About Us

The Lazy Cook

The Crazy Cook

Liz Barrett and Cathy Kapica both work in food and nutrition at Ketchum.  They found themselves talking about food a lot - at the office, in airports and hotels, on airplanes, over email and Facebook.  Sometimes it was about work, sometimes it was about what they ate or made over the weekend, or on vacation.  They soon realized their divergent approaches to food and cooking might make for some interesting and entertaining  story-telling.  The “Lazy Cook Crazy Cook ” concept is their brainchild, comparing the ideas, recipes, tips and techniques of someone who hates to cook but does so occasionally to eat well, with someone who loves to cook and does it for fun and entertainment.

Crazy Cook Liz Barrett is a passionate home cook and entertainer who thrills at the thought of diving into a complex recipe to see just how delicious the results will be.  Spending time devouring food media (cookbooks, magazines, TV shows, newspapers), hunting down exotic ingredients and then setting up for the culinary plan of attack has become more than a hobby for Liz.  It is safe to say that Liz’s rather impulsive acquisition of a condo with a “real” kitchen AND a  dining room was fueled by her craving for cooking .  Liz is a senior vice president and strategic planner at Ketchum Public Relations in Chicago.

Lazy Cook Dr. Cathy Kapica is a public health scientist and registered dietitian who is also adjunct professor of nutrition at Tufts University.  She views cooking as a chore,  so she’ll take any shortcut she can to produce food that’s good and good for you.  She has been known to stomp on a bag of walnuts to chop them.  Dr. Cathy is vice president of Global Health & Wellness at Ketchum Public Relations in Chicago.