eat drink and be…
WallFlour (WF) was started a year ago to emphasize the good things in life, like food and design. To some, those might be a mere after thought. For me, it’s what life is all about. These are not details and should never, ever be overlooked.
I have no professional culinary background. I am just another obsessive, overachieving, and neurotic Asian girl blogging about food and design. With wallFlour, I aim to inspire and share my own ideas about food, cooking, entertaining, and design for anyone interested in bettering their lifestyle.
I truly believe this can be acheived through good food, good company, and a strong desire for all things better. For me, having fun is a huge part of it. If you don’t have fun hosting parties or cooking, then don’t. It’s that simple. Continue being the fun and gracious guest. We need those too.
Time has become such a luxury to us all and enjoying a home cooked meal even more so. There’s no better time than now to make friends with your kitchen. Sunday is the only day I can do any real cooking. I have cooking marathons and have been known to make 3-4 dishes worthy of that evening’s meal, meals for later in the week, as well as a nice amount for freezing a couple portions.
Practice makes perfect and you have to start somewhere. Start with going to your local cheese shop and picking out some cheeses and charcuterie. You’ll start to see that knowing what to buy is more than half the battle. Visiting a local farmers’ market can help you see what is in season and most times the farmers can give you great recipe ideas.
Whether it’s cooking a five course meal for friends or trying a new restaurant, adding your personal flair is an absolute must. I have a very demanding full time day job and there has been many a time in the last year I wanted to call it quits with wallFlour. Than something strange started happening. I started to see my influence spreading among my small group of friends. At least that’s what I like to tell myself.
They started having food related get togethers. Some of these were people that I never even knew used their refrigerators for more than storing film or nail polish. Everyone started flexing their culinary know-how.
I can proudly say that this has been the first year, I have been the invitee more times than ever as opposed to being the lone hostess. And it has been a fabulous one! From Tasting Menus to Boxing Day; from garden parties to sausage parties; from champagne tastings to intimate New Year’s Eve parties…
Keep those invites coming!
xo
camille
Camille Chu, founder of Wallflour, lives in Los Feliz in Los Angeles, CA. Her day job is a freelance designer and art director in the field of motion graphics and branding. She holds a BA in fine art from UCLA and an unofficial degree in consumerism. She is best known for her love and absolute obsession with design, art, fashion, french bullogs, and anything to do with food.
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WALLFLOUR CONTRIBUTORS:
Kate Whittle-Utter is a student at UC Santa Cruz. She is majoring in psychology and hopes to one day become a chef and a restaurant owner. She calls Pasadena, CA. her home but spends most of her summer time immersed in farmers markets, restaurants, and pretentious coffee shops all over LA with her closest friends. She loves travel, outdoors, art history and admits her guilty pleasure is the Food Network.
Bethany Kenyon lives in Los Feliz, Ca., a small neighborhood in East Los Angeles. A hair colorist by day and a foodie by night, she loves to entertain and host with girlfriends and her better half. She’s a self-taught gourmet cook, with a loose style in the kitchen. Her specialties are cupcakes and sandwich cookies and she is constantly concocting new ideas and flavor combinations. She knows how to have fun, experiment, and learn from mistakes while cooking. After all, cooking is a joy and pleasure.
Jonathan Miertschin is a writer that lives in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. For the last the 10 years he has sacrificed professional success in order to participate in the social scene of LA’s east side.