The Sustainable Kitchen ® is an independent food, travel, and copywriting business and culinary education program based in Seattle. My mission is to promote sustainable agriculture, which employs ecologically-sound methods of farming and animal husbandry. I grew up on a ranch, and I feel that learning to cook and visiting family farms is the most fun and effective way to discover the origins of the food we eat. I incorporate this same philosophy of sustainability into my writing, which also focuses on adventure, eco, and cultural travel.

I’m a nationally-published journalist, contributing editor at culture magazine, and contributor to Gadling.com. For samples of my writing, go to the “Clips” page. You can also follow me on Twitter to see what I’m writing about.

My background in the food and agriculture industry is diverse. After receiving my Culinary Arts degree from Johnson & Wales University, I became the Culinary Program Coordinator for a Carpentaria affiliate of Girls, Inc., a national, non-profit youth organization. The Sustainable Kitchen ® came into existence in 1999, when I opened a home-based cooking school and farm tour program in Berkeley. I received national print and television coverage for my work with children, and closed the school in 2005, when I relocated to Colorado.

Over the last 20 years, I’ve worked front-and-back of the house in restaurants, as a farmers market, certified humane meat company, and cheese vendor, food and wine festival coordinator/chef wrangler, recipe tester, copyeditor, dog-walker, street food slinger, at a mountaineering shop, as a gear tester, and unofficial infectious disease guinea pig (an ongoing occupation due to my love of budget travel and street food).

I currently offer my services as a food and travel writer, culinary educator, consultant, public speaker, farm and market tour guide, and marketing copywriter. My main goal, however, is to educate and inspire others about the importance of sustainable farming, agricultural land preservation, and ecologically responsible travel.