Welcome to my blog, a Big Mouthful.

Who am I?  I’m Adrienne, a home cook with a passion for food.

Food and cooking fascinate me.  Taking random, seemingly disparate ingredients and combining them to create something is really beautiful to me.  It’s also entertaining.  You can hardly turn on the TV nowadays without seeing a cooking or culinary travel show.  There are hundreds of wonderful culinary books and cookbooks waiting to be read and recipes followed and sampled.  New and exciting restaurants with tastes to savor and enjoy.

I’m newly married, and here you’ll find me cooking recipes new and old for my sweetie, and also  learning new cooking techniques and ways to stretch our “just starting out” budget.  As well as my culinary undertakings, this is also where I document my journey to learn and practice food photography and food styling.

You might see mentioned Casey, my incredible husband who is my guinea pig for all my cooking.  Chloe is our golden retriever, and Madison is my dachshund/papillon mix:  i.e. the crumb vacuums.

Why the name?  I invite you to take a bite — an adventurous, bold, BIG bite of your own food journey with me, experimenting in your own kitchen and visiting restaurants in your community that you have never tried before.

I live, love and eat in the Pacific Northwest –  specifically in Tacoma, Washington, a place that I am passionate about and a big advocate for, and that many of my exploits take place in.

Enjoy!

Adrienne

Notes:

A Big Mouthful is media friendly, at my discretion.  I will accept and promote products, sponsorships, advertisements and endorsements that align with my blog and ideals.  Please contact me to find out if your product, service or event is something that can be promoted in this blog.

I always try to source and cook with organic produce and organic and free range meats.  Whenever possible, I source from local producers.   Most of my produce, meats, milk and eggs come from Terra Organics, Tacoma Farmer’s Markets or Proctor Farmer’s Market.  For more on where to source local and organic in your community, see Local Harvest.

I also head up Tacoma Foodie, a food community to eat, share and strengthen the Tacoma food scene, and to celebrate the unique local businesses and restaurants of Tacoma.  Currently only a Twitter feed and Facebook, but full of great food conversation.

A huge thanks to Jeff at Boxware for creating my website.  Looking to start your own? Let Boxware get you on your way.