About Me

My name is Shelly and I was born on an avocado ranch in Southern California. As an infant, I kicked off eating smashed avocados.

One day, when I was three, I wandered off from our house on the farm for many hours. My mother, panic stricken, found me sitting beneath an apricot tree. I was covered from head to toe in smeared and overly ripened apricots.

The dining room table we had when I was a child had a shelf beneath it for an extra leaf. I realized at a young age that I could conveniently hide my meat there until later in the evenings when I would retrieve it and retire it promptly to the trash can a few levels down.

It wasn't until years later I discovered that I didn't have to make meat a part of my diet. My tendencies and enthusiasm for things like avocados and apricots could be indulged and expanded upon.

Although I spent my first year as a vegetarian eating pasta and red sauce, now I know better.

In our home, we employ the open door policy meaning the door is always open to friends and family and there is plenty of food and wine to go around.

I hope you enjoy the bits and pieces of this blog as I share and chronicle my adventures in the kitchen.