About Me

Bonjour, I’m Bella!

I love to cook, bake, and do anything that involves food. I have been cooking since I was a little girl and have never grown tired of it. I have always felt that one of the easiest ways to connect is through food. In both good and bad situations I have found that food is a common feature that can bring everyone together. That’s why I have made it my goal to share recipes that I create and genuinely love.

I don't have any special culinary training. Aside from two cooking classes I took in junior high, I am completely self-taught. I do not believe that you need a special education or fancy equipment to make beautiful food. I strongly believe that the art of cooking and baking is a passion that can be felt deeply and expressed in many ways. Secondly, food and cooking have always helped people to connect and spend more time together. If you think about it, there really isn't one common "interest" that every single human being on the planet shares. However, everyone single person has to eat. Thus the "interest" to stay alive by means of consuming food was created! I believe that no matter what difference of interests or beliefs one has, you can always connect through food.

A little bit about me:

I'm twenty-six and currently live in Utah with my husband, Jacob. In my free time you can almost always find me in the kitchen or watching Seinfeld... but usually both at the same time. When I'm not in the kitchen, you can find me watching movies or quirky TV shows (Twin Peaks!!!), occasionally taking photos on my film camera, and spending time with my family. I currently work in the Financial/Cryptocurrency industry. Yes, I do work a full time in addition to running Persona Kitchen!

I have a very "mise en place" personality, as you soon will learn. Everything I do in the kitchen (and out of the kitchen for that matter) is done very meticulously and I take great care to attention and detail. 

I am constantly baking treats and making food for Jacob and myself. I have an extreme sweet-tooth so Persona Kitchen is my excuse for making baked goods every week. I am very adventurous when it comes to food. I will try *most* things (seafood is a hard NO for me) and I love all types of cuisine. I can have a bacon cheeseburger, boeuf bourguignon, or a hot bowl of phở all in the same week and enjoy them all the same. I have always put my own spin on classic recipes but I also enjoy developing and creating my own recipes as well. It was only a natural extension  to create a food blog to categorize and share my recipes with you.

The Blog, Persona Kitchen:

The blog, Persona Kitchen, was originally titled A Common Kitchen and stayed that way for the first two years of it’s life. However, I was never satisfied with the name A Common Kitchen. However, I was so eager to start a food blog that I just chose the first name that I didn’t mind. I just rolled with the name because I figured it didn’t really matter what the name was. One day, I was talking with Jacob and I told him that I wanted to change the name of the blog but I had NO idea what I wanted to change it to. He asked if I had any ideas but I didn’t. He then asked me, “Well are there any words that you like?” and I replied, “Yeah… I like the word Persona.” Thus, the name Persona Kitchen was born and I love it. It fits me and the blog so well. So it’s safe to say that this is the permanent blog name and no more changes will be made.

All recipes, photography, and thoughts are my own unless stated otherwise.