Two Hungry Women

Airs Tuesdays 4:30-5:00 P

"Two Hungry Women" is a show about two women's love and passion for great food, wine, restaurants, cookbooks, and anything food related! Debra Ponzek is the owner of Aux Délices gourmet food shop, and her foodie pal, Lynn Manheim, is the cooking school director for Aux Delices. Though each entered the culinary world at different points in their lives, they both have a big appetite for fun culinary adventures, sharing their knowledge about food, great cooking tips, and super easy recipes. They share their favorite places to eat, food trends they love and hate, kitchen gadgets they can't live without, and much more! Guests who share their passion for food and wine will also be highlighted on the show!

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Biography
Debra Ponzek graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1984. After many impressive positions in the culinary circles, she was selected one of the "Ten Best New American Chefs" by Food & Wine magazine by the early age of 28. In 1990, Debra was named "Chef of the Year" by the Chefs of America Association, and a year later was the recipient of the coveted "Rising Chef of the Year" award by the James Beard Foundation. Debra was also the first American to receive the prestigious "Moreau Award" for culinary excellence from the Frederick Wildman and Sons Company. Debra left Montrachet in June 1994 to move to Connecticut with her husband to open Aux Délices, a gourmet prepared food shop, café, and catering business in Greenwich. Aux Délices Events, a full-service catering and event planning division, handles parties of all sizes, from corporate galas, fancy balls, grand openings, and fund raisers, to weddings and private dinner parties. A second retail store was opened in downtown Greenwich in the fall of 2000 and the latest Aux Délices store opened in Darien in 2004. Debra's first cookbook, French Food, American Accent: Debra Ponzek's Spirited Cuisine was published by Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House, in the spring of 1996. Her second book, The Summer House Cookbook, was released in May 2003 to glowing reviews ("However gloomy or rainy the weather, a peek into 'The Summer House Cookbook'…is like a ray of sunshine." - Barbara Albright, Associated Press). Her third book, The Family Kitchen, was published in 2006 by Clarkson Potter.

Debra Ponzek has been the subject of articles in the New York Times, Redbook, Ladies' Home Journal, Fine Cooking, Elle, Metropolitan Home, Nation's Restaurant News, Greenwich Magazine, Victoria Magazine, Food & Wine, Parenting, O, The Oprah Magazine, as well as numerous local and regional magazines and newspapers. Debra's television credits include appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, The Today Show, the CBS Morning Show, The Food Network with Sarah Moulton, PBS, Lifetime Television, and others.