 In 1980, she received her master's degree in nutrition communications from Boston University.She was the author or co-authored of numerous cookbooks and knitting books, including "Cooking with Regis and Kathie Lee" (which reached number one on the "New York Times" bestseller list), "Entertaining with Regis and Kathie Lee", "Mostly Muffins" and its followup "More Muffins" (both with Leslie Weiner), "Oddball Knitting", and "The Natural Knitter".She was a food editor at Redbook and Woman's World magazines and editor-in-chief of "The Chocolatier" magazine.