About J9
J9 is all about food and kitchen lore. She has a love/hate relationship with most gadgets and has been trying to find the perfect a functional ice cream scoop for years. In 2001, J9 graduated from a Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute, and then promptly dismissed the majority of her education there. She went on to work in small bakeries, cafés, and delicatessens, concerning herself with making the perfect cookie and cappuccino, instead of sugar sculptures or duck terrines. She believes that food is best when unpretentious. She prefers dinner at home with friends to fancy chefs' tables (though once every couple of years those are nice, too).
If J9 were Queen, every person would be given seeds, dirt, and time to watch food grow.
After deciding that she loves food too much to make it for a living, J9 returned to "real" college in 2004 to finish her Bachelor's degree in Nothing In Particular, with special emphases in Ethics and Communication. She just returned for a second helping, a Master's degree in Writing and Publishing at Portland State University. J9 feels nervous if there aren't Emergency Waffles in her freezer or raw cookie dough in her fridge. She is secretly addicted to Cadbury's MiniEggs. J9 thinks that little is better than good company, good wine, or good chocolate, in that order. Crusty bread has made her weep with joy.
She lives in Portland, Oregon, with a small flock of hens, two gravy-fed cats, and The Squeeze. In the summertime, you can spot them in roadside ditches, picking blackberries and plotting to take over the world using only compost, OSX, and jam.
