Odessa Piper is the founder of l'Etoile, a restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin that opened in 1976. Piper's l'Etoile is part of a late 20th century movement among some restaurants to create local cuisine using only regional food ingredients. Other such restaurants include Alice Waters' Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California and Sinclair and Frederique Philip's Sooke Harbour House on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Odessa Piper is married to the international wine importer, Terry Theise.

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