Hello

Welcome, I’m Julie and I would love to tell you about myself and how I landed in the food blog world! I’ve been married to my husband Brian for 32 years (yikes!) and we have two children and one granddaughter. I grew up in a large family, the youngest of four, and I loved being in the kitchen watching my mom work her “magic”. Starting as a little girl too small to reach the top of the counter, to growing up helping my mom with dinners and her constant entertaining, to cooking for myself, my family and even a stint as a caterer; my journey with cooking has been long and joyous. I spent all of my adult years volunteering which led to event production and a few years working in the non-profit sector applying my skills to large scale benefits. Through all of this, I have discovered I am most happy and feel most like my true self in my kitchen. I love to turn up the music and with the day stretching out before me, having nothing on my to do list but cook some great food.

Occasionally I do leave my kitchen, and when that happens you can find me traveling with my husband to some amazing places or visiting my family, who live both near and far, so I can cook in their kitchens!

You will certainly find recipes here, but I also want to share stories of family and friends and what I have learned from these amazing people about life and how to thrive through all the twists and turns.