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Nisa Burns Cochran on TV/Radio
Blog Talk Radio
#1416 Kitchenability 101 (09/11/14)
WAVY
Holiday Kitchenability - Chef Nisa Burns Cochran stops by THRS (11/18/13)
WAVY
Cooking Kitchenability Pizza with Nisa (10/04/13)
WAVY
Hampton Roads Show: Avocado Lettuce Wraps & Gazpacho Recipe (07/25/13)
Life Loves Shopping
Easy Delicious Recipes for Novice Cooks! (7/17/13)
WAVY
Kitchenability Visits The Hampton Roads Show (07/08/13)
KXAN NBC
Chef Nisa Burns Cochran graces Tasty Thursday (01/17/13)
FOX News Austin
Feed a Party of 10 for $30 (01/17/13)
KING-TV, NBC Seattle, “New Day Northwest”
1 Rotisserie Chicken, 3 Delicious Dishes on New Day Northwest (11/13/12)
KATU-TV, ABC Portland, “AM Northwest”
Cooking in Small Spaces on AM Northwest (11/8/12)
KNSD-TV, NBC San Diego
Chef Nisa Burns Cochran told NBC 7 about a few recipes and tips for dorm style cooking (10/12/12)
Hearsay with Cathy Lewis
Hearsay with Cathy Lewis, WHRV’s Lunch Hour Call-In Talk Show (NPR broadcast) (9/26/12)
Download the mp3 podcast: Nisa Burns Cochran on Hearsay
The 700 Club
Exercising Your Kitchenability (9/12/12)
Nisa is being called the “Chef of a New Generation” with her concept of “Kitchenability.” She defines Kitchenability as “becoming best friends with the kitchen to feed yourself for life.” Geared towards college students, Nisa says cooking is one way students can practice living independently and make choices as an adult.
Nisa Burns Cochran in Print & Online
The Plunge Project
The Perfect Dishes to Fit Your Wedding Style (06/11/14)
Outside of the menu, there are just so many considerations and plans that go into a wedding. Luckily, I have a wedding planner so I don’t get bogged down by any one detail.
When it comes to planning a wedding menu around a theme or style of wedding, there are many creative things you can do. Here are some tips and tricks for such an occasion.
The Plunge Project
How to Plan Your Wedding Menu Like a Chef (06/06/14)
As a bride-to-be and professional chef, I knew that the menu would be a huge part of my day. Planning a wedding menu like a chef doesn’t have to be as daunting as it may seem. When I say to plan like a chef, I really mean that you should do three main things: 1. Consider the number of guests attending. 2. Set your budget—and vow to stick to it. 3. Choose the main dish you will highlight.
Bridal Guide
50 Clever Wedding Tricks to Make Your Life Easier
Nisa Burns Cochran, a bride-to-be, chef, and the author of Kitchenability 101, tells us that late-night munchies are one of the hottest food trends at weddings. “By this time, you may have a few guests who have had one too many drinks and need a little food in their stomach. A few great examples are cookies, soft pretzels and popcorn,” she says.
Lace and Frill
Plan a Bridal Shower like a Chef (04/08/14)
The bridal shower is one of the first major activities in a series of pre-wedding festivities. To help you plan a menu that won’t soon be forgotten, Lace and Frill is here to offer tips from Nisa Burns Cochran. Nisa is graduate of the Art Institute of Virginia Beach and author of Kitchenability 101. She is also a bride-to-be in the midst of planning her own November wedding.
Budget Savvy Bride
Choosing a Budget-Friendly Wedding Menu (03/27/14)
Some ways to infuse your own personal taste in a wedding menu are incorporating your favorite foods, knowing your risk tolerance and knowing what type of theme you will be having for your wedding. This is a great time to make it your own.
The food you choose or like reflects and highlights your own personality. Deciding between all of your favorite foods can be tough, but the key is to pick a few you love and stick with them. If you like mac and cheese, have mac and cheese!
The Fresno Bee
Cook’s Corner: ‘Secret’ is out: Apricot preserves perk up stuffing (01/06/14)
At a Christmas gathering, a nephew complained that he was subsisting on ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwiches. It wasn’t a check he needed, he said, but cooking lessons.
I promised to send him some easy family recipes, and steered him to kitchenability.com by Nisa Burns Cochran, who started her blog as a student and now is a Parade Magazine contributor.
The Snapper
Friendsgiving in the dorms (11/20/13)
Thinking of having a Thanksgiving celebration with your friends? All you need is a microwave and a mini fridge.
Retail Me Not
17 practical presents to celebrate your star student (5/17/13)
Prep Them for the Kitchen: Navigating a kitchen might be a new thing for them, so give them a little push. First and foremost, recipes.
iVillage
30 Days, 30 Ways to Save Money at the Supermarket (2/5/13)
(mention) There’s gold in them there coupons. “Using them takes discipline, but once you get a system down, you can really save,” says Nisa Burns Cochran.
Girl Meets Food
Easy Bananas Foster (2/8/13)
We love easy recipes. This one’s so easy, Gilbert Gottfried can juggle this with an armful of newborn kittens. While on a tightrope.
This Mom Can Cook
Kitchenability 101 Review (2/2/13)
For those of you that like cookbooks with nice big pictures like I do, you might want to grab a copy of the Kitchenability 101. This cookbook is geared towards high school and college kids, but would be great for anyone that likes to cook. Not only do these recipes in this book sound delicious, they also look AMAZING.
Endless Simmer
Cooking with Booze: Bourbon Bananas Foster (1/24/13)
Chef Nisa Burns Cochran of Kitchenability.com and author of the new book Kitchenability 101, shares a sweet, spiked dessert. This bananas foster is made with bourbon rather than rum (we like), and is actually quite easy to make.
My Frugal Wife
Kitchenability 101 Cookbook Review (1/19/13)
Being that I have a 16 year old what in a couple of years will be heading to college, I decided to check out Kitchenability 101 – The College Student’s Guide to Easy, Healthy and Delicious Food. This book is geared toward the college student moving out for the first time to help them with what they need in their kitchen. I love that the first chapter goes over the basics to have in their dorm room as far as appliances and utensils, what the best basic items are for their kitchen and how to shop on a budget.
CultureMap Austin
Cookbook author Nisa Burns Cochran stops in Austin to teach college cooking, discuss her first book (1/16/13)
A recent culinary school graduate, Burns is known for teaching college students around the country how to prepare affordable, healthy meals. We met with Burns and discussed the genesis of her book and why she loves teaching cooking techniques and recipes to young college students.
Austin Chronicle
Slender Student + Kitchenability: Tonight! (1/16/13)
Spring semester means lots of things: new classes, internships, and staring down the Freshman 15 as Spring Break looms. Fortunately, Chef Burns, author of Kitchenability 101, a cookbook for college students, and Austin-based Claire Siegel of The Slender Student, are here to help.
ATX Food News
Kitchenability - Making it easy for college students to eat well (1/16/13)
[Chef Nisa Burns Cochran’] cookbook Kitchenability 101: The College Student’s Guide to Easy, Healthy and Delicious Food has moved to the top of my list for gifts for high school graduates. Recipes come with full color photos, easy step-by-step instructions (seriously, most recipes require less than 10 steps to make), and don’t require you to track down obscure specialty ingredients.
Austin American-Statesman
Cooking in small spaces and other classes (1/15/13)
Among the visiting authors with classes at [Central Market] is Nisa Burns Cochran, the Virginia-based author of Kitchenability 101. Burns was in culinary school when she started Kitchenability.com to share her cooking know-how with others, but she found a niche, in part, when a kitchen remodel left her without a stove for more than four months.
Foodie is the New Forty
Chef Nisa Burns Cochran Coming to Austin - and a Giveaway! (1/15/13)
I’d say Kitchenability 101 lives up to its name. It’s full of super easy recipes perfect for a college student needing to feed himself or herself for the first time. And in keeping with these technological times, the book contains lots of QR codes that link to online demonstration videos - very cool!
Austin Tidbits
Kitchenability 101: Cooking Class + Book Giveaway (January 2013)
Keep your New Years Resolutions with a crash course in healthy cooking basics with blogger Nisa Burns Cochran’ class, Kitchenability 101 THIS Saturday, January 19, 5 - 7:30 p.m. at Central Market.
Fit City Austin
Healthy cooking class at CYC next week (1/11/13)
Chef Nisa Burns Cochran, author of “Kitchenability 101: The College Student’s Guide to Easy, Healthy & Delicious Cooking,” and Claire Siegel, creator of the blog “The Slender Student,” will host a workout followed by a cooking lesson and book event on Wednesday, Jan. 16.
Ginny’s Austin
Enter to Win CM Cooking Class w/ Chef Nisa Burns Cochran (1/10/13)
During her class, Nisa Burns Cochran, Chef and Author of Kitchenability 101: The College Student’s Guide to Easy, Healthy, and Delicious Food, will help turn novice into gourmand with her tips for creating gourmet dishes without breaking the bank (or the kitchen!).
The Slender Student
Kitchenability Giveaway (1/9/13)
Today marks the opening of a giveaway for 3 copies of Kitchenability 101, a cookbook designed for college students and other busy people with limited time, space, or money. The coolest part of this book is that author and chef, Nisa Burns Cochran, is only 21-years-old, so she knows exactly how to teach you the skills you need to utilize what you’ve got.
Sizzle Magazine, The American Culinary Federation
Recent Graduate Publishes Cookbook (Winter 2012)
Nisa Burns Cochran hasn’t let any grass grow under he feet since graduating from the International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Virginia Beach, Va., with an associate degree in culinary arts in September.
Justine Magazine
$25 & Under (December/January)
Kitchenability 101 is featured in the December 2012/January 2013 issue of Justine Magazine! Click the image to get a larger view.
CampusExplorer
How to Get in the Holiday Spirit During Finals (November)
(Mention) Even the toughest of test takers needs some sustenance to keep the flash cards rolling. Whip up these meatballs in your kitchen or a friend’s apartment and give your study session a bit of holiday spice. Follow this recipe from Nisa Burns Cochran of Kitchenability.com.
CampusExplorer
3 Holiday-Inspired Meals You Can Make in the Dorm (November)
(Mention) Featuring Kitchenability 101’s Cranberry Relish recipe.
The Cook’s Sister
Kitchenability 101 cookbook review (11/20/12)
Kitchenability 101 is a book after my own heart. Author Nisa Burns Cochran, recently a student herself, writes about healthy, affordable, and easy to make recipes for students (both who are experienced or new to cooking).
Forbes
Top 10 Most Original Cranberry Recipe Ideas (11/19/12)
Move over, Swedish meatballs. This dish is probably the easiest of the bunch to make, so simple that even novice chefs can make it, with ingredients no more complicated than jellied cranberry sauce, sweet chili sauce, frozen, pre-cooked turkey meatballs, brown sugar and lemon juice. It comes from the new cookbook Kitchenability 101: The College Student’s Guide to Easy, Healthy, and Delicious Food by Chef Nisa Burns Cochran. She calls these meatballs “a wonderful party dish” and “a huge crowd pleaser.”
The Penn, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
‘Kitchenability 101′ doesn’t require ramen (11/13/12)
Finally, somebody has done college-cooking right. “Kitchenability 101,” a “college student’s guide, to easy, healthy and delicious food” by author Nisa Burns Cochran, offers students with limited resources recipes that they won’t need a package of ramen noodles for. The book has recipes separated into two sections, for those with dorm rooms and those with apartments. The recipes then show students how to cook in a tiny, or nonexistent kitchen while fending off the freshman 15.
The Oregonian
Healthy, cheap cooking for teens, college students in Nisa Burns Cochran’ ‘Kitchenability 101′ (11/7/12)
Burns hopes to reach an increasingly less-active age group that depends on fast food and 7-Elevens for meals, for whom the term “freshman 15″ (we’re talking pounds) was invented, whose food staples often consist of caffeine and pancakes during late-night study jams. She also offers an assist for parents who are eager to encourage better options for their severely budget-limited college students.
Booking Mama
Review: Kitchenability 101 (11/4/12)
I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t cook a thing when I left for college. (I also couldn’t do laundry but that’s another story!) It wasn’t so bad when I was living in the dorms and eating at the dining halls, but when I got my first apartment, I was basically eating Kraft Mac & Cheese and Ramen noodles all of the time. (I now shiver at the thought!) With KITCHENABILITY 101, I wouldn’t have had to eat like that!
Spoke, Conestoga College
Foiling the Freshman 15 (10/29/12)
A new cookbook has made it easier for students to cook for themselves. On Oct. 15, Nisa Burns Cochran, 21, from Virginia Beach, Va., released a cookbook catering to students and their accommodations. It’s called Kitchenability 101.
The Crimson White, University of Alabama
Cookbook introduces college students to the kitchen (10/29/12)
For many UA students, cooking skills are often neglected, and culinary classes are hard to come by. But for those looking to befriend their kitchen, author Nisa Burns Cochran offers up recipes and tips to help any student conquer cooking in “Kitchenability 101.”
International Recipe Syndicate
Book Review: Kitchenability 101 (10/24/12)
You have spent the last decade or more trying to save money and prepare your child for college. You have taken them shopping for the basic things that they will need to survive during their first year away from home.
San Diego Food Stuff
Kitchenability 101: A Cookbook for College Students (10/23/12)
When I was at UCLA and living in a tiny dorm room at Rieber Hall with a roommate, dining revolved around the student meal plan and our illicit popcorn maker. I know we had a mini fridge but I can’t remember what we put in it. Probably beer, of course, but I think there was butter for the popcorn and perhaps some fruit. It never occurred to me to try to cook in my room; that’s what the meal plan was for. And it showed; I gained that inevitable freshman 15.
Fox News Magazine
Simple Honey-Breaded Chicken Tenders (10/23/12)
Want a healthier alternative to a fried classic? Try these delicious Honey-Breaded Chicken Tenders from Nisa Burns Cochran, author of Kitchenability 101.
The Vista, University of San Diego
Become best friends with your kitchen (10/10/12)
Clueless in the kitchen? Sick of Tu Mercado food? Living in a dorm room? On a tight budget? If you find yourself answering yes to any of these questions, then you’re in luck. On Thursday, Oct. 11. in the Palomar Lounge of the Alcala Vista apartments, USD students have the opportunity to meet chef Nisa Burns Cochran to learn about her unique and practical approach to cooking in college.
Seventeen Magazine
Fast, easy recipes you can make in your dorm! (10/5/12)
Cooking healthy meals can be a challenge if you’re on a college budget and don’t have a lot of time, but recent culinary school grad Nisa Burn’s new cookbook Kitchenability 101: The College Student’s Guide to Easy, Healthy, and Delicious Food has recipes even the cooking clueless can follow.
San Diego Reader
Book launch events with 21-year-old cookbook author Nisa Burns Cochran (10/3/12)
Next week, our higher learning community proves to be a big draw once again as 21-year-old culinary school graduate and author Nisa Burns Cochran stops in San Diego to promote her first cookbook,Kitchenability 101: The College Student’s Guide to Easy, Healthy, and Delicious Food.
The Art Institute of Virginia Beach
Friday Graduate of The Art Institute of Virginia Beach Embarks on Book Tour (9/19/12)
When Nisa Burns Cochran receives her associate in arts degree in Culinary Arts on Friday, September 21, she will step right into her new culinary career – one she’s been preparing for the last two years.
The Virginian-Pilot
College students: Make your kitchen your friend (9/19/12)
Nia Wilson and Jennifer Roubik are fast friends. But neither is buddy-buddy with their dorm suite kitchens. It’s not that the Old Dominion University students don’t like them. As dorm kitchens go, theirs are pretty good-looking, with full-size fridges and ovens and lots of cabinet and counter space.
WORLD on Campus, Regent University
Learning to feed yourself (9/19/12)
Chef and recent college graduate Nisa Burns Cochran provides tips on how students can expand their cooking skills and prepare quick and healthy meals on the go.
The Comment, Bridgewater State University
“Kitchenability” Author Says Students Can – And Should – Cook To Stay Healthy (September, 2012)
Resident students will soon have a guide to create simple and healthy dishes without leaving their dorms.
Northern Virginia Magazine
Tomatoes (mention) (September, 2012)
Author of the college cooking guide, “Kitchenability 101” (October), Chef Nisa Burns Cochran suggests two different knives to handle a variety of tomato tasks.
The Daily Universe, Brigham Young University
Culinary student strives to help others conquer their cooking fears (9/11/12)
Burns, the rising “Chef of a New Generation,” hopes to start a culinary revolution, helping students build their confidence in the kitchen using fresh, inexpensive ingredients and preparing them in the appliances most accessible to college students. “I dream for everyone involved with this book to have an experience,” Burns said in a telephone interview from Virginia. Read the rest in BYU’s
Food & Flourish
Kitchenability (review) (9/5/12)
If freshman year came with an intro to cooking, more college students just might become lifelong healthy eaters. But unless you’re in culinary school, you won’t get a crash course in “Kitchenability.” That’s where Nisa Burns Cochran, a spunky young chef and Internet sensation, comes in.
University Chic
U Chic Approved: ‘Kitchenability’ Helps You Cook Quickly and Healthfully on a College Budget (8/21/12)
Are you wondering which cooking utensils you need for your new dorm room or apartment? Are you wondering which groceries you should stock up on? Are you wondering how in the world you’re going to survive cooking on your own? I know all these things were running through my head my freshman year of college.
The Daily Meal
12 Good, Fast, and Cheap Recipes (8/17/12)
A recent Letter From the Editor in a popular lifestyle magazine discussed how we all love things to be good, fast, and cheap, but that doesn’t always happen at once. It explained how things can be good and fast, but they’re probably not cheap, or if they’re fast and cheap, they’re probably not good.
Fox News Magazine
Pigs in a Snuggie (8/17/12)
Pigs in a Blanket are always a cocktail party hit. For a new twist on the old favorite, add cheese to make these delicious “Pigs in a Snuggie.” You can find the croissant rolls in your grocery store’s freezer or dairy section.
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