This blog is a collaboration between two elementary school friends - James, a professionally trained chef whose life revolves around the conception, creation, and consumption of food (lucky for him, he married a pastry chef who appreciates his cooking) and Annie, a lawyer by day and an occasional weekend cook by night. They met on the playground on the first day of kindergarten, and have been friends ever since, even as their lives diverged and Annie succumbed to her love of books and words and school, and James turned his artistic talent toward the culinary arts.
One day, Annie was hungry and was eyeing James' Facebook feed and a particularly beautiful picture of a giant coffee rubbed steak, and wondered why James didn't have a food blog (complete with RSS feed) so that interested folks could eye the food porn and get his delicious recipes. When asked, James responded that he doesn't like to write. Luckily for him, Annie writes, and she loves food, so a deal was struck. He would do all the cooking and photo taking and recipe providing, and Annie would write the narrative. She probably got the better end of the deal.
James and Annie approach cooking very differently. They both have well equipped kitchens, but James is a true chef. He comes up with his own recipes, uses classically trained techniques with his own Asian flavor, and shares them with the world. When Annie is so inclined, and not feeling too lazy, she looks up a recipe of something that looks delicious and dirties 80 pans cooking something. So you will mostly get James' knowledge and art, with a little bit of the more amateur home cook perspective from Annie.
As for the name of the blog, well, that's where the magic happens. In the humble home kitchen of James and Jean in Los Angeles.
So here we are! We will post as often as James' creativity strikes him and Annie's schedule allows. Let us know if you have any requests or questions and we will try and address them!
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