In March, Princeton Health highlighted a female chef and one of her recipes every week to celebrate Women’s History Month. The special month may have passed, but good food is never out of season. Visit the Princeton Health intranet, click PennForPeople, and download the recipes from the Diversity & Inclusion folder under Forms and Information. If you make one of the dishes, please snap a photo and use the #PenntoPan hashtag on social media.
Christine Ha is the first-ever blind contestant and season 3 winner of the competitive amateur cooking show MasterChef with Gordon Ramsay.
Ha holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Houston and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas. Her first cookbook, Recipes from my Home Kitchen: Asian and American Comfort Food, was a New York Times bestseller.
Ha received the 2014 Helen Keller Personal Achievement Award from the American Foundation for the Blind. Ha is the chef and owner of The Blind Goat and Xin Chao in Houston, Texas.
She is currently working on her memoir and second cookbook.
Featured Recipe: Grilled Korean Beef Short Ribs
For ingredients and instructions, visit https://tinyurl.com/5acu9ma2.
As an admired chef and cookbook author, Edna Lewis taught the American public to appreciate southern meals in a new way.
She became a lecturer for the American Museum of Natural History and built her brand as a chef and private caterer. As the demand for creative foods began to grow, Lewis decided to write her first cookbook, although women chefs were few, and Black women chefs even fewer.
Known as both the grande dame and grande doyenne of Southern cooking, Lewis was among the first African American women from the South to write a cookbook that did not hide the author’s true name, gender or race.
Combining her love of food preparation and knowledge of African American history, Lewis’ legacy taught countless others the importance of traditional Southern cuisine.
Featured Recipe: Tyler Pie
For ingredients and instructions, visit https://tinyurl.com/mkf3bvau.
Jenn Segal is a classically trained chef who graduated from L’Academie de Cuisine in Maryland and worked professionally as a chef for many years. She left the restaurant business in 2003 after the birth of her first child.
In 2009, she decided to write her own cookbook, but a book agent told her she would have no chance of getting published. In response, Segal created her successful blog, Once Upon a Chef, where she develops and shares her own recipes.
Her first cookbook, Once Upon a Chef: The Cookbook, was published in 2018. Segal says her recipes reflect her life as a mom who loves to create easy meals for the whole family as well as a trained chef. Segal is a shining example of finding a way to do what you love, regardless of the obstacles that may stand in your way.
Featured recipe: Beef enchiladas
For ingredients and instructions, visit https://tinyurl.com/f2vbss28.
Tanorria Askew, a passionate home cook turned chef, is the proud owner of Tanorria’s Table, where she works as a personal chef and TV personality. Askew has a keen sense of flavor and prides herself in making everything she cooks memorable.
With her cooking roots originating in Tennessee, Askew has fun putting a modern spin on American comfort food. She has had the privilege of addressing audiences as a keynote speaker, emcee, and panelist about her significant career shift, anti-racism, diversity and inclusion, social justice, and the courage it takes to chase dreams.
She also serves as the D&I chairperson of the board for a nonprofit named Slow Food Indy. A seat at Tanorria’s Table will nourish your body and soul. Above all, Askew encourages everyone to love deeply, laugh often, and eat well.
Featured recipe: Peanut Butter Cheesecake Truffle
For ingredients and instructions, visit https://tinyurl.com/4f2384br.