About this site
Hello, and welcome to The Cookbook Chronicles, a blog that showcases the recipe-testing I’m doing for my first cookbook: The Newlywed Kitchen: Delicious Meals for Couples Cooking Together. The cookbook is published by Sasquatch Books, and will be in stores May 2010.
As a newlywed, I feel incredibly fortunate to have also found someone who views the occasion of preparing and sharing a meal as one of the most intimate and loving rites a couple can experience. My husband and I are fairly accomplished home cooks and during the three years we’ve been together, we’ve celebrated many of our milestone events together in the kitchen—from preparing duck ragu for his family when I met his family for the first time, to hosting our first Thanksgiving together, where we challenged one another to a “Turkey-off”. Our relationship was founded on our mutual love of food and our desire to nourish one another’s stomachs as well as our spirits. And with this cookbook, we hope to inspire newlyweds (and couples who still have that newlywed spark!) to return to the kitchen and enjoy preparing meals side-by-side once again.
Outside of working on this cookbook, I am a Contributing dining editor and the “Key Ingredient” columnist and at Seattle Magazine.
Ali Basye, the editor at Seattle Bride magazine is also contributing to this project. Our cookbook will be peppered by intimate stories from celebrity chefs and their spouses who shared their secrets to happiness in and out of the kitchen with Ali. Ali and I met when she featured our wedding in Seattle Bride.
email me at: y_lorna @ yahoo.com
Follow me on Twitter: lornayee
Comments
Comment from ts
Time February 28, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Congratulations! We are available for taste testing and recipe testing too (well, me maybe.)
Comment from Abra Bennett
Time March 10, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Awesome idea, and it sounds like it will be full of stuff that’s glamorous as well as delicious!
Comment from helen
Time March 14, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Hi Lorna,
Beautiful blog! I had to do a double take because I believe we’ve met once years ago, at a whiskey and cheese tasting at the Salty Tongue in Vancouver. It was a brief encounter to be sure.
I’m both amazed and impressed by all that you’ve accomplished so far – chef, food columnist, cookbook author. How do you do it? Hard work? Talent? Right place a the right time? All of the above? Congrats on everything. I’m sure you’ve made your family and friends back home proud.
Cheers!
Comment from lorna
Time March 14, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Helen, yes, I was at the whiskey/cheese tasting years ago! Nice to ‘meet’ you again!
I’ve been incredibly lucky with everything that’s happened. Let’s hope this cookbook is a success!
Comment from Su-Lin
Time March 15, 2009 at 2:49 PM
I used to frequent egullet ages ago and loved all your beautiful baking and always wondered where you ended up. Glad I found your blog!
Comment from Charlene Cooper
Time March 29, 2009 at 8:16 AM
You’re off to an incredible start with this project. I wish you all the success and happiness in the world !! I had to spend a couple of hours going back to the beginning and reading every post. Well-worth it !
Charcoop
Comment from diva
Time April 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM
wow…reading this i got really excited about your cookbook. can’t wait to see it hit the shelves or amazon. all the best 
, may it be a huge success.
cheers
xx
diva
Comment from Sumi Hahn
Time April 10, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Great site, Lorna! Thanks for linking to me…I have to figure out how to return the favor…
Comment from Nurit – 1 family. friendly. food.
Time April 15, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Hi.
It’s my first time here. What a beautiful blog. You’ve got a new subscriber..
Comment from Sharon
Time April 25, 2009 at 8:58 AM
Do you have a mailing list? I’d love to be included.
Comment from Erin
Time June 5, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Lorna! I stumbled on your blog via Jez, and am delighted! Great work. So excited to catch up with your cooking adventures again. All the best, and congrats!
Comment from Divina
Time July 21, 2009 at 5:19 AM
This is really a beautiful blog. I really love it. Congratulations on your new cookbook. I have no doubt that it’s going to be a success. All the best to you. Divina
Comment from Andrea [bella eats]
Time August 5, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Hi Lorna, I just found your blog through Orangette. I love the design, your cookbook concept, the recipes I’ve seen so far and your lovely photographs. I can’t wait to read more!
Comment from denise (chez danisse)
Time August 5, 2009 at 10:20 AM
hello! my husband and i will be in seattle for a few days in october and are looking for lodging recommendations. besides my husband’s meetings and a visit to delancey, we don’t have much of a plan. we are completely unfamiliar with neighborhoods, hotels, restaurants, etc., but love wandering around and exploring. we just need a good home base. after perusing your blog it seems you are the perfect person to ask. any suggestions?
Comment from lorna
Time August 6, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Hi Denise, what sort of restaurants do you typically like? Casual, high-end? French, Italian, cheap eats, etc.? I would pick downtown as a home base–it is quite easy to get around. Let me know what you’re looking for, and I’ll try to help you out. Just email me at y_lorna@yahoo.com =)
Comment from Pille @ Nami-Nami
Time August 10, 2009 at 10:27 PM
So glad to have found you again, Lorna! I followed your romance over at eG, and was sad to see that you are no longer sharing your fabulous desserts there (I was away for a while as well).
Lovely, lovely blog!
Greetings from Estonia,
Pille
Comment from Cliff Albert
Time August 12, 2009 at 3:58 AM
It was great meeting you and Henry last night at Mado. Enjoy Chicago and happy anniversary!
Comment from Neal
Time August 31, 2009 at 9:23 AM
I found this great blog when looking for someone to have “unlocked” the Paseo sandwich. I recognize you from the little piece in Seattle Magazine and I also think I saw you in the No Reservations episode on the PNW. If so, is Gypsy as amazing as it looked?
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Time November 11, 2009 at 1:17 PM
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Comment from Marilyn
Time December 4, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Please get me know when your cookbook is released and when you’re having a book signing. I’d love to post it on my blog plus I would like to personally have you sign the book as I life in West Seattle.
Comment from barbara gary
Time April 17, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Hi, I love your blog & your recipes. I want to subscribe by rss but cannot locate your feed.
Comment from Jane Bonacci
Time May 17, 2010 at 12:33 AM
Congratulations on the arrival of your first book! What an accomplishment. Enjoy all the adulation coming your way!
Comment from nina
Time June 21, 2010 at 6:41 AM
love your postings….how can i subscribe to this blog?…thank you…nina
Comment from marla {family fresh cooking}
Time June 21, 2010 at 7:04 PM
Just stopped by to visit via Tartlette. Congrats on your book! Consider me a new friend to your fab blog
Comment from Waverly Gage
Time June 22, 2010 at 6:48 AM
Your blog is lovely – wonderful photographs. I found you via tartlette and would love to subscribe, but I don’t see a button.
Congratulations on your book. I know it must have been fun putting it together.
Comment from mitch weinstein
Time February 26, 2009 at 6:53 AM
Glad I found this site – great stuff, Lorna.
mitch