Natalie Goldberg

I was lucky enough to grow up with two parents who absolutely loved food, and have been experimenting in the kitchen since I was a little girl. Food is, and always has been, my passion - as much instilled as innate. As a young child, my mother gave me an extensive spice kit (rather, a substantial tackle box, filled with various aromatics) and had me concoct blends that we would then play with in the kitchen. I was asked to pull the flavors apart in foods to decipher what exactly went in the dish, pastry, or confection (this is a game I still love to play, along with any kind of flavor profiling - beer, cheese, sake, wine, bourbon, chocolate - the list will, hopefully, never end). It has been my lifelong goal to turn my love of the culinary arts into something that'd pay the bills, and I am incredibly grateful for the support of my loved ones in this endeavor.