Mollie Katzen

 

Cheri's Interview with Mollie Mollie on the evolution of her cooking style, why people need to stop counting fat grams and the issue that inspired her, for the first time in her extensive and varied career, to get political.

Mollie Katzen Profile

Named one of the "Five Women Who Changed the Way We Eat" by Health Magazine (June 1999), Mollie Katzen's career has been illustrious and enduring. From her debut as a co-founder of Ithaca, New York's Moosewood Restaurant and author of The Moosewood Cookbook, which with over 4 million copies in print is one of the 10 best-selling cookbooks of all time, Mollie is widely credited with moving healthful cooking from the fringes of American society onto mainstream dinner tables.

Mollie's Recipes The Enchanted Broccoli Forest Szechwan Tofu Triangles Greek Stuffed Eggplant Panzenella Fried Green Tomato Pillows Strawberry Rhubard Crisp Wild Rice with Cherries & Hazelnuts Pumpkin Muffins Greek Scramble Gruyère Quiche American Potato Cutlets Fried Green Tomatoes Polenta Waffles with Berries Breaded Sautéed Goat Cheese Patties Homemade Protein Bars Crispy Southwest Polenta Hash Polenta Pieces

Mollie followed up The Moosewood Cookbook with more wildly successful tomes on vegetarian cooking The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, Still Life with Menu Cookbook, and Vegetable Heaven. In addition to being an excellent cook, she is a talented artist who provides beautiful watercolor illustrations and hand lettering for many of her books. Vegetable Heaven, her latest effort was the winner of the "Best Vegetarian Cookbook of the Year" in 1999 by the International Cookbook review and was a finalist for the Julia Child award.

Not content to change the eating habits of adult, Mollie also authored two delightful cookbooks for children: Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes, geared toward pre-schoolers and Honest Pretzels and 64 Other Amazing Recipes for Cooks Ages 8 & Up. With colorful step-by-step illustrations, kids can now fix wholesome vegetarian favorites while learning a host of skills that will come in handy throughout their lives. Both children's books have won awards and Honest Pretzels was recently honored by its selection as an American Library Association Notable Book. Mollie is also a columnist for Children's Television Workshop On-Line and for Sesame Street Parents Magazine.

 

Mollie's Books The Moosewood Cookbook The Enchanted broccoli Forest Still Life with Menu Cookbook Vegetable Heaven Pretend Soup Honest Pretzels Sunlight Café

Aside from her writing career, since 1996 Mollie has been the star of the Mollie Katzen Cooking Show, which has been appearing on public television stations nationwide. The shows are based largely on recipes from her classic books The Moosewood Cookbook and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest, both which have been revised by Mollie and the original publisher to reflect today's lighter, healthier ways of eating.

As if all that weren't enough, Mollie truly is further her impact on the way the world eats by serving as a charter member of the Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Roundtable. She is also a judge for both the James Beard Cookbook Awards and the Julia Child/IACP Awards of Excellence.

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