauce and Tex-Mex Tuna Casserole, Cat puts a new spin on old favorites. She updates others, tossing chipotle-spiced croutons into a Caesar salad, or replacing the usual beef in stroganoff with chicken and adding fresh tarragon. Each recipe illustrates Cat’s motto: just because a dish is a classic doesn’t mean it can’t be improved upon. CAT CORA’S
CLASSICS WITH A TWIST provides easy, fast, and delicious traditional dishes with an exciting new spin.
Please visit http://www.catcoracooks.com/books.html/
About the author
Both on-and off-screen, Chef Cat Cora has made a lasting impression on the culinary community. In 2005, Cora was the first and only female Iron Chef on Food Network’s Iron Chef America. The following year she was named Executive Chef of Bon Appétit along with their Teacher of the Year Award.
In 2008, Cora launched CCQ (Cat Cora’s Que) at Macy’s new Signature Kitchen restaurant in California’s South Coast Plaza location. Inspired by her own unique barbeque traditions, CCQ defines her passion for global BBQ. Last year, Cora opened Kouzzina (Greek for “kitchen”) at Walt Disney World’s Boardwalk Resort, which offers Mediterranean-style cuisine that pays tribute to her Greek roots. She has also authored two cookbooks.
Outside of the kitchen, Cora is known for her philanthropy. She is President and Founder of Chefs for Humanity, an organization founded in response to the 2004 Tsunami disaster.
12-CITY NATIONAL AUTHOR TOUR:
New York, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, Miami, Phoenix, St. Louis, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Contact: Emer Flounders
212-420-5824
emer.flounders@hmhpub.com
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Check out this great feature that ran in Bloomberg News, & includes links to CFH & $1 Million in 1 Month!
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CHEFS FOR HUMANITY TEAMS UP WITH SHARE OUR STRENGTH AND TIMBERLAND TO ADDRESS ONGOING CHALLENGES IN POST-EARTHQUAKE HAITI
Los Angeles, CA (April X, 2010) - Chefs for Humanity, The Timberland Company and Share Our Strength are joining forces to continue relief efforts in Haiti. The group, which is coming together for the first time, will travel to Haiti April 12 through April 14, 2010 to oversee the distribution of food and explore opportunities where there are critical needs. First they will help earthquake-devastated communities create a plan for sustainable agricultural living methods. Second, the group will assess the prosthetic challenges facing those who have become disabled by the recent tragedy.
Beyond providing and distributing food, a primary focus of this trip is to help identify means to develop sustainable agriculture amidst the damage in order to work towards rebuilding an independent Haiti. The group will leverage Share Our Strength’s existing presence in the Haiti relief effort to most efficiently penetrate the worst-hit communities and make the most progress possible.
“As critical as disaster relief efforts have been to Haiti and its people in the days and weeks following January’s earthquake, equally critical now is a focus on long-term solutions,” said Timberland’s President & CEO Jeff Swartz. “There are real opportunities here to help a devastated nation re-grow and rebuild, stronger than ever, and to have a positive impact on Haiti’s future.”
Chefs For Humanity, a non-profit that provides nutrition education, hunger relief, emergency and humanitarian aid to reduce hunger across the globe, and Share Our Strength, America’s leading organization working to end childhood hunger in the States, have created this alliance to address hunger crisis situation beginning with Haiti. Timberland had previously collaborated with Share Our Strength on Haitian relief efforts, when the two joined forces and visited the country immediately following the earthquake.
“This is the first time Chefs For Humanity is partnering with these organizations, and it combines two influential anti-hunger non-profit groups into a single powerhouse looking to make a significant difference,” says celebrity chef Cat Cora, president and founder of Chefs For Humanity. “To end hunger in the world and to provide aid when a crisis strikes, organizations and people have to unite and collaborate. Timberland, Share Our Strength and Chefs For Humanity understand this and therefore have decided to band together to see how we can aid the people of Haiti in this dire time.”
The first stop on the trip is to the Yele-Haiti house in Port-au-Prince. With several active services including food distribution and mobilizing emergency relief, Yele Haiti is a grassroots movement inspiring change in Haiti through programs in education, sports, the arts and environment.
“We are committed to the people of Haiti and we are deeply concerned for the families and children displaced by this catastrophe,” said Bill Shore, Founder and Executive Director of Share Our Strength. “We hope our trip with Chefs For Humanity and Timberland will help us identify long-term solutions that both address the challenges to provide necessary medical and hunger relief and ensure that Haitians are empowered with the support and tools they need to rebuild their country.”
For additional information about this effort please visit http://www.chefsforhumanity.org/
About Chefs For Humanity
In the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami tragedy, Cat Cora, a chef and humanitarian, identified an urgent need to provide food and nutritional guidance to people in crisis. Whether they are recovering from a natural disaster or facing daily starvation in an underdeveloped country, people all over the globe need sanitary, nourishing meals. Cat’s concept: a culinary version of Doctors Without Borders, called Chefs For Humanity. (http://www.chefsforhumanity.org/)
Today, Chefs for Humanity has evolved into a powerful force against worldwide hunger. With partner projects underway in several countries, including our own, Cat and her colleagues provide awareness of both feeding and nutritional needs.
About Share Our Strength
Share Our Strength® is the leading national organization working to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry. By weaving together a net of community groups, activists and food programs, Share Our Strength catches children at risk of hunger and ensures they have nutritious food where they live, learn and play. Working closely with the culinary industry, Share Our Strength creates engaging, pioneering programs like Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation®, the nation’s premier culinary benefit; Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale®, a national grassroots effort; Share Our Strength’s A Tasteful Pursuit®, a touring dinner series; Share Our Strength’s Great American Dine Out ®, a week-long program involving thousands of restaurants nationwide; and Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline®, a cooking-based nutrition education program. Visit Strength.org and learn more about our goal of ending childhood hunger in America by 2015.
About Timberland
Timberland (NYSE: TBL) is a global leader in the design, engineering and marketing of premium-quality footwear, apparel and accessories for consumers who value the outdoors and their time in it. Timberland markets products under the Timberland®, Timberland PRO®, SmartWool®, Timberland Boot Company®, Mountain Athletics®, Howies® and IPATH® brands, all of which offer quality workmanship and detailing and are built to withstand the elements of nature. The company’s products can be found in leading department and specialty stores as well as Timberland® retail stores throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, South Africa and the Middle East. Timberland’s dedication to making quality products is matched by the company’s commitment to “doing well and doing good” — forging powerful partnerships among employees, consumers and service partners to transform the communities in which they live and work.
To learn more about Timberland, please visit http://www.timberland.com/.
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Read these ABCNews.com clips all about what I cooked at the White House in an early celebration of Greek Independence Day this week in DC with First Family and ~300 guests!
President Obama’s (Early) Greek Independence Day Celebration
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/03/president-obamas-early-greek-independence-day-celebration-.html
Chimichurri Sauce (features image of you from White House)
Cat Cora Cooks for President Obama, Greek PM at White House
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/recipe?id=10061482
Greek Fishermen’s Stew with Garlic Crostini (features image from Kouzzina)
Cat Cora Cooks for President Obama, Greek PM at White House
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/recipe?id=10061752
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www.ChefsForHumanity.org
“1 Million in 1 Month for Haiti”
In Partnership with the United Nations
World Food Programme
Tune in Friday January 22nd
Los Angeles | New York | London
Friday, January 22, 8-10pm EST / 5-7pm PST
ABC | CBS | NBC | FOX | CNN | BET | The CW | HBO | MTV | VH1 | CMT
I will be there answering phones for Haiti!
Food Industry |”Step Up To The Plate”
To make a tax-deductible donation, please go to:
http://www.chefsforhumanity.org/donate.php
Chefs for Humanity (www.ChefsForHumanity.org) is a grassroots not-for-profit (501c-3) organization of culinary professionals and educators working in partnership with U.S. and global initiatives, providing emergency feeding relief and hunger aid in times of natural catastrophe. Our Chefs Corps volunteer their time, expertise, culinary, & nutritional knowledge work to support national and world-wide relief programs working to reduce hunger.
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FOR HAITI -
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all and your families.
Join us in our “$1 Million in 1 Month For Haiti” Fundraising Campaign!!
Please help as you can by clicking HERE & donating to Chefs for Humanity - every dollar counts & greatly helps.
100% of all funds raised will be sent to HAITI Relief Efforts – Thank you!!
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~ HAPPY HOLIDAYS ~ to EVERYONE!
May you all have healthy, happy, & fun-filled days throughout the rest of 2009 & into 2010!
It just keeps getting better & better… 
XOXO
Cat
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At the Bon Appetit Supper Club and Café last month we crowned the winner of LG’s “Taste of Something Better” cooking competition top amateur chef in America.
Now I’m heading to Bangkok, Thailand for the LG Global “Life Taste’s Good” Cooking Championship. So excited!
Check out this for more information!
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My CORANATION WINES are NOW online & available for purchase! Let me know what you think of them and which is your favorite~
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Check out this link for more information & to book your reservation at my new restaurant, Kouzzina by Cat Cora, at Walt Disney’s Boardwalk Resort in Orlando, FL~
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Stop by the recently launched NameDrop.com for EXCLUSIVE content on certain celebs (including me) you can’t/ won’t find anywhere else!!
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