Deb Roussou

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Deb Roussou is a successful culinary professional with 20+ years in the food industry as a food consultant, recipe developer, writer, ghost writer, teacher and caterer. She is the author of several cookbooks with close to a million copies in print in five languages.

As a food consultant, Deb is known for innovative recipe development and new product kitchen appliance testing with an emphasis on tight deadlines. She provides expertise and content for cookbooks and instructional booklets packaged with some of the industries best selling kitchen appliances such as the George Foreman Grill, the Ninja Blender, the Aroma Rice Cooker and Rival Seal-a-Meal.

Her cookbooks include the Cuisinart iPad app and iBook, Delicious Inspirations, featuring recipes for Cuisinart kitchen appliances; 350 Best Vegan Recipes, with outstanding recipes ranging from cocktails to scratch vegan staples; Absolute Beginner's Guide to Cooking, a user friendly primer which covers all the basics, as well as the George Foreman Grilleration Cookbook, Ninja Breakthrough Blending, and Aroma Rice Cooker 5PLUS5.

Hailing from a long lineage of professional chefs she started young, learning the business in the family's restaurant. Deb was taught to celebrate the flavors of fresh simple ingredients and the joy of creating and sharing good food with friends and family.

Travel for business and pleasure expand her culinary horizons. Always on the look-out for flavor she loves getting to know the locals who are proud to share their cultural riches. Fajitas 101 came from the Texas butcher who put them on the map and at Pikes' Market she was whispered the secret to perfect steamed mussels by a gnarly old fishmonger. Fire roasted chimney cake from Transylvania, tortilla Española from Madrid, conch fritters from Belize, tender giant beans from Greece and green chile from New Mexico are just a few of the food experiences that contribute to her diverse style of cooking.

Deb's culinary idol is her father, her favorite food is green-chile anything, she loves champagne and her happiest time is that spent in the kitchen with family and close friends. Travel continues to imbibe her spirit and reminds her how fun it is to try new things.