Aug 28, 2025
Sarah Penrod is a former private chef to Texas’ biggest names, a
recurring Food Network personality, and the one-time Texas
Ambassador to the White House’s Chefs Move to Schools program—where
she heroically tried (and sometimes failed) to convince kids to
swap Cheetos for carrots.
She’s the creator of Urban Cowgirl, one of the largest Texas recipe
blogs in the world, a bestselling cookbook of the same name, and is
usually found wandering the Yucatan studying barbecue and outdoor
cooking beyond the limits of US traditions.
These days, she’s found on Instagram dropping barbecue wisdom,
weeknight recipes with main character energy, and plenty of laughs
for home cooks who believe brisket counts as a love language.