Hello. I’m Vanessa.

I was born in France and grew up between Paris, London and New York. Chicago has been my family’s home for almost 15 years. I love to feast on life through travel, food, and friends.

I started a blog in the early days of the internet and have met so many incredible people thanks to social media. I almost let this website lapse when I felt too old, too blah, too boring to embrace video content. But I couldn’t quite press delete.

This new website is a new fresh place for all the recipes I’ve created since 2006. It feels great to keep this record of a life well eaten.