cuisine, culture and community - Les Dames d'Escoffier International

Kathleen perry (Atlanta)
TREASURER
Beth allen (New York)
CHAPTER BOARD LIAISON
Life is a
mystery
to be lived
and not
a problem
to be solved
A Founding Trustee of The
James Beard Foundation,
Kathleen Perry served on
the foundation’s board for 20
years. She earned a degree in
Home Economics at Seton Hill
University in Pennsylvania and
has studied with prominent chefs
both nationally and abroad. She
was CEO and managing partner
of the Whirlpool/Kitchen Aid
distributorship at three locations
in the US Virgin Islands.
As the everyday gourmet®,
Kathleen’s wide range of
experience in the culinary field
includes teacher, corporate
home economist, author of the
everyday gourmet® cookbook,
syndicated television show and
video series, food editor, food
stylist, recipe developer, food
consultant/spokesperson for
major food-related companies,
and food marketing consultant
for several national magazines
and super markets. A charter
member of the Atlanta Chapter,
she co-chaired the 1999 LDEI
Conference in Atlanta and for
two years served as Chapter
Treasurer. As LDEI Treasurer for
a second year, Kathleen says “The
privilege of working with such
a dynamic and dedicated group
of women is one of the most
rewarding, exciting and cherished
experiences of my professional
career.”
An established cookbook producer and a recognized
cookbook author, Beth Allen has created 23 cookbooks for
such major publishers as the Reader’s Digest Association,
Rodale Inc., The Taunton Press and William Morrow.
Her cookbooks include Welcome to Junior’s, Down
Home Cooking, Perfect Pies and the Cooking Smart for
a Healthy Heart continuity cooking series. Beth’s recent
Junior’s Dessert Cookbook, co-authored with Junior’s
owner Alan Rosen, climbed to #4 on the Wall Street
Journal Best-Selling Books/Hardcover-Nonfiction list.
Beth’s expertise also includes: food writer, recipe developer,
Americanization of UK cookbooks, and creator of branded
cookbooks. Beth is immediate past president of Les
Dames d’Escoffier New York, past member of the Board
of Directors of the American Book Producers Association
and past president of the New York Women’s Culinary
Alliance. Allen holds a BS degree in Home Economics/
Food Business from Iowa State University and a MA from
the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse
University. Originally from Houston and still a “Texan
at heart,” she and her husband John happily reside in the
historic Chelsea neighborhood of New York City.
Find something you're
passionate about and keep
tremendously interested in it.
Julia Child
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