Jen's Favorites

Posts in this section feature some of Jen's favorites - from blogs to books to kitchen equipment. Note that the blog section hasn't been updated in quite a while.... stay tuned for updates in a few weeks!

Start Cooking

‘Start Cooking’ is all about learning the basics of cooking, from its charming host Kathy Maister. She’ll delight the beginning cook with short cooking videos and step-by-step photo tutorials. After you learn basic cooking skills from the Tips & Techniques section, you’ll be ready to try out quick and tasty meals on your own.

101 Cookbooks

Heidi Swanson, photographer and cookbook author treats us to wonderful weekly spread of lively photos and fresh recipes. I love her natural and healthy food shoots that always inspires me to visit my local farmer’s market!

A Girl Named Guy

‘A Girl Named Guy’ is an interactive wellness website headed up by my friend Leah Guy. Leah delivers up-to-date information with fantastic webcasts about wellness and lifestyle issues. Her aim to inspire, inform and create positive change one viewer at a time. She believes that creating positive change in our own lives will ultimately create change in the world.

Kitchen Sisters

The Kitchen Sisters’ groundbreaking national radio collaborations, in partnership with Jay Allison, have brought together independent producers, artists, writers, archivists, and public radio listeners throughout the country to create richly layered, highly produced, intimate and provocative radio documentaries that chronicle untold stories of American culture and traditions.

Nat Decants

Wine picks, articles and humor from Natalie MacLean, named the World’s Best Drink Writer at the World Food Media Awards in Australia. Natalie is also the author of ‘Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass’. Visit her site for more details on this book and to sign up for the newsletter.

Lobster Squad

Ximena Maier is an amazing Spanish artist who specializes in illustration and has worked for clients such as Vogue and Cosmopolitan. Lobster Squad is her adorable food blog where you can find unusual recipes, great stories, and charming one-of-a-kind drawings by the author like the one above.

Delicious Days

Stunning photography and design makes this blog one of my absolute favorites! Nicky and Oliver, a couple living in Germany, join forces with their talents in photography and technology to make this site sing. I guess I’m partial to Delicious Days since it’s a husband-wife team doing what they love on the web, just like my husband and me!