Victoria
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- 101 Cookbooks
- Antica Macelleria Cecchini
- Greenstreet Sketches
- La Tartine Gourmande
- Moroccan Mishaps and Other (Mis)Adventures
- my gluten-free belly
- Orangette
- pascal campion
| Occupation | Freelance Food Writer & Photographer |
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| Location | Washington, United States |
| Introduction | I love all things related to food! Cooking, eating, styling, writing, photographing, exploring new ingredients, sampling new flavors, creating recipes & did I mention eating?! Some of my favorite foods include, meatballs & pepperoncini, bacio gelato, pizza margherita, olives, bittersweet chocolate, pici al cinghiale, Manchego with a drizzle of honey, fig preserves & toasted almonds. I began Honey Dumplings in May of 2008, thanks to the persistence of my husband (thanks honey!) I'm a Seattle Native; a UW alumna, (BA: English-Literature/Creative Writing). After graduation, I worked in the catering field for a year(really putting that English-Lit degree to good use!). I moved to San Francisco to attend the California Culinary Academy and spent my Culinary Externship surrounded by vineyards and olive groves in the Tuscan countryside. I found myself to be the only woman in the kitchen; therefore I quickly learned all of those naughty words that I wasn't taught in college. Honey Dumplings is my culinary playground, a place where I can share my passion for food & writing. Thank you for stopping by. Buon Appetito! |
| Interests | cooking, baking, yogaing, tasting my way through the Farmers' Market, gardening, reading, creating recipes, writing, knitting, snapping photos, strumming the 7 chords I know on my guitar, speaking Italian & traveling |
| Favorite Music | Billie & Ella, Oscar Peterson, Miles & John, McCoy Tyner, Nat King Cole, Taj Mahal, Modern Jazz Quartet, Stevie Wonder, Cesaria Evora, Lhasa, Charles Trenet, Carla Bruni, Bob Marley, Paul Simon, Dave Matthews (particularly acoustic, Dave & Tim Reynolds), Erykah Badu, India Arie.... |
| Favorite Books | Mastering The Art of French Cooking(dare I say more?), Bittersweet by Alice Medrich, The Herbfarm by Jerry Traunfeld, Tender at the Bone:Growing up at the Table, Toast:The Story of A Boy's Hunger, Home Cooking, More Home Cooking, anything written by Alice Waters, On Rue Tatin, Real Food, the writings of M.F.K. Fisher, Four Seasons in Five Senses: Things Worth Savoring, The Sharper Your Knife The Less You Cry, Heat. Non-food related: anything of Anne Lamott's. |