About Us

Hello! It’s our 1 year birthday today, so happy birthday to us! 12 months ago on this day, I marked the birth of Cook Smarts when I gave my first cooking lesson in a kitchen in San Ramon, California. It had been less than 2 months since I left my job at payments giant Visa where I had worked for five [...]

You all might remember me sharing one of my favorite cooking formulas not too long ago on how to Thai curry. If you haven’t tried it out yet, I think I’ve got just the thing to convince you. Last month, I flew down to sunny SoCal to shoot some food videos with the fabulous folks at KinCommunity a YouTube channel [...]

I’ve been lucky enough over the years to get a glimpse into the world of production. From my brief stint on Season 2 of the Next Food Network Star to a couple of other culinary gigs here and there, I’ve gotten to understand that the folks that bring us quality media work incredibly hard, and it’s not the glamorous lives [...]

I have two mom clients who I meet with about every other week, and while I look forward to seeing all my clients, I get especially excited to see these two. I think the friend dynamic has a lot to do with it – it’s just more fun cooking with friends. If folks made cooking dates, just like they made [...]

For folks that live within our service area (most of the Bay Area): We all know that couples who cook together, stay together, so what are you waiting for this Valentine’s Day? Contact us to get a gift certificate for a couples cooking lesson this Valentine’s Day. Choose from one of our designs below. The Classic Valentine: The Suggestive Valentine: The [...]

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