Hi, I’m Josh — a home cook, recipe tester and developer sharing timeless recipes and traditional techniques from my tiny kitchen.

The kitchen has always been a kind of meeting place in my family. I have such fond memories of spending time there with my mom, cooking all afternoon and snacking on freshly baked treats while watching Barefoot Contessa. I remember Saturday mornings with my grandmother and great-grandmother, making mounds of homemade biscuits together. My love for cooking and baking really started there, in those small-town kitchens of my childhood.

After college, I moved to the city with my partner into a small one-bedroom apartment with limited space and kitchen appliances that probably should have been retired long before I moved in. It was around that time I discovered Julia Child and (like so many others) was instantly inspired to pursue a life that completely revolved around food. To this day, whenever I’m having a bad day, I’ll put on old episodes of The French Chef and watch Julia mercilessly beat her pastry dough with a broom handle as she recounts her adventures around France.

I love to travel, and when I’m not in the kitchen I’m usually dreaming about eating my way around the world. I love how food tells a story — where a recipe comes from, the people who make it, and how it’s meant to be shared. That’s probably why I’m drawn to classic recipes rather than the ones that come and go with social media trends.

A few moves and a few tiny kitchens later, my kitchen is still my favourite place to be. Whether I’m making a simple weeknight meal or testing a recipe for a week straight, I find so much joy in baking from scratch and creating my own little world in the kitchen. There’s nothing quite like the smell of a buttery apple tart in the oven, instantly transporting you to the boulevards of Paris…

I hope you’ll come along with me on my culinary adventures and feel inspired to dream big in your own kitchen.