About
Who I Am.
I’m Katie. I’m twenty-two. I just graduated from Duke, meaning that now I have to learn how to be a real person in the real world. I studied engineering, civil, with a focus on seismic engineering, and Russian, but I’m not using either, so far. I have two favorite places – Prague, and Brooksville, Maine, and I write about them a lot. I’m a runner, for the most part. I love being with my family. I speak Russian, French, and a little bit of Czech. I used to be on a professional jump rope team. I also used to ride horses. I still dream about it. I enjoy nature and small children more than your average individual. I enjoy food probably about as much as your average individual, but I guarantee you that I think about it more. Mostly, I enjoy life.
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Why I Cook.
First and foremost, I cook because I eat. Because I love to eat. I cook because I like to understand ingredients, because I’m fascinated by the way they interact and perfect each other. I cook because it’s a great way to flirt. But I think beyond the basic love of food, what I like about cooking is that there is no deadline. When I see something that looks incredible I don’t think “Oh man, I have to make this before Tuesday I better run to the store right away and get on it.” I can make that incredible looking thing anytime. I can make it more than once. I will appreciate it just as much on this Tuesday as I will on next Tuesday and on Tuesday a year from now. It’s kind of comforting. Sure, once you actually commit to making something you have to be there for it – you can’t just abandon it in the middle of the process. And occasionally you have to get this and this and this baked by this time because there are 20 people coming over. But the recipes themselves will wait. They stick around, and they’ll be there, ready, whenever you feel like exploring them.
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Why I Blog.
I started blogging when I returned from four months living in the Czech Republic. The thought of going back to Duke and returning to my confined and semi-miserable state after such an incredible, exciting, life-changing semester was terrifying. I wanted to do something that would keep me sane, keep me from drowning in math, keep me from thinking only about my long-distance boyfriend and the next time I would see him. I wanted to create something that was mine, somewhere that I could write, share myself, share my photos, and be creative. Blogging turned out to be a lot more work than I expected, but I like it. A lot. And I plan on continuing.
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Fun Fact.
The name of this blog comes from an old war-time song my grandmother used to sing to me when I was little:
K-K-K-Katie, beautiful Katie You’re the only g-g-g-girl that I adore When the m-m-moon shines Over the cow shed I’ll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door.Thanks for stopping by! I hope you like what you find, and if you do, be sure to subscribe in one of the links on the right.
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Katie at the Kitchen Door on Tastespotting
Katie at the Kitchen Door on Foodgawker
My Flickr, for more than just food.
(All photographs are my original work. Please ask before reproducing.)
