Hi and welcome to Kiersten Eats!
Here’s the #1 thing you need to know about me …
I love food. It’s so hard to convey what that sentence (if it’s really even a sentence) means to me. It carries so much more weight – no pun intended! – than just those simple words.
I. Love. Food.
‘Love’ simultaneously sounds like a throwaway phrase, like “oh I love your shoes”, and also feels like wayyy over-stating feelings about something you chew and swallow, and the whole plate is gone in minutes … but that’s truly how I feel.
I have deep, passionate, everlasting love for food.
Sometimes it’s nostalgic, like when I eat lasagna and I think of my mother making her lasagna, smelling it cooking alongside incredible-smelling garlic bread, on a cozy winter’s night in, surrounded by my three Golden Retrievers, and the ginger cat who channeled his inner Garfield with his lasagna obsession.
Sometimes it’s a reminder of travel memories, like how Croque Monsieur will always remind me of my first time in Paris, sitting in a café in Montmartre, eating this incredible cheesy goodness with a glass of French wine, gazing out to the street while rain drizzled, creating a movie-like reflection of the street lamps on the road.
Sometimes it’s just a reminder that our tastebuds are phenomenal things, and you can find a whole parade full of unexpected flavors, creating an entire experience from one simple bite. That one bite has the ability to stay with you forever; the smell will remind you of where you were, and how you felt, upon first tasting this morsel.
Food, and its associated memories, are so much more powerful than you may even realize!
I hope my passion here is contagious, and you, dear reader, start to embark upon a baking journey (or continue the baking journey you’re already on!) and try some bakes you would never have attempted before. You never know what you’re capable of until you try!
About Me
Welcome to my site! I am Australian-born and raised, and I now live with my husband in Buffalo, NY with my husband, Adam.
I love to bake. I love to cook. I love to travel. I love to eat, while travelling. I also love TV shows. My recipes are all inspired by something I ate while travelling, or something I’m watching on TV – my two favorite hobbies.
Food is so ingrained in my memories, nostalgia, and essentially my personality, so I love that on Kiersten Eats, I can combine all my loves in one happy online place.
Kiersten Eats Recipes
Please note, if you are looking for quick recipes relying on box-mix cakes, instant puddings or Jell-O, you are in the wrong place. The recipes I love, create, test, and share are a little more labor-intensive, but I promise the extra ingredients and effort are all worth it. I take great pride in my baked goods, and love when I’ve made every little bit with my own two hands – and you will feel the same when creating such deliciousness all by yourself!
Follow me on Instagram or TikTok and tag me in any of my recipes you try! I’d love to see your bakes!