The Ambush Cook

Kristina Kuzmic is one of two winners of the first season of "Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star," with which came the prize of hosting her own show on OWN. The food-obsessed mother's show is, naturally, about food. She ambushes people in their everyday lives, bringing them to her kitchen for an intervention in home cooking. Kuzmic's guests range from mothers obsessed with frozen foods to bachelors who go to their parents' homes for dinner every night, but they all have one thing in common: they fear the kitchen. Her recipes, including braised short ribs and pistachio-crusted tilapia, are good enough to satisfy even the most discerning palate but simple enough for the most inexperienced novice to follow.