about

I started Talk of Tomatoes to learn about blogging, social media and online communities—and to stretch my marketing brain. But this food blog became so much more: an excuse to follow all of my food curiosities, a reason to push myself to learn home-canning, accidental affection for my freezer and ultimately the impetus to go to cooking school. And although I didn’t think it possible: I somehow manage to read even more cookbooks than before.

What else have I learned? A few things, such as: how passionate I am about food, that I want food as part of my ‘career’, that I ooze happiness at the thought of having a huge urban garden, that apparently I have an affection for tongs, sharp knives, homemade stock, old-fashioned canning jars and kitchen string…

I am Dutch by heritage (farming, rubber boots and rolled up sleeves are in my blood!) and married an Italian (need I say more?)… I have two adolescent sons who LOVE to gobble up all my food. They are quite the connoisseurs.

Can you already tell? I am quite the talker when it comes to food—here are some of my original blogging rants (let’s talk) and reasons (why tomatoes?) for this blog. Oh, and by the way? Thanks for listening.

A quick wrap: I have been blogging for five years, during which I attended culinary school (dream come true!), am working on a few cookbooks, and recently started teaching cooking classes (check out the CLASSES section of my blog for current class offerings! I offer private cooking classes in the Seattle area—in my home or yours).

Talk of Tomatoes has been featured by Saveur, Food & Wine, Hallmark magazine, Delish.com, FoodEats, Foodbuzz, Foodista, Foodwhirl and more. If you would like to contact me for an interview, guest blogging and/or product reviews, hosting or attending a cooking class, please contact me: talkoftomatoes AT gmail DOT com.

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