Pam Anderson is a New York Times best-selling cookbook author and entrepreneur with three decades of experience teaching, writing, cooking, and event planning, Pam is well known for creating and sustaining successful projects.
Pam is author of nine cookbooks, including the Julia Child Award-winning The Perfect Recipe and the James Beard-nominated first edition of How to Cook Without a Book and Perfect Recipes for Having People Over, and the IACP-nominated The Perfect Recipe For Losing Weight and Eating Great.
She is the former food editor and executive editor of Cook’s Illustrated Magazine. She was USA Weekend’s weekly food columnist, AARP’s official food expert, a Runner’s World and Better Homes and Gardens contributing columnist, and a blogger with her two adult daughters at the popular site Three Many Cooks. Over the years she has written for numerous national publications and has been on radio and television–both local and national.
In 2013 How To Cook Without a Book was on Buzzfeed’s list of 19 Cookbooks that will Improve Your Life, and in 2017 it made Southern Living’s 100 Best Cookbooks of All Time. In 2017 Pam made Epicurious’s list of The 100 Greatest Home Cooks of All Time.
Her latest book is How To Cook Without a Book, Completely Revised and Updated. Pam’s reputation as a renowned author and host is a draw to both retreat guests and business clients.