[1] She has cooked alongside chefs Mario Batali, Michael Symon, and Carla Hall on ABC's The Chew.

After some years owning and operating successful design businesses, she turned to food, earning a professional degree from The Institute of Culinary Education in 1991.

[3] In 1992, she established her own gourmet baking business, selling to several New York City eateries including Dean & DeLuca, Felissimo and Petrossian.

Her more recent works include the highly acclaimed Lost Desserts and The Entrees, which tracked the origins of classic dishes from the past, sweet and savory respectively.

[6] In June 2014, Monaghan revealed to the Huffington Post, that she had been working on her latest cookbook It's All in the Timing, to be published a year or so later by Agate.