Notable Lesbians
This week’s Notable Lesbian is:
Catherine “Cat” Cora
1968 -
Cat Cora 
was raised in a Greek community in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Her grandfather and father were both restaurateurs. Her cuisine is a blend of her Greek and Southern roots like her favorite dish Kota Kapama (Greek cinnamon chicken), and slow-cooked lamb shanks with feta salsa verde.
After receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Physiology and Biology at The University of Southern Mississippi, she enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. Cat has also appeared on Simplify Your Life. She was also a cohost of the Food Network show Kitchen Accomplished. Cat is one of the few female Iron Chefs in its franchise history (including the Japanese version of Iron Chef). She was a winner of the Bon Appétit American Food and Entertaining Awards for 2006. In 2008, she was awarded the Hero Visibility Award by the Human Rights Campaign. Cat lives in California with her partner, Jennifer, and two sons.
Interesting tid bit:
Cat was inspired by Julia Child, Barbara Tropp, M. F. K. Fisher and her grandmother, Alma. In January 2005, she co-founded Chefs For Humanity, which describes itself as “a grassroots coalition of chefs and culinary professionals guided by a mission to quickly be able to raise funds and provide resources for important emergency and humanitarian aid, nutritional education, and hunger-related initiatives throughout the world.”
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More Notable Lesbians
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March 27th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I feel like I was born yesterday because I LOVE Cat Cora and I had NO idea she was a lesbian. Ok that’s a lie, I had a sneaking suspicion, but I didn’t think it was true. Wow! I see her in a whole new light now… (wink wink nudge nudge)
April 14th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Well. I didn’t either, but I can totally see it.