Oh dear, oh dear. I really, really needed to update my about page... it hasn't been updated for probably four years---since I started Talk of Tomatoes in August of 2006.

A lot has happened in four years: I revamped my site two plus years ago (and incidentally, lost some visibility to some of my readers! If you have a second to refresh your feed: will you please? With sugar on top? Or maybe salt...). I went to cooking school, spent a year in Italy with my family, sold a house (to go to Italy), bought another fixer (recently!), started teaching cooking classes (if you live in Seattle, check out my classes page for the latest offerings!), watched my sons grow from elementary school age to young, handsome, soccer-playing, fast-texting teens...

Though... before I start talking incessantly about all that has happened... why don't you check out my updated about page?!

This is a current picture of my husband James and myself. We rounded out 2010 by staying in a cabin in Montana, and playing in the snow with our boys. We look forward to this wintry treat every year, and electricity or not: always enjoy snow-shoeing, snowmobiling, daily bacon, nightly movies, card games galore and bottomless hot chocolate.