Mark your calendar: Bobby Deen, star of "Not My Mama's Meals" on the Cooking Channel, will be signing copies of his latest cookbook at 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Barnes & Noble store in Cary.

Deen, whose latest book is "From Mama's Table to Mine," takes his mother's indulgent dishes into healthier fare. His mother, Paula Deen, is a Savannah restaurateur, Food Network star and cookbook author who revealed last year that she has diabetes.

The bookstore is located 760 SE Maynard Road, Cary.

Vita Griffin of Raleigh didn't set out to be the Unhealthiest Cook in America, but when that dubious honor fell into her lap last month, she accepted it with a sense of humor and a resolve to change her ways.

The Raleigh mother of three was nominated when producers for the "Dr. Oz Show" starting looking for unhealthy cooks in January. Griffin, who still isn't sure who snitched on her, got a call from producers who started quizzing her about what kinds of foods she cooked and how she cooked them.

Before she knew it, the producers told her they wanted to send a film crew to her home, along with a plane ticket so that she could appear with Dr. Mehmet Oz on his show in New York.

Mark your calendars Deen brothers' fans.

Jamie and Bobby Deen, the sons of Paula Deen, the Southern cooking star, are coming to the Barnes & Noble in Cary at 7 p.m. Sept. 17. The bookstore is located at 760 SE Maynard Road in Cary. They will be signing copies of their new book, "The Deen Bros. Take It Easy: Quick and Affordable Meals the Whole Family Will Love." 

I'll share more details as soon as I find out more.