Chakula Blog

Warning: No pictures yet. Sorry friends. We’ve got four different food-oriented events this Christmas! While it’s been busy and bustling and schedule-crammed, it’s been so fun menu planning and preparing for these little feasts. Even...

The evening before our workshop with Penny De Los Santos, Viv hosted a little meet-and-greet so we could share some food, hear Penny talk, and give a handful of others that wouldn’t be attending the workshop an opportunity to meet her as well. It was a delightful evening. ...

Ah, the recap. What an amazing day. First off, I am so thankful for all of the hard work and generosity from so many great businesses in Seattle that made it possible to pull this event off...

!!!!! I am so excited for this workshop. This Friday, for 3 hours, I get to be taught by this woman how to make my food photography better. It’s a miracle of God I got tickets - heard a rumor on Twitter, checked it out quick, and all 20 tickets were already sold out that fast. So sad! ...

I’m almost done writing about November, I swear. I’m a little slow at these things. We celebrate a lot around here. A birthday or anniversary gets celebrated at least two or three times, and we consider most weekends to be honeymoons. That’s just the way we roll. My b...

So rather than cram four different dishes onto one post, I thought I’d divide it up a bit and spare you from waiting for thirty pictures to load. You think I’m kidding. What I Made for Thanksgiving, Part 2… Homemade Cranberry Sauce. ‘Cause I can’t let my husband eat anything out of a can. ;) He...

If I’ve made a dish for the last two years in a row for Thanksgiving, doesn’t that constitute a tradition for our little family by now? Especially considering this is only our third Thanksgiving together? I think it does. So, now Savory Pumpkin Pie is a tradition. I ...