Our Story July 20, 2006
It all began 20 some odd years ago. A friendship was formed, and with it a bond through cooking. Our first culinary memory is of us pretending to have a TV cooking show. We would haul the bowls and utensils from the kitchen to the backyard. (We know our moms just loved that idea.) We would “gather” our ingredients: dirt, grass, berries, leaves and water. And then the show would begin. From there we moved into the kitchen and we cooked…real food that people could eat. Well, most of the time.
We got stuck on one recipe, Busy Day Cake. This recipe seemed so simple, dare we say, fool proof? Yet, it never tasted quite right. Was it the cake? Did we bake it too long? Not long enough? Was the frosting the problem? We spent countless hours trying to perfect that recipe. This is where our love of cooking began…in a kitchen in Fremont, CA around 1986. The rest is really history.
We are still great friends. We still love to cook. And we have honed our craft and developed some great recipes we have shared with each other. And now, we’ve decided to share them with the world. So, after browsing the site, please feel free to pick a recipe, and most importantly:
We know you’ll like it!
jen & arti
Girls - words cannot even begin to describe how adorable this website is!!!!! I want to print out the pages and frame them. I’m completely impressed. Love, Amy
I love it!
I was soooooo hungry when I checked out your site. Now I’m off to Marie Callenders for some chicken parmesan and Pie. I’ve been losing weight lately but the diet is off until Mon.
Good Luck!
Jiffy Jeff
Hey, girls! This is so adorable! And you know that I focus on recipes that I love to in the eternal quest for my Tried and True Cookbook! Congrats on not only a website, but such a good and cute one! I will keep looking for new recipes!
Hiya Arti and Jennifer,
This is great! For some odd reason I have this urge to make up a new recipe.
The whole site looks gorgeous. Do you pay your photographer with food?
xxxooo
mimi
Yum - you make me want to open a restaurant - I love the pictures and I’m disappointed when the recipe doesn’t have a photo!
Keep up the testing and I’m jealous of your offical taster - Mr. Zack!
Love you, Mom
Wow!
Fantastic design, recipes and photography. Totally worthy of being turned into a book. Love it .
Moitreyee
Arti and friend Jen,
Congratulations, your web page is great!!! the recipes look so delicious! When I leave for Switzerland, I will cook some there. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.
Best wishes,
Maria
wow! my mouth is watering! i love the brown color, and the very studio quality photo art! you guys are onto something here!
love, em
I finally had a chance to sit down and look at your website and I am very impressed!! Jen, you didn’t tell me what you were up to.. but I guess you wanted to keep it under wraps till it was perfect. Well I can’t say I will be trying to many recipes because I hate to cook but hey you could always come on over to Texas and cook it for me! But I might have to try the brownie recipe since that is one of my favorite desserts. Well much success on your new adventure you two! Take Care-Laura
good job ladies, it looks great. the pictures are a really nice addition, so professional. very fun to visit your site and hungry now. good luck.
This site is so cute! Jen- I still make your banana bread recipe that you gave me when we were roomies and everyone who tries it LOVES it! I also make pumpkin bread from that recipe (by tweeking the recipe a little) and it is great too! I miss your wonderful cooking and I’m glad there is this site where I can go to find the recipes you love. My husband and kids will appreciate it too!
I am anxiously awaiting a new posting!