My name is Kristy and I love food. I love everything about it. I love taking simple, fresh ingredients and turning it into something delicious, something special. I love chatting about produce with the vendors at my local farmer’s market.  I love how food looks and feels - how cute a cupcake can be, how beautiful an heirloom tomato is, still warm from the sun.

So why is this blog called eat and celebrate?

Because The Joy of Cooking was already taken.

No, seriously… its because eating is something we all have in common, no matter who we are or what we do or where we live - we all need to eat to survive. And celebrating, well, what’s better than celebrating with food? How many of our holidays are based around food? What’s a birthday without a cake? A summer night without a BBQ?

Food is essential - celebrating isn’t, but life is a whole lot more fun when you can celebrate every single meal.

So in this first attempt at what I will lovingly refer to as my blog-ette, I hope to leave you with the conclusion that good food is its own cause for celebration.