Returning for its fifth season, B. Smith With Style, is a window on a world of home cooking, deliciously prepared meals, contemporary fashion, imaginative design, home décor and holiday tabletops, good foods and wines, of living well and entertaining with style at a price you can afford.

Distributed by Hearst Entertainment, sponsored by products of Procter & Gamble and Kraft foods, B. Smith With Style is the next generation of lifestyle television. Accessible and unassuming, this season Barbara takes us across the country to discover distinctive lifestyles in some of North America’s great cities. From New York to Los Angeles, San Francisco to Miami, Barbara takes us to designer showrooms, street markets, rodeos, and racetracks to meet with celebrities and today’s important designers, chefs and artists.

The 2001-2002 season will continue to feature very special celebrities. "The King of Twist" Chubby Checker, takes Barbara to Philadelphia’s Italian market, the neighborhood where he got his start. In San Francisco, award-winning author, Terry McMillan joins B. at the Levi Strauss jeans factory. B. and actress Morgan Fairchild shop for home furnishings in Los Angeles. "Everybody Loves Raymond" mom, Doris Roberts talks healthy eating with B. at New York’s Grand Central Station. And in Detroit, B. experiences life at the racetrack with driver Michael Andretti and his wife Leslie. A wide-range of celebrities join B. in her kitchen this year, including: Suzanne Somers, Judge Judy, Dr. Ruth, Ben Vereen, Judy Collins, Ce Ce Winans, and Tony Roberts.

Each episode of B. Smith With Style is seasoned with useful and unusual ideas that excite your imagination and fulfill the promise of entertaining with style without breaking the bank. Barbara shares personal anecdotes as a mother, model, author, and restaurateur on subjects ranging from fashion and food to decoration and design, from redecorating a home to planning the celebration of a lifetime, and does it all with passion, ingenuity and style.

Barbara Smith, a former high-fashion model, is the owner of three popular and critically acclaimed restaurants in New York City; Sag Harbor, NY; and Washington, D.C.; and is the author of “B. Smith’s Entertaining and Cooking for Friends.” And, with her latest book “B. Smith Rituals and Celebrations” (Random House Publishing), Barbara draws on a wealth of knowledge and experience to bring B. Smith With Style to television.

PREMIERE WEEK: Week of September 10, 2001

EPISODES: 24 original half-hours

PRODUCER: B. Smith Productions

DISTRIBUTOR: Hearst Entertainment, Inc.

PUBLICITY: SSA Public Relations
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