Graphic Designer and at-home mommy to baby Jewell. I live in Seattle with my husband, who is in film school. I love rock climbing, swimming, running, yoga, cycling and dancing. Cookies, curries, BBQ, lasagna and pasta, quick breads, muffins, puddings and custards. My mother-in-laws famous "apple fritters" for breakfast and homemade individual pizzas at Christmas. Everyone who tries my chocolate chip cookies wants the recipe and I'm very often told they are the best cookies they've ever had. In college I tried to fit too many beans in a crockpot. Instead of getting refried beans I ended up with half-cooked pinto beans stinking up my apartment for two days (and some unhappy roommates).