Hi!

It's nice to meet you. My name is Tara. I live in southern Ontario, Canada. I started this site in May 2005 -  it was intended as my recipe file, to keep track of things as I built a life with my boyfriend. Here's the beginning. In the years since, my boyfriend has become my husband, we moved from our first apartment to our first house, welcomed our first son, moved to our second house and welcomed our second son. 

Through all of that, seven spoons has become about more than recipes; it's also a story of sorts, a collection of thoughts and family and food. Thanks for the company.

You can also find me at my Flickr or Twitter or write tara [at] sevenspoons [dot] net.

Places you might have seen me ...

I am a core contributor to UPPERCASE magazine; you can read my work in Issue 2 (summer 2009), Issue 4 (Winter 2010) and each issue after that. I'm also happy to announce I'm a contributor to the newly-launched Kinfolk magazine.

I've written for CafeMom's The Stir, Parenting.com, Style at Home magazine's website and Saveur. My recipes and photographs have also appeared on Bon Appetit. 

seven spoons was nominated for best photography, best writing and best recipes for the 2010 Candian Food Blog Awards, winning in writing and recipes. This site was also nominated for Fine Cooking magazine's Best of the Blogs 2010, Writing to Write Home About and a top 6 finalist among 45,000 worldwide nominations for Saveur's Best Food Blog Awards 2011, in the categories of Best Photography and Best Original Baking and Desserts Recipe.

This site has been recommended by MSN's Delish.com, considered one of Gourmet.com's favourite food sites and appearing on the Gourmet Live blog, one of Saveur.com's "Sites We Love", one of Babble.coms 50 Best Mom Food Bloggers for 2010, and placing third in the world on their 2011 list.

This site has been featured on FineCooking.com's Best of the Blogs, Apartment Therapy's The Kitchn, ReadyMade magazine's Blog of the Week (November 5, 2009), BlogHer, Blogs.com, the Grinder on Chow.com, Food for Thought on FoodTV.ca, Slashfood and YumSugar. In print, I was in ReadyMade Magazine's February/March 2010 issue, Parenting magazine March 2010, and appeared in Grazia UK in August 2010.

In January 2011, I was interviewed on CBC Radio One's Metro Morning talking food and blogs. If you'd like to take a listen the podcast can be found here, with our segment beginning at around the 13:30 mark. I first speak about a minute later. I was also featured in Canadian House and Home's "Fall Into Comfort" feature in August 2011.

Answers to often-asked questions

All images and content on this site are my own work, unless noted. If you are interested in reproducing the work, please do so with appropriate attribution.

Regarding recipes: A (usually) up-to-date index of recipes featured on the site is here.

Regarding product and book reviews: While I will now and again link to products and buisnesses I like, it is not often that I review products per se. If you represent a product you think I might be interested in trying, please email me. I do review cookbooks, choosing those that appeal to the way I cook and they way we eat. I do not offer paid reviews, for books or products, nor do I allow for editorial input or content from outside parties. All opinions are my honest thoughts.

Regarding advertising: I do not sell advertising space on seven spoons. If you would like, you can contact me nonetheless and I will file your information in case this policy changes. Thank you so much for your interest.

Regarding link exchanges: The list that appears on the left of this page is a reflection of the sites I frequent most often and are not the result of trade. If you have a site, please feel free to introduce yourself! It's always nice to discover new reads.