Rancho La Puerta Features Two Legends of the Culinary World, Anne Willan and Virginia Willis

Two legends of the culinary world here September 22-29!
We feel so fortunate at our cooking school to have the friendship
and support of visiting instructors like this.

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Anne Willan has more than 50 years of experience as a teacher, cookbook author, and food columnist. The founder of famed French cooking school École de Cuisine la Varenne, Anne’s accolades include the IACP Lifetime Achievement Award, James Beard Award, and Bon Appétit Teacher of the Year Award. The author of more than 30 cookbooks, Anne’s long-awaited “The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook,” was published in April 2012. The book is based on the extensive cookbook collection Anne and her husband Mark Cherniavsky have amassed through years of passionate collecting. Anne is also working on her memoirs, to be published in Fall 2013 by St. Martin’s Press.For more information about Anne, please visit http://lavarenne.com

Virginia Willis is the author of the acclaimed cookbook, “Bon Appétit, Y’all! Recipe and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking” (Ten Speed Press). The book has been featured in House Beautiful, Ladies Home Journal, and was rated the top comfort food book of 2008 by The Chicago Tribune. She has been a guest on Martha Stewart Television, Paula Deen’s Best Dishes, and Real Simple. A graduate of L’Academie de Cuisine and Ecole de Cuisine LaVarenne, previously she honed her attention to detail as the Kitchen Director for Martha Stewart Living Television where she supervised the food segments for the Emmy-award winning television show. Other television credits include Epicurious, Bobby Flay, Shirley Corriher’s Kitchen Secrets Revealed!, and Natalie Dupree. In addition to “Bon Appetit, Y’all,” her writing credits include: editor for “The All-New Joy of Cooking”; author of “Pasta Dinners 1,2,3”; co-author of “Home Plate Cooking”; and editorial assistant to Anne Willan for “Cook It Right.” Her articles have appeared inCountry Living, Family Fun, and Eating Well.

For more information about Virginia, please visit www.virginiawillis.com.

Maralyn D. Hill