About Me

Hi there! My name is Heather. I’m a vegetarian turned vegan, so you’ll still see some older vegetarian recipes on this blog. I am the oldest of five, a mother, music teacher, writer, recipe developer, aspiring food photographer, ex-podcaster, and an expat living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and an ex-expat who lived in Beijing, China, for 5 years, thus beginning my expat bug and this blog. I couple all of my food posts with a music video and drink pairing, so you can fully enjoy the experience of cooking that particular dish. A heavenly trifecta of awesome. 

I love writing, especially about my life and, lately, middle-grade fiction. You can check out many of my publications here: medium.com/@foodgalleygab. Of course, I love writing about food, too. This blog should reflect much of my love for writing and food. My food mantra is this: clean out your fridge and waste nothing. This is how I cook. I’d never written down any of my recipes, and this is why and how this blog was born. Most of what I concoct has been inspired by my following philosophy, “Like the mind, food is a terrible thing to waste!” – FGG

Since I graduated college, I have briefly lived in Texas, North Carolina, and California, back to New York (my home), and stayed a bit longer in Oregon, China, back to Oregon, and now, Saigon, Vietnam. I’ve had the most amazing opportunities to travel around Asia and Europe whilst living abroad. My stories and food will reflect my life’s travels. I hope you enjoy this new chapter of mine and all that follows. Thanks so much for stopping by!

-Heather

 

 

 

 

 

MY FIRST POST:

Hello food lovers, bloggers, and fellow veg-heads!

I am a vegetarian food blogger who is just skimming the surface of how this blog stuff functions and am learning the ins and outs of food photography. I am an elementary music teacher at an international school, a new mom, a wife, and an expat. I live in Beijing, China and have been living the craziest and wildest adventures for over four years now. This is my fifth and final year here and then off to Oregon (though I’m a native New Yorker). I’ve decided that during my last year in Asia I want to finally get this blog going, chronicle my last year of travels, and become an amateur food photographer. Though I have no formal training as a cook or a chef, it is a hobby that I have had for about 15 years now. It really blossomed when I lived in OR and spent many a day cooking with my fabulous vegan friend, April. We’d drink wine, listen to loads of music (back then we were really into Feist & Rodrigo y Gabriela), create food and cocktails, and cook for all of our friends. More about that in future posts on the fantastic reflections and recollections of my life (there are many). My BS is in Classical Piano Performance and my Med is in Music Education. Thus far, creating this blog with the very little experience and understanding of the deep and inner workings of this blog-o-sphere world has been my most challenging education yet! I rarely use recipes when I cook and my philosophy is to never waste food, therefore I am often concocting dishes from what is left in my fridge. I wanted to finally write down my creations and actually be able to give people a solid recipe when they’d ask me for one of my dishes that didn’t sound like “oh you know, a little of this, a pinch of that” etc. So, I shall leave you with this… Expect some awesomely weird, fun, and ridiculous posts. I hope you both enjoy and join me on this blogging adventure!

Mangia!
Heather