This week's guest, Deborah Madison, is the founding chef of the renowned restaurant Greens and is the author of "Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmer's Markets" and half a dozen other vegetarian cookbooks.

She is active in the Slow Food movement, and is on the board of the Seed Savers Exchange and The Southwest Grassfed Livestock Association. Deborah writes for culinate.com and gourmet.com, and has contributed to Cooking Light, Williams Sonoma's Taste, Vegetarian Times, Gourmet, Food and Wine, Bon Appetit, Garden Design, Fine Cooking, Organic Style, The LA Times, Orion, and others.

"Local Flavors" is a scrumptious book - join us as Monica and Caroline quiz Deborah on just how she comes up with those delicious recipes! You can see Deborah's other books at: http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767929493