I happily share my passion for all things salted; sweet and savory, in hope that you too will find pleasure, joy and sustenance in good food. Your kitchen is a place to be creative and productive. Meals are meant to be savored and enjoyed. Good food is simple, fresh, seasonal and delicious. Not Without Salt is a tool for helping you eat well and enjoy the process of cooking and baking real, good food.

Plating intricate desserts at Spago in Beverly Hills is where my career in food began. There was a rush in preparing hundred of desserts in one night, in spinning batch after batch of homemade ice cream speckled with thousands of diminutive vanilla seeds, in making cookies and cakes by the dozen – and I was hooked; with no plans to leave, as I was on the path to become a pastry chef. In an instant my plans changed as I found out I was pregnant with our first. A shock as my husband and I thought having children would be difficult or even impossible for me. We moved back to Washington from L.A. and my journey into motherhood began.