I am happy to announce that I will be hosting this years Food Blogger Bake Sale again in Portland, Oregon. So get your wallets out, all proceeds go to Share Our Strength, No Kid Hungry to help end child hunger right here in The United States. There will be a WHOLE FOODS gift certificate available when you enter the awesome raffle! WHEN: MAY 4TH WHERE: Oregon Historical Society’s outdoor plaza, across the street from Portland Art Museum,…

I made this meal for $4, for a family of four. The recipe is very adaptable, and is a great place to start for a simple baked chicken. A blank canvas, yet also delicious just as it is, simple. Baked chicken thighs $2, apple celery salad $1.00, and brown rice $1.00. The average working family on SNAP has about $4 per day per person to eat. $1.25 per meal per person needs creativity and time effective to get a healthful meal and balanced meal….

My final in this class was to make a hexagon chocolate box using various methods. Perfectly tempered chocolate, which I managed to do. Use texture sheets like the little rounds decors, piping chocolate, the white on the top, a way to open the box, and glue these components together using chocolate. All chocolate, edible box. It was to have a top and bottom, and fill with confections of specific types. Twelve of each to be turned in and judged….

Winter 2024 Cooking Classes and Private Events- Join me in the kitchen to cook and learn! Hi friends! I wanted to share with you that I’m back in the kitchen teaching cooking classes at Portland Cookshop in Portland, Oregon in a new and larger location. It’s a beautiful space with tons of light and dozens of cooking and baking classes for kids and adults. I teach many classes sharing my family recipes, private events, as well as…

Speaking of chocolate! I am in a chocolates and confections class after all. Earlier in the quarter we had a field trip to a local bean to bar chocolate makers, Woodblock Chocolates. There are very few bean to bar small scale chocolatiers in The United States. It is a grueling process, that takes patience, practice, blood, sweat, tears, but above all love. Not joking. You really really must have a love affair with the process and end result if…

Disclosure: This is a compensated post in collaboration with Sabra Dipping Company. As usual all opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that support NJB! As you know we were in New York City last week for an amazing Sabra Tastemakers trip to the Sabra Greek Yogurt Dipping line made in Farmingdale, NY. You also know how much I love visiting the places where the brands I work with make their products, grow their food, and have…

I have an obsessive love of arugula, and I just added watercress to that greens obsession. I have eaten it so many times, but I had the best watercress salad in New York a couple of months ago, and it inspired this gorgeous Avocado Peach Manchego Salad! It was a super simply dressed side salad, and I wanted to dress my version up just a bit. It’s crazy beautiful Ca avocado season, the peaches are sweet and juicy, pretty much to die for,…