Hey, Hi, Hello.
I started my Charm City Cook blog in 2010 as a way to document my kitchen adventures. After a couple of trips to Paris to visit my best friend, I developed an interest in food and cooking and I dove in — France really made me see everything about food differently. With the help of food television and people like Julia Child, Mark Bittman and Ina Garten, I began to try cooking new things. I like to call it tinkering. I prefer playing around with flavors and ingredients, tasting and figuring out what my dish needs. My cooking is often based on cravings — I hope yours is, too. That makes it more of an adventure.
Q&A
Favorite album of all time?
U2, The Joshua Tree. I like albums that take you back to a place and time in your life.
What’s your favorite thing to do when you’re not eating, drinking or cooking?
Sleeping.
Favorite thing to order at a restaurant?
A really, really good Caesar Salad.
Favorite thing to cook at home?
A big pot of soup.
The last text message you sent:
Love you.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Sitting around a table with people I love.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
That I didn’t go with the flow, although that might have been easier.
What is your most treasured possession?
My dad’s wedding band.
Your greatest fear?
Heights. I only got to the second level of the Eiffel Tower and that was plenty.
What do you love most about food?
That it creates a memory.
Cake or Pie?
Cake. Preferably yellow with chocolate icing or coconut.
Morning beverage?
Iced coffee, all year long.
What is your favorite place in Baltimore?
Fell's Point waterfront on a Sunday morning
