Throughout her career, she was featured on the cover of 15 magazines.
She got her own syndicated cable showB.
Smith with Stylein 1997 that aired for a decade.
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Smith owned multiple restaurants, the first of which opened in New York City in 1986.
She parlayed her love of cooking and entertaining into becoming an author.
She wrote multiple cookbooks and home entertainment titles, includingB.
Smith: Rituals and Celebrationwhich was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award in 1999.
In 2013, Smith was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers disease.
