About Me

Welcome!

You’ve reached my blog. When I’m not testing recipes, I can be found working in the garden or chasing (literally) my three kids around. I thought toddlers were always on the move – high school and middle school has proved far more busy. Don’t get me started on books. What began as a favor to a food editor (reviewing a soon-to-be-published cookbook from a publisher) has helped grow my reading and collecting of cookbooks, old, new, and archival. I do book reviewing as a hobby when I find the time, which you can find here: Succotash Reviews.

Baking:

I’m the creator of Pastry Sampler, and dedicated a good chunk of my professional career to wedding cake couture. I like to keep readers of my pastry blog updated on bakery business news, equipment auctions I come across, legislation that affects pastry commodities, and buzz in the sweets world. I love the business of baking and all that it entails. And I also specialize in pastry tip sales.

Press Mentions:

Pastry Sampler is frequently listed as a resource in cookbooks, such as Bite By Bite; Coffee and Cake; and Tea and Cookies, and others.

Healthy Cooking:

I grow a lot of my own food and focus on fresh fruits and veggies. I have a gardening blog Cultivate to Plate where I just write about gardening stuff, and share what’s growing in the garden. For two years I was the Healthy Cooking featured writer for a now defunct website, and I wrote about clean and healthy meals in a weekly column. Also, I wrote a fun barbecue book that I self-published on Smashwords and Amazon.

Art and Work:

So, I do a little marine and outdoor art here and there. I create some pretty cool fish and outdoor SUP and surfing vinyls – you can purchase them directly from my site beachcuisine.com, or from etsy and amazon. Many designs come from special requests from my customers (which I love doing), so if you have special request on an exotic island or a fish that I can create for you, just convo me and I’ll get back to you. I also help with social media and photo editing jobs.

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My personal motto: “Saltwater and good food cures everything.”

I focus on today. To say I live life in the ‘today’ is so true because you never know what tomorrow holds for you.

Thanks for stopping by. Shoot me a message below. I look forward to hearing from you.