Hope Fox ~ Bio
Lifestyle Expert, Television Host & Author

"It's about the little things and the joy they bring that makes the difference, no matter how much time or money you have," espouses Hope Fox, lifestyle expert, television personality and author of the upcoming cookbook, "Impress for Less!  Finally... Terrific Recipes from the Finest Restaurants You Can Really Make at Home" (John Wiley & Sons August 2007).

Ever since Hope was a little girl, she was taught to "entertain with a full heart and cook with love".  For more than 30 years, she has been entertaining with a generous yet simple approach and style.  Hope makes every occasion - from birthdays to holidays to afternoon summer picnics - inviting and memorable.  She makes the complicated look easy and takes the ordinary to extraordinary, whether it is planning for a fabulous dinner party or connecting with viewers on television.

For the past 10 years, Hope has regularly appeared on QVC, the world's largest and most successful electronic retailer.  Her keen sense of what women want has helped her capture their attention and sell some of the world's most respected brands, like Conair, Farberware, Pollenex, Sabatier and Weight Watchers, to more than 90 million households. 

Outside of television, Hope is a passionate cook, fervent entertainer and regular restaurant patron.  She simply loves food, style and people.  Hope has more than 200 cookbooks in her personal collection and frequently combs through them to share recipes with family and friends - and even strangers.  But, like many home cooks, Hope often finds the recipes confusing and frustrating because of their complicated language and obscure ingredients.

So, Hope decided to turn confusion into innovation and created Impress for Less!  In the book, Hope takes recipes from 100 of the top restaurants in the nation, and re-creates them with ingredients that can be found in the grocery store.  Impress for Less! already is resonating with celebrated chefs, authors and personalities, like Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Bob Bowersox and Patti LaBelle. And, restaurants, retailers and cooking schools are lining up to sell it.  Impress for Less! hits store shelves nationwide in early August 2007. 

The Impress for Less! cookbook is just the beginning.  Additional books and product lines that branch out into the areas of entertaining, fashion and beauty are in the works.  Hope just completed an Impress for Less! television pilot, which debuted in the Philadelphia market in early March 2007.