Steamy Kitchen

Jaden Hair, Tampa, FL

I’m all about fast, fresh and simple for tonight’s dinner. I’ve got two little boys and if I don’t get food on the table fast enough, they’ll shimmy up the pantry shelves to get to the cookies. My blog, SteamyKitchen.com, started 3 ½ years ago and from that, an entire career opened up for me. I’m a food columnist for Discovery Health and the Tampa Tribune; a television chef for the syndicated Daytime Show and cookbook author of "The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook".

My Favorite Food Memory

I’ve had my share of cooking disasters – did you know that purple cabbage makes purple soup!? My first candy-making experience created something so horrific that we still use it as a doorstop today.