I think you should pair off Dina and alan, it would be like a match made in heaven..

I had the pleasure of working with Cat. I wish her all the best. She is genuine and her passion for cooking shines through.

Cat Cora is listed as one of the top 10 Hottest cooks, along side Padma, Rachael Ray, Giada, Nigella etc. Yet she’s the only Lesbian? I can fantasize about the other famous glamorous women chef’s knowing they love men. But Cat should be in another topic like “Gay/Lesbian” hottest cooks. So she doesn’t draw attention from the millions of straight men like me who had no clue she was a Lesbian, married to the female partner who bore both her babies!

Cat Cora is listed as one of the top 10 Hottest cooks, along side Padma, Rachael Ray, Giada, Nigella etc. Yet she’s the only Lesbian? I can fantasize about the other famous glamorous women chef’s knowing they love men. But Cat should be in another topic like “Gay/Lesbian” hottest cooks. So she doesn’t draw attention from the millions of straight men like me who had no clue she was a Lesbian, married to the female partner who bore both her babies!

Jennifer Solano is her partner’s name I think.

I’m surprised she doesn’t make Caje’s baby food.

^Pam, I so agreed with your first statement, but you lost me in the second paragraph.

“Word of warning though – I see plenty of interviews and photos of Mums with their babies where Dad has been left out too and there hasn’t been as much as a raised eyebrow, let alone this kind of outcry! I mean look at the entries today on CBB! Cindy Crawford with her children and shock, horror, NO Rande Gerber…….”

Uh, what? Rande didn’t appear to be out and about with Cindy and their kids, how was he left out? He was clearly mentioned as being the kids’ dad in the post (as he always is on CBB, even when he isn’t physically with his family). When he is out with Cindy and the kids, he is pictured with them and ALWAYS acknowledged on CBB.

To me, this is completely different with what Parents magazine did with Cat and Jennifer. Jennifer was obviously there during the shoot, and the fact that the magazine chose not to acknowledge her as Cat’s partner and the boys’ other parent is appalling to me. Families these days come in all shapes and sizes, all colors and genders. Those two boys are lucky to have two caring parents who love them more than anything, PERIOD. Nothing else should matter, IMO.

I strongly disagree with you connecting CBB and Parents magazine in any way shape or form. I will ALWAYS support CBB because they have always acknowledged families as a whole – there has never been any bias based on gender, race or creed. I absolutely love them for that and that’s why I continue to visit this site. As for Parents magazine, I agree with Tara, Colleen and Kelly, and while I very rarely care enough to do so, I will be writing a letter to the editor.

If Jennifer was “airbrushed” out because the magazine feels lesbianism is still a relatively taboo subject, then that’s just plain silly. Their Editor-in-Chief should recognise that nowadays, parents come in all forms and we should be celebrating, rather than shielding, this diversity.

Word of warning though – I see plenty of interviews and photos of Mums with their babies where Dad has been left out too and there hasn’t been as much as a raised eyebrow, let alone this kind of outcry! I mean look at the entries today on CBB! Cindy Crawford with her children and shock, horror, NO Rande Gerber…….

As a lesbian myself, I am quite annoyed with the fact the partner isn’t mentioned because not everyone will make that assumption. There are so few out lesbians in the maintstream media, and even less that are mothers that its great to see them in a magazine. To me, its frustrating though to see Jennifer not mentioned as if shes not important or a part of her childrens’ life. If there were a plethora of lesbian parents in the media like there are straight parents, this one instance would not be a big deal. Needless to say I’ll be writing to Parenting Magazine.

Thanks, Pam. I wasn’t sure if what was posted here was the entire article. If the article was much more in-depth and made Cat sound like the was the only one raising Zoran and Caje, that’s different than if it was only what was posted here.

Sarah’s note: No, I just posted the kid-related parts and added the bit about Jennifer myself. There’s lots of recipes in the article too. But like Pam said, it makes Cat sound like a single mom and that’s why it bothered me. They didn’t even caption Jennifer in the pic she is in. Just rubbed me the wrong way.