Loving Kitchen
The Loving Kitchen is a collection of comforting recipes straight from the kitchen of popular food blogger LeAnn Rice.
You know the feeling you get when you’re an overnight guest in someone’s home and awaken to a hot breakfast? Or when a coworker brings in a pan of her famous brownies to celebrate your recent promotion? Doesn’t it feel great when dinner at the neighbors’ house includes multiple courses and conversation that lingers beyond dessert?
LeAnn Rice has a heart for welcoming the neighbor, nurturing the family, and feeding the community. To her, cooking is so much more than food but instead about inviting others to share your table.
For many of us, these are the moments in which we feel most loved. That’s the idea behind The Loving Kitchen. It is an invitation for you to pull up a chair at LeAnn’s table.
In The Loving Kitchen, you’ll find scrumptious recipes including:
Pumpkin Spice PancakesAlmond Coconut Granola and yogurtHot Sausage and Spinach DipGrilled Chicken and Berry SaladStuffed Pork Tenderloin with Orange Cranberry Glaze and more!
The Loving Kitchen is filled with meal ideas that are perfect to celebrate any milestone. It also features seasonal dishes and recipes you can serve on holidays and other special occasions.
LeAnn’s sunny narrative and ideas for bringing people together will remind you that the best meal you’ll ever cook is the one you prepare as an act of love.
LeAnn Rice
President and CEO of Johnson Publishing, Linda Johnson Rice was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 22, 1958. Her father, the late John H. Johnson, was founder of Johnson Publishing Company, and her mother, the late Eunice Johnson, was producer and director of the Ebony Fashion Fair.
Rice began her career with the family business, traveling with her mother to fashion shows in Paris starting at the age of six. While a student at the University of Southern California, where she earned her degree in journalism in 1980, she spent her summers as an intern with Johnson Publishing.
In 1981, after graduating from USC, Rice made her first solo business trip to Europe to purchase clothing for the Ebony Fashion Fair. Her knack for predicting fashion trends led to her becoming the vice president and fashion coordinator for Ebony magazine, and later vice president and assistant to the publisher. During this time, Rice enrolled in Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and earned her MBA in 1987. Immediately following her graduation, Rice was promoted to president and chief operating officer of Johnson Publishing, a job she held until being promoted in 2002 to president and CEO. In this role, Rice increased domestic and international sales and launched Fashion Fair Cosmetics, which quickly became the number one selling makeup and skin care product line for women of color in the world. After leaving JPC in 2010, she agreed to return as chairwoman and CEO once again in 2017, to help lead the publishing entity into the opportunities and challenges of magazine periodicals in the twenty-first century.
Rice has served on the board of directors at Tesla since July 13, 2017. In addition to this prestigious position, she also served or formerly served such prestigious organizations as the National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Magazine Publishers Association, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the United Negro College Fund, Quaker Oats Company, Bausch & Lomb, National Association of Black Journalists.
She also is president of the Chicago Public Library Board of Directors. She serves on the advisory board of The Woman’s Board of The Art Institute of Chicago. In recognition of her leadership and achievements, the Chicago Sun-Times named her among Chicago’s 100 Most Powerful Women and the Top 10 Women in Media. She has received the Women of Power Award from the National Urban League, The Trumpet Award from Turner Broadcasting, the Alumni Merit Award from the University of Southern California, and the Alumni of the Year Award from Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University.
