About

About Anne Livingston

I view the world through food-colored glasses.  I love to grow it, cook it, eat it, photograph it, and talk about it.  As a graduate of Seattle Culinary Academy, and with over three decades of cooking and kitchen experiments under my belt, I have much to say and much more to learn.  I would love to geek out with you about food.  Thank you for visiting!

Contact me at anne (At) bringtoboil {dot] com]

Why “Bring to Boil”?

I like how the boiling point of water is where the action happens: water takes flight in the form of steam.  I want to make things happen too, specifically positive change in the world–and the world of food.   In the case of this blog,  I want to share information and ideas about ways to have delicious, healthy, beautiful food at your own table and in your life.  It’s a lot easier to go forth into the world and make it a better place when you’ve just had an amazing lunch, especially a healthy, sustainable, drop-dead gorgeous one.

Also, I love the lingo in recipes.  Where else besides bookshelf assembly instructions are you allowed to toss out pesky articles such as “a” or ”the”?  – such as a terse “Put pot on burner and bring to boil.”  No time to talk! We’ve got fish to fry.

“Bring to Boil,” in its recipe-speak, also epitomizes my general love of recipes and their ability to reach out across miles and generations to communicate how you made some kind of magic.  Someone loves this.  Write recipe down and share.  Serve immediately.