Because I am obsessed with food. I spend a lot of time researching restaurants, saving them on Google Maps, reading about what’s best to eat, thinking about the ideal company at such a place. Taste, texture, smell, plating, menu design…everything about eating is the most joyful thing in the whole of existence. I feed my own creative spirit when I feed others.

(The Last) Summer Supper

Goodbye, frozen beverages. Goodbye to fresh corn, and tomatoes. Goodbye to seashell décor, poolside dining, and tulips. Watermelon…strawberries…until next year.

Fancy Dinner

A few weeks into Quarantine, my cravings went beyond banana bread to an emotional itch; I needed an Event. Fancy Dinner was born, and with it, my official culinary aesthetic: “Hunter-Gatherer, Nana’s-Stuff Chic.”