Julee rosso biography of williams

In the spring of , “The Silver Palate Cookbook” hit bookstore shelves with recipes that established a foundation for an emerging American cuisine.

The book, marking its 35th anniversary this year with more than million copies sold, added products such as blueberry chutney and raspberry sauce to our food repertoire.

“The thing I really take credit for is arugula,” said Julee Rosso, one of the two women behind the cookbook. “I made arugula happen in this country.”

The magic created by “The Silver Palate” began with a chance friendship between Rosso, a single New York marketing executive, and Sheila Lukins, a married mother of two who had started a catering company out of her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Lukins’ business, the Other Woman Catering Company, was started with the idea of cooking for New York bachelors who wanted to entertain but needed someone to do the cooking. She and Rosso met aft