Cooking On All Burners

Food Network star Sandra Lee reports the four -- count 'em -- four cookbooks she's putting on the market this year are just a drop in the bucket. "I have done so much work in advance I have already laid out my next nine books through 2011," says the popular host of "Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee."

In addition to cookbooks, she now has "a deal to do a book based on my Semi-Homemade philosophy for Better Homes and Gardens." First off the presses, is the just-released "Semi-Homemade Grilling 2," "Grilling 1 was the number two best-selling grill book ever when it was released," she notes proudly. "Then, this Fall, I have 'Semi-Homemade Shortcut Meal Solutions' coming out on how to get the supermarket employees to do all your work for you, 'Sandra's Fast Fix Family,' the 300-recipe collection all about family meals and 'Semi-Homemade Desserts 2.'"

Lee says she's expressed concern she might be glutting her own market, but "the buyers dictate what comes out and they want these books. There's always room for another cookbook, and they're all under $20."

Lee will celebrate the 200th episode of "Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee" show on May 3, but says she's also way ahead of the game on that front. "I have three more shows to do, and I will have shot shows well into, and through, 2009." To commemorate the milestone, Lee and crew donated $10,000 to God's Love We Deliver, an organization that feeds people living with serious illness.

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