Helene Henderson learned to cook in Sweden, where she grew up. In 1997, she started Lavender Farms Catering in Los Angeles, specializing in organic food. Malibu Farm began in her backyard with cooking classes and catered farm dinners. Now she is the chef and owner of Malibu Farm, which has expanded to restaurants in eight cities. She lives in Malibu with her husband, screenwriter and director John Stockwell, and their three children.
Is beach season over? Not if you delve into Malibu Farm Sunrise to Sunset, the enthusiastic, lavishly photographed new cookbook from Helene Henderson . . . [which] offers easy fare, often vegetable-forward and suitable for outdoor dining, like delicata squash baked with red lentils, a simple flat omelet with a salad plopped on top, and a salad that beckons fall with kale, apples and Brussels sprouts. -The New York Times Each dish celebrates the bounty of California and many are almost too beautiful to eat. -The OC Register