Thanks for “dining” with us! We are a family of four that loves to eat! Some of our two children’s favorite toys are their play food items that they use in their toy kitchen (see the photo of them in the header!). When our son was a toddler he would constantly ask, “What’s that?” when we passed a restaurant in the car, followed by a request to eat at said restaurant. Our daughter has, as expected, followed suit in the love for and enjoyment of food in our family. One of our favorite things to do together as a family is eat out!
When we started this blog in 2011, we blogged as The Chef and The Lucky Wife. Life always tends to bring change in many ways, and we adapted as we grew in our blogging and now often blog as Chef John and Anne.
*About Chef John: Chef John graduated from Johnson and Wales University summa cum laude with a degree in Culinary Arts. He has always loved cooking so it made sense to pursue this path when he decided to leave the Law Enforcement field in 2001.
His family gets to be the taste-testers of his new creations and regularly sample new recipes we discover in our ongoing effort to find yummy meals for our family. Food and great new recipes we’ve tried have become a regular topic of conversation among family and friends, so we decided to start a blog to share our favorites with them, as well as anyone else who might like to join us. *
You can read much more about us from our Faithful Bloggers Podcast Interview, from September, 2011, here.
Low-Allergen Recipes
You will notice the inclusion of low-allergen recipes. Our family has been through an elimination diet in recent years. The elimination diet helped us identify several food sensitivities, so we are always looking for new recipes that work well within the guidelines of our food limitations. Having food sensitivities basically means we cannot have too much of those foods to which we are sensitive. This has been challenging as it varies some for each member of the family!
The low-allergen recipes have all been reviewed by Suzzanne Myer, the Nutritionist under whose supervision we completed the elimination diet. She has extensive experience helping people with food sensitivities. We found her while researching ways to help our son with eczema. She has helped people with a variety of medical issues, which you can read more about at her Elimination Diet website.
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Awards and Features
1- By the comments or checked reactions readers leave to blog posts.
2- When someone subscribes to receive email updates.
3- A personal contact through our Ask The Chef form.
4- Features, Awards and Publications:
Our “Thin Mint” Mini Holiday Ice Cream Sandwiches recipe was featured in the award-winning MintLife blog on Mint.com.
Our Apple “Cider” Soup recipe was published in The Christmas Table cookbook by Gooseberry Patch.
Our Father’s Day Ideas post was featured as the #2 Top Most Popular Idea at Crystal and Company’s Mommy Club.
Our Christmas Tablescapes post was featured in the That Works for Me! eBook.
as one of three recipes highlighted from that week’s Friday Potluck.
