Lucy Fast

Lucy Fast is the author of more than a dozen cookbooks and counting.

She grew up at her great-grandmother’s side, helping in the kitchen and learning the joys of good food and fresh ingredients well prepared. One of her earliest memories at age 5 or 6 involves getting into trouble for demanding her mother give her a “juicy steak not an old dried out one!”

After the birth of her second son and some serious health complications she became interested in “alternative” diets and healthcare, but always insisted on fresh food and great flavor.

A self-proclaimed hedonist, her love of travel and exploration paired with her bull-headed unwillingness to accept bland flavors has grown into a passion she loves to share with family and friends, and now her readers.

Whether she’s preparing a formal multi-course Christmas dinner for 24 or a casual spring brunch for two, Lucy is most comfortable behind the stove with her computer and collection of recipes books close at hand.

When not puttering in the kitchen or writing cookbooks she can usually be found roaming the local farmer’s markets or in her gardens.

Lucy lives in the rolling hills of Virginia with her husband, two sons, and The Menagerie consisting of dog Lola, pigs Ham and Hock, the chickens, ducks, and geese, and a passel of fat and lazy barn cats.

Take a look below to see the latest offerings from Lucy’s kitchen to yours…