ABOUT THIS COOK:

It has been a long time coming. Food has been my life, second only to raising my daughter. I’ve been cooking since I was nine, cataloging and reading recipes since high school and writing about food for years. It was only a matter of time that my background in photography would round out the picture (pun most certainly intended) and allow me to fully communicate my love of all things food. On my website and through my recipes, you’ll find images of both ingredients and finished dishes here. For me, the journey of working with the ingredients is almost as important as the final product. I hope that they inspire you to feel the same love and joy I feel every time I set foot in the kitchen.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Chicken Feet

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Saffron Rice with Shrimp

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  hmm, so many to choose from: chefs knife, le creuset dutch oven and my food processor

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  6