Hi, I’m Yukari! My husband, Aric, a talented chef, and I are on a mission to bring people together through the magic of cooking. We want to build a virtual cooking community where we share budget-friendly meal prep tips, host fun challenges, and teach classes beyond recipes—we tell stories of love, life, and even the lessons we learn from our fur babies. Yes, our Bernese Mountain Dog, Senna, the Dish Pit Pup, and our Ginger cat, Ka-En, the Sous Chef Kitten, are part of the journey too! We believe food is more than just fuel—it’s about connection, culture, and creativity. If you enjoy heartwarming stories, engaging Q&As, and cooking made simple, we’d love to have you in our community.🔪🍲 Join us to cook, laugh, and share the love—one meal at a time.
Welcome to The Kitchen Table 🍽️ (You Helped Build It!)
A new space for smarter, simpler, more joyful cooking, with YOU at the center.Hello Reader,It's Yukari! The blog is taking a pause… but YOU just helped start something even better! We're pressing pause on the blog for a little while. But not because we're stepping away. In fact, it's the opposite. Something new is simmering… and YOU helped name it! In our last email, I asked what we should name this newsletter, and you voted! 🎉 (Thank YOU!🙏) Welcome to More connection. More support. Less polished perfection, more practical help. And this isn't just our project. It's a community we're building with you. 🍽️ Here's what you can expect:🗳️ Quick polls on what classes, recipes, and tools you want next, and our logo design-making decision 🎨 Behind-the-scenes peeks into our daily kitchen life 👩🍳 Exclusive recipes and printable guides for your home cooking 📬 Real Talk from something light (chaotic Ka-En chasing after Senna, not the other way around 🤣) to deeper food & wellness topics (current food and health industry, food insecurity, and more!) P.S. While the blog's on pause, our Personal Chef Services in Colorado are still going strong, including Private Dinner Parties and In-Home Cooking Classes. (Currently, our weekly meal prep service has a waitlist.) 🎄 Holiday bookings fill up fast, so now's a great time to lock in your date! [BOOK NOW!] With love (and probably BBQ sauce on our aprons), P.P.S. Wanna peek at the blog update? 📖 Read it here
Thanks for being part of our Kitchen Table, and Happy Cooking! |
Yukari Bianchi
Hi, I’m Yukari! My husband, Aric, a talented chef, and I are on a mission to bring people together through the magic of cooking. We want to build a virtual cooking community where we share budget-friendly meal prep tips, host fun challenges, and teach classes beyond recipes—we tell stories of love, life, and even the lessons we learn from our fur babies. Yes, our Bernese Mountain Dog, Senna, the Dish Pit Pup, and our Ginger cat, Ka-En, the Sous Chef Kitten, are part of the journey too! We believe food is more than just fuel—it’s about connection, culture, and creativity. If you enjoy heartwarming stories, engaging Q&As, and cooking made simple, we’d love to have you in our community.🔪🍲 Join us to cook, laugh, and share the love—one meal at a time.
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