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The article presents miscellaneous topics including a review for the Eatoutin America restaurant located in Harlem, New York, the recipe for J.J. Johnson's Fried Okra, and announces that Paul Qui has been named as the Chef of the Year 2014.

The article profiles Padma Lakshmi, an Indian-American cookbook author, actress and former model. Born in India and transplanted to New York with her mom by the age of four. Her modeling career began with an encounter in a Madrid café in Spain. Padma eventually migrated across Europe, settling in for a six-year stint in Milan, Italy, where her modeling career exploded. Things happened fast for Padma back in the U.S. where she published her first book, "Easy Exotic," which won Best First Book at the Versailles World Cookbook Fair in 1999.

Reports on the efforts of chef Robert Surles, a.k.a. Chef Bobo, to educate elementary school students at the Calhoun School in New York City on healthy eating. Surles' scrapping of traditional cafeteria food upon taking over school's food program; Cooking classes for children; Surles' tips on food preparation, healthy eating and the importance of getting children involved in food preparation process.

To browse a gardening catalog is to be an eternal optimist. These catalogs fill page after page with delightfully sunny images of flowers, shrubs, trees, fruits and vegetables. Harris Seeds has provided its customers seeds, bulbs and plants for the past 125 years. Because the Company is located in upstate New York, one can be confident in its advice for plants that do well in Northern climates. The Wayside Gardens rose catalog consists of 45 pages of exquisite explorers, climbers, new English, floribunda, generosa, hybrid tea, grandiflora, Meidland, miniature, shrub, romantica and tree-form types. If one's gardening tastes run more to the unusual, consider the company's Collector's Edition catalog, it is 39 pages of some of the most unusual plants and trees one can find. If one's impression of arid-climate gardening is lots of cactuses and a few spindly plants, one is in for a treat when one looks at the luscious plants in High Country Garlens, a 79-page catalog dedicated to low-maintenance, low-water-use plants ideally suited for Western climates or Eastern climates with poor growing conditions, such as hot spots next to a street.

Describes the entertaining style of New York City painter Fabian Marcaccio and architect Galia Solomonoff. Number of years the couple have been married; Exploitation of color in dishes; Reinvention of a repertoire of favorite dishes; Planning of dinner parties around an art opening; Recipes for Seafood Paella and Green Tea Fruit Compote With Ice Cream.

The article presents information about Emeril Lagasse, presenter of Food Network cooking shows. Lagasse adores cooking for his family. Oftentimes, this means whipping up something tasty on the spot of the moment at home. On other occasions, it means creating a special recipe at one of his nine signature restaurants and incorporating it into the regular menu. He presents a recipe of a salad, he developed for his mother, on Mother's Day several years ago when she came for dinner at Delmonico Hotel, New York. It combines two of her favorite ingredients--asparagus and crabmeat--with an elegant layered presentation on puff pastry.

Focuses on the cooking capabilities of actresses Madhur Jaffrey and her daughter Sakina Jaffrey in Columbia County, New York. Expertise of Madhur in cooking; Influence of Madhur in Sakina; Description of the kitchen of Madhur.

Presents several recipes served at Café Boulud Restaurant in New York City. Ingredients used for Marinated Lamb Chops; Procedure in preparing Gingered Tomato Sauce; Vegetables used in the 'Crispy Salad.

A profile of Bonnie Slotnick, a businessman, is presented. It is mentioned that Slotnick runs a bustling business in vintage cookbooks in New York City. It is stated that she started her business in 1997 and soon her business gained a lot of popularity. Presently she also carries books on housekeeping and etiquette.

The article features cook book author and runner Grace Parisi. Parisi writes for a section in food and wine magazine called "Fast." Parisi ran cross-country in high school on Long Island, New York, but quit the sport until after she had her first child. Parisi tests 40 to 60 recipes monthly and logs about 40 miles weekly, adding intervals and hills when training for a race.

Features Ken Arestsky, a restaurateur in New York. Restaurants owned by Aretsky; Type of cuisine served at his restaurants; Management approach of Aretsky.

Presents information on the Artisanal Cheese Center in New York.