About

I was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. I attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, and received a Master's degree from San Diego State University. A West Coast girl, I've lived in Portland, Seattle, and San Diego. I currently call San Francisco's busy Mission neighborhood home. 

When not writing, I scour the internet and flip through my piles of cookbooks and past Gourmet Magazines, making lists of things to cook and bake. I insist on reading the printed version of the New York Times whenever possible. I always send thank-you notes.


Me with my Mission Pie and hand-ground, single cup drip coffee, on my way to a World Cup party, July 2010: