Professional chef and caterer LIZ SCOTT is the award-winning author of The Sober Kitchen and Sober Celebrations. A coveted speaker and advocate for the sober community, she lives in Plainfield, New Jersey.THE AUTHOR SCOOP

What is your favorite thing about being an author?I love hearing from readers who tell me how my work has inspired and encouraged them on their path of sobriety and good health. Just a few of those types of letters make all the hard work worthwhile.Are you "six degrees of separation" away from anyone famous?When I was working as a personal chef, one of my clients was John Guare, the playwright of ”Six Degrees of Separation.” Does that count?Favorite dessert?I adore a really good cannoli.What food could you not live without?PizzaHow do you cheer yourself up when you're feeling down?Whenever I’m feeling like I need rejuvenation, I go out in my backyard and enjoy all of nature’s gifts. I’m an avid gardener and backyard birder and have lots of feeders set up and flowers growing that attract a variety of birds and critters who never fail to put a smile back on my face.