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I’m a (mostly) healthy chef. You can find me cooking for private events, teaching in-home cooking classes, and in my kitchen coming up with new recipes. My best inspiration comes from traveling, as I explore a new culture through its food. Traveling allows me to experience the beauty and awesomeness of God’s creation – breathtaking vistas, spirited people, intricate creatures, and yes…indigenous bounties of fruits, vegetables, and seafood. And I can’t just keep all I see and do and eat and cook to myself…so come on an adventure with me!

Category: CCT

  • A Call to Prayer!

    A Call to Prayer!

    There’s an acute heaviness in our world and the problems around us are so big, I easily feel helpless and like my prayers can’t even begin to make a difference. Can anyone else relate? So often when I do pray, I feel deeply conflicted. How can I pray for peace, for the safety of millions…

  • A story of Reciprocity for #Giving Tuesday!

    A story of Reciprocity for #Giving Tuesday!

    For any of you who have followed my blog from its early days, you’ll remember that it used to be called “Cooking Up Reciprocity” and was where I shared my adventures as a volunteer intern in the Philippines with PEER Servants/CCT, and where I played the role of “Elsa” for every Filipino child who laid…

  • Thank You!! And now for more work to do…

    Thank You!! And now for more work to do…

    Thank You!! Last June, I shared with you the need to raise $10,000 to build a girl’s dormitory at a tribal school in the Philippines…I place I lived for nearly a year, volunteering with an amazing Christ-centered microfinance organization called the Center for Community Transformation (CCT). I was truly humbled and in awe of your…

  • 12 Days of Christmas…Parties!

    12 Days of Christmas…Parties!

    Amidst the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, I always go back and read this blog post from 5 years ago when I was living in the Philippines, working in microfiance and playing Elsa as a side job. I also want to thank so many of you who gave so generously towards the building…

  • Raising Funds for a Girl’s Dormitory!

    Raising Funds for a Girl’s Dormitory!

    True confession…I’ve always been turned off by Facebook fundraisers as I thought it was slightly taking advantage of the platform. And then just recently I was so struck by the need of an organization I hold so close to my heart, that I realized my friends might be equally moved to give and that Facebook…