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Who Am I?

imageFormer cook at Greens. Restaurant reviewer and food columnist for San Francisco Examiner. Copywriter/recipe writer for Williams Sonoma. Private cooking teacher and caterer.

Flash forward. Now I’m a mom of two middle school kids and a dog who eats better than most humans. I’m a home cook constantly tinkering, a glutton who eats too much, and a shopper who buys more vintage stuff than I know what to do with. I moved here from San Francisco ten years ago and I can’t believe the good fortune that landed me here.

This blog is for all the people who ask me what’s new, what’s in that soup I dropped off, where they can eat, or just those who want to drool over my enviable perch. Yep, the rumors are true — Portland IS that great.

Weaknesses: vintage table cloths, single malt scotch, garage sales, anything truffled, red lipstick, and Fritos.

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