Leave Nothing on the Back Burner: My Happy Cooking Life

A cookbook/memoir by an author with more than 25 years of professional experience in the food world. From her Manhattan childhood to her student days at the Paris Cordon Bleu to cooking in New York City restaurants to running her own catering and baking business while raising three children, Ms. Michelson lays out her best recipes together with those of select family and friends. The recipes are embellished with short, humorous anecdotes penned in Ms. Michelson's lean, wry style. This is not only a wonderful book for food lovers, but also one for people keen to savor the relationship between food and family and friends.

Barbara Michelson grew up in New York City. She received a Grande Diplome from the Cordon Bleu in Paris, France and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University. She has been involved professionally with food for over 25 years as a chef, baker, caterer, market gardener, and writer, among other capacities.