Nutmeg Profile

Website: www.NutmegKitchens.com

Here For: To enjoy another opportunity to share recipes and expand my cuilnary horizons

Heard about BakeSpace From: Friend in the Personal Chefs Network

Occupation: Personal Chef

Company: Nutmeg Kitchens

Industry: Food & Beverages

Associations: Personal Chefs Network, San Francisco Professional Food Society

Schools: Tante Marie's Cooking School,San Francisco; University of the Pacific, Stockton CA

Major: English and History

Degree(s): BA

Cooker or Caker: Cooker

Bake/Cook Frequency: Every day

Baking/Cooking Training: I'm a graduate of Tante Marie's Cooking School in San Francisco. In the nearly 19 years since my graduation, I have been a very dedicated home cook who 2 years ago began my own business as a Personal Chef.

Favorite Food: Cheese, olives and specialy cured meats - the best antipasto platter - with freshly baked bread! Along with excellent wine, of course!

Favorite Food Moment: Oysters and Champagne at sunset on Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia after a day on the beach at Manly.

Favorite Cooking Word: FRESH

Favoriate Restaurant: Carpaccio, in Menlo Park, California. The Ensalata della Casa is divine and the Cannaloni is a food memory engrained for eternity. The service is superb and the staff friendly and so accomodating.

Favorite Chef: Jacques Pepin - though he'snever actually cooked for me personally, whatever recipe of his I prepare, I know that Jacques is sitting on my shoulder, guiding me but also encouraging me to find my own way with his creation.

In My Town Try: Carpaccio, noted above; Parkside Grille in Portola Valley - Greek owner brings his own delicious twist to Cal cuisine; John Bentley's in Woodside - the most imaginative, delicious food south of San Francisco!

Interests: Besides, cooking - reading, hiking and walking travel

Languages: French - I'm practicing in preparation for the visit of my French exchange father in May!

Books: I'm currently reading "The Tummy Trilogy" by Calvin Trillin. Other recent have been "Bastard of Istanbul", "Eat, Pray, Love"

Music: Beatles, Beach Boys, Crowded House, Snow Patrol, ABBA

TV/Movies: Mamma Mia! Jeopardy! Tony Bourdain's No Reservations

Travel: France, as an exchange student; Spainas a college student; Fiji, Australia, the Netherlands and Tanzania with my family; family vacations in Hawaii, New Hampshire, river rafting in Utah, extensively throughout California