My name is Jennifer and I have been married to a chef for 25 years.

I blog about my life as a chef wife and how we combine restaurant and family life each day.

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24 Years Ago my Chef/Husband Asked Me to be his Girlfriend

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24 years ago today my chef/husband asked me to be his girlfriend. And with the exception of a few short hours one night in college, we’ve been together ever since.

I’m not exactly sure how that is possible, since I’m only 29 (ok, not really), but wow! That’s a long time! I feel old.

I’ve known my husband since I was 4 and he was 5. Our families went to the same church and our parents were friends. While I don’t really have many memories that include my husband when I was young, my mother-in-law loves to remind me about how I sang and danced in front of their fire place one evening when I was little. I’m sure that never really happened and she’s probably making it up . . . (Can I tell you how many songs and dances I’ve had the privilege of watching since we’ve had kids? If my mom were still alive she would be laughing and probably calling it payback for all the “shows” she had the privilege of watching when I was little!) read more…

Am I Writing About Things that Interest You?

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I’ve been blogging for over a year now about our family and how we combine restaurant and family life. Every time something happens at home that I think would be a good blog post, I jot it down and/or take a picture. I have a pretty good list of ideas going. . .

But then I started thinking . . . I wonder if I’m writing about things that are truly interesting to other chefs’ families. I can see how many people visit the site. I can see what website or keyword brought you to my site. But I can’t actually see YOU or talk to you (unless you comment.) read more…

Never Doubt a Chef in the Kitchen

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Never doubt your chef/husband in the kitchen.

If you ask him a question about a recipe and he gives you an answer, he’s probably right.

You would think that after 18 ½ years of being married to a chef, I would have learned.

Apparently not . . .

The other day I had to make coffee cake for the staff at our daughters’ school. I LOVE the New York Style coffee cake my husband makes at work and since I had to make a large quantity, I figured I would only have to scale down the recipe a little instead of a lot. I’m all for practicing my math skills, but why go to the extra work if I don’t need to? 🙂

I wasn’t sure the best way to cook it, so I emailed my chef/husband and asked him what the size of a hotel pan was, since I don’t have a hotel pan here at home. (I probably could have googled this and done a little math, but am so glad I didn’t.) read more…

Happy Father’s Day Chef!

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Today is Father’s Day here in the United States. Many children will be waking up early all excited to spend the day celebrating their Dads. Lots of cards and gifts have been made at school, ugly ties have been purchased and wrapped up and there will be lots of hugs and slobbery kisses.

But just like many other holidays, my chef/husband will be at work. I’m not quite sure how the girls will be today, especially because they will probably not get to see him at all. Hopefully there will not be any tears and we will not have to relive the conversation about Daddy not having a “normal” job. read more…

Do You Know What Summer Vacation Means for a Chef’s Family?

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It’s finally the last week of school for our two older girls. It’s been weeks of seeing friends from around the country post their end of the school year pictures on Facebook and it’s finally our turn.

While summer vacation is a great thing for most families, for the family of a chef it’s AMAZING!! Why? Because no matter what days my husband takes off (which change weekly, daily or hourly based on what’s going on in the restaurant) we are all home and can do things together. Or we can just hang out. (Although that’s something our younger two haven’t really figured out yet. They still think that if Daddy is home they need to be right on top of him every second of the day. We’ll have to work on that a bit.)

For this past school year, my husband has had very few weekend days off. So while I have had time to spend with him and so has our youngest daughter who was still at home full time, the older two really only had a few hours in the evening after school to spend with him. There have been some tough moments, the hardest was probably when our 9 year old actually asked, “Why can’t Daddy have a normal job?” That’s a hard one to answer. read more…