Cynthia Stevens Graubart

Cynthia Graubart is a food writer, James Beard Award winning cookbook author of 14 cookbooks, conference and festival speaker, former cooking show television producer. and most-recently the author of Zucchini Love from Storey Publishing. She is co-founder of Culinary Media Training and Productions, a firm designed to help culinary professionals build the skills and confidence they need to work effectively in today’s digital environment with coaching and training on media skills, social media marketing, cookbook writing, and recipe testing and development. Cynthia shares her passion for her home state and its bountiful produce and products with her audiences across many platforms. A frequent guest chef, private event chef, and personal chef, she brings a taste of the south to every dish she creates and serves, and joined her fellow Georgia Grown Executive Chefs to cook at the James Beard House in June 2017. She and Nathalie Dupree wrote the best-selling (and James Beard Award winning) Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking (Gibbs-Smith 2012).  After achieving her BA in Journalism at the University of Georgia, and studying for her MA at the University of Florida, Cynthia Graubart launched her television cooking show career producing Nathalie Dupree’s first national public television series New Southern Cooking. Traveling around the South, researching the crops and products of the region for the series, Cynthia continued for more than 10 years producing and consulting for television cooking programs, chefs, and well known best-selling authors. From concept to script to production to editing, Cynthia’s big-picture vision combined with her hands-on skills, creating long-lasting how-to productions. Once her children reached school age, Cynthia turned briefly to public relations, gaining valuable marketing skills that would support her future endeavors. Leaving her television career to be a stay-at-home mom inspired her to write her first book, The One-Armed Cook: For New and Not-So-New Moms (Meredith Books 2004) based on her experience doing everything with a baby on her hip. Co-authored with Catherine Fliegel, the two became founding food editors of Nickelodeon’s parenting portal ParentsConnect. Writing for parenting magazines, speaking to parents around the country, and teaching cooking classes inspired them to help families struggling to make mealtime a reality in their lives. Cynthia Graubart is passionate about food – from researching its origins, writing recipes, teaching technique, to bringing families together at the table. She is the Chair of the Broadcast Media Awards for the James Beard Foundation. She is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) and has spoken at its annual conference and is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier (LDEI). Follow her on social media and visit her at www.cynthiagraubart.com Books Zucchini Love, Storey Publishers, 2023 Blueberry Love, Storey Publishers, 2021 Strawberry Love, Storey Publishers, 2021 Sunday Suppers, Time, Inc. 2017 Chicken: A Savor the South Cookbook, UNC Press 2016 Mastering the Art of Southern Vegetables, GibbsSmith 2015 Slow Cooker Double Dinners for Two, Gibbs-Smith 2014 Slow Cooking For Two: Basics, Recipes, and Techniques, GibbsSmith 2013 Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking (James Beard Award winner), GibbsSmith 2012 Southern Biscuits, GibbsSmith 2011 The One-Armed Cook: For New and Not-So-New Moms, Meredith Books 2004 Monthly Column Southern Living (2013-2015) Guest Editor Family Dinners, a Southern Living special interest publication. Slow Cooker Suppers, a Southern Living special interest publication Awards M.F.K. Fisher Writing Award 2017 James Beard Foundation American Cookbook 2013 How can I help you meet your culinary goals? Let me know at www.cynthiagraubart.com