Who we are + What we do
About Alissa
Down-to earth
Contemplative curator.
Lifetime eater.
Off-the-radar artist.
Lover of quiet and creating warm-hearted spaces.
Home-cook rooted and
Culinary curious.
Delighted to welcome you!
My Approach
Cooking to unwind.
Cooking to connect.
Cooking to create.
Cooking to share.
Cooking to eat!
Cooking simply for the love of it.
Join The Contemplative Cook
Connection that roots us around the table.
Nestled into a forested hill along the rural road heading towards Creemore, Ontario, you'll find my little home with a big heart, where stories of life and food and friendship percolate and pour with mugs of hot coffee.
These sweet ordinary life moments of chopping and stirring and creating fill My Kitchen Journal with short reflections inspired by our time cooking together, and are the real life, homegrown ingredients essential for a warm-heart.
You too can be a contemplative cook, in fact we're certain you already are.
Thoughtful, present, creative, kind, and eating at least three times a day. It’s not complicated, but it does take devotion: to pay attention, and to enter the kitchen with an unwavering determination to stay true to your own rhythm, for the sake of art, unfettered love, heart-felt food, and genuine connection.
The warmth of heart is unmistakable. You will feel it.