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Kate McDonough

Photograph (c) Mark Dichter

About The Author

Kate McDonough is a New York business executive who, tired of restaurant and takeout food during years of long workweeks and frequent business trips, resolved to find a place for cooking in her hectic schedule. Cooking soon became her passions, and after a sabbatical at New York’s French Culinary Institute, she launched TheCityCook.com. A passionate urbanist, McDonough has a master’s degree in city planning, is a member of one of New York’s prestigious community boards, and lives and cooks in Manhattan with her husband, Mark Dichter.

Books by Kate McDonough