Next week, Iron Chef Cat Cora is coming to Zagat to answer your questions. ZAGAT.com, that is.

Crowned the first female Iron Chef on the Food Network's Iron Chef America in 2005, Cora's love of food began much earlier on in life. Her culinary aspirations have taken her from The Culinary Institute of America to apprenticeships under French chefs Georges Blanc and Roger Vergé to stints at Old Chatham Sheepherding Company and Napa's Bistro Don Giovanni. Did we mention that Julia Child was her mentor?

Cat’s second book, Cooking From The Hip: Fast, Easy, Phenomenal Meals, emphasizes her “go-with-what-you’ve-got” philosophy.

Got questions? Submit them here, then join us on Wednesday, December 12th, at 2 PM (ET) to get your answers!