About Deb
Food has always held a central role in my life. I felt the joy of cooking and preparing food for others at a very early age, whether I was helping my grandmother fill cheese blintzes or grilling a steak in the toaster oven for my dad. My grandmother and I watched the French Chef every week on a 19" black and white television set that sat on a shelf above the kitchen table and then we would cook together. As a teenager, I would visit my friends house and spend time with their Italian immigrant grandmothers, who showed me how to make a proper meatball, or a fresh tomato sauce. I didn't speak Italian. They didn't speak english, but we understood each other through the language of food.
While I spent my professional career working in public relations, marketing, and communications, my passion for cooking never ceased. I spent many years taking weekend classes at the Culinary Institute of America, and later taking professional courses at the (then named) French Culinary Institute. I watched every PBS cooking show they aired and kept reading cookbooks. I even took a cooking workshop in Provence.
My first food blog began back in the days of Myspace. I was traveling often for business had the unique privilege to dine in some of the world's greatest restaurants. Those incredible meals gave me a deeper understanding of what is possible with proper technique, training and a little imagination. I would blog every meal - and talk about my restaurant experiences. I was not a very good food critic because I always searched for the best in each meal.
While the old blog may have dissolved, my cooking continued. These days, I try to cook the majority of my meals at home using all sustainable, local and organic ingredients. I also bake my own breads. I source my food from local farms, where I can spend time with the farmers and understand their farming practices. I am fortunate enough to live in New York's Hudson Valley, where we have an abundance of local purveyors, from produce, to honey, to organic eggs, to maple syrup to chickens, ducks, cattle and so much more.
My intention is to use this blogging platform to share recipes, experiments, and food experiences with you.
I hope that you enjoy it.
While I spent my professional career working in public relations, marketing, and communications, my passion for cooking never ceased. I spent many years taking weekend classes at the Culinary Institute of America, and later taking professional courses at the (then named) French Culinary Institute. I watched every PBS cooking show they aired and kept reading cookbooks. I even took a cooking workshop in Provence.
My first food blog began back in the days of Myspace. I was traveling often for business had the unique privilege to dine in some of the world's greatest restaurants. Those incredible meals gave me a deeper understanding of what is possible with proper technique, training and a little imagination. I would blog every meal - and talk about my restaurant experiences. I was not a very good food critic because I always searched for the best in each meal.
While the old blog may have dissolved, my cooking continued. These days, I try to cook the majority of my meals at home using all sustainable, local and organic ingredients. I also bake my own breads. I source my food from local farms, where I can spend time with the farmers and understand their farming practices. I am fortunate enough to live in New York's Hudson Valley, where we have an abundance of local purveyors, from produce, to honey, to organic eggs, to maple syrup to chickens, ducks, cattle and so much more.
My intention is to use this blogging platform to share recipes, experiments, and food experiences with you.
I hope that you enjoy it.
