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Today is the Canadian publication date for CRIP UP THE KITCHEN. This was the last image I made for it. It is all the veg needed to make Doukhobor Borshch and I'm so looking forward to making it for people who come to the launch event (which is 50% sold out by the way, so get your tickets now, link in profile). I haven't been able to cook for guests in years. Cooking for others is my love language.

This image if found both in the book and on the back cover. "Today, I'm just going to tell you all what I said on the back cover: There was a time I would easily spend five hours cooking for myself and guests. Cooking brought me so much joy. Then, disability and chronic illness took over, and I couldn't cook. I hated it. Over time, I began to discover products and developed strategies that allowed me to reclaim the kitchen. I created recipes that would not aonly feed my body but also my soul. I felt that joy, once again. There is a saying that says, 'Nothing about us without us.' Join me in reclaiming the heart of the home--and teh word crip--to celebrate the things that make us dsiabled at any age and every stage."

While CRIP UP THE KITCHEN is temporarily sold out at Amazon Canada, there are lots of indie stores and Coles/Chapters/Indigo brick and mortar locations across Canada that have my book in stock that you can get today if you are physically able to do so. You can also get it delivered via Chapters/Indigo. Link also in profile.

Thank you, everyone, who supported me during the whirlwind that has been the last year and a half.

Two more weeks until the Canadian release of CRIP UP THE KITCHEN (three for the rest of the world). One of the things I loved about photographing the book was being able to revisit old images from when I first made the move to food photography, and remaking them for the book to see how far I have progressed.

I have decades of experience behind the camera, but I made the move to food photography as my primary specialiaty in the summer of 2020 when I began working on the proposal for CRIP UP THE KITCHEN. I had to include images in the proposal to show agents and publishers my vision for the art direction. Being so early in the pandemic and being immunocompromised, it wasn't safe to work with a photographer. I was unprepared for how much I would love food photography. It was a challenging yet fun specialty, and required approaching the subject and using light in ways that were quite different from than what I was used to. It took no time for me to know that this was the job for me. I shut down my marketing agency and started my food photography business in March 2021, thanks to a load from and here are today!

The image on the left is the image of my Chicken Soup recipe that you will see in CRIP UP THE KITCHEN. The image on the right is one of the first images I made, of the same recipe, in the summer of 2020.

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I know this is a a couple months away, but I'm very excited to be able to cook for everyone. It has been awhile since I've been able to invite people over to hang out and relax while I prepare a meal with love. Please let me cook for you! Seating is limited! So register early: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/crip-up-the-kitchen-cookbook-launch-and-signing-in-person-and-virtual-tickets-570119160757