CHEF LIFE

A Birthday Surprise

A Birthday Surprise

Alice decided to throw her sister, Sarah, a surprise cooking class for her birthday, which I thought was a genius idea. They told us that on the way over to our humble abode, Sarah kept guessing where she thought Alice might be taking her. At…

An Asian Fusion Cooking Class

An Asian Fusion Cooking Class

To celebrate Carol’s birthday, she contacted me to see if I could host a cooking party for her and her friends. We met at Starbucks and got down to business. Very quickly we decided the theme would be “Asian-Fusion.” Why am I not surprised? The…

A Healthy Cooking Lesson

A Healthy Cooking Lesson

Nothing gives me greater joy than seeing people actually use and reproduce the recipes I teach them. John and Hannah are the epitome of those kinds of people. They’ve told me on numerous occasions that they made the recipes from their first lesson multiple times…

The Poor Good Old Days

The Poor Good Old Days

As I was scrolling through some old photos on my computer, I realized that I had taken a lot of documentary-style pictures of what my life was like in New York as a single and eager foodie except I didn’t post them up on my…

A Birthday Cooking Party for Kids

A Birthday Cooking Party for Kids

I got in trouble with Joe because he took all the pictures for this entry and I kept hounding and HOUNDING him to edit and upload them so i could post them on the blog. When he finally got around to them, I suddenly became…

Learning to Cook Easy Meals

Learning to Cook Easy Meals

A couple months back, I ran a cooking class as an alternative to a bachelorette party. Two of the students there were friends, Kim and Jane. They joked about being the most attentive students of the class, and they really enjoyed the experience. Therefore, they…