Intentions and eating with a purpose.

I feel like my life has propelled me to Doe Bay for a reason... not only to bring the "food revolution" to one small restaurant on a itty bitty corner of a tiny green island, but to teach me something. There is a lesson here to learn, and I think I've found it - and it's only taken 9 months!

I'm here to find my voice, and its not like the voice of the guy on Hell's Kitchen, or of some loud, stereotypical Chef either, it is a sweet song, kind of quite but sure of itself. Melodic and idealistic, uncompromising and true. This is what I bring to the world, the world of food specifically.

Finding your voice as a Chef is a difficult task, and following the "rules" to create one of the Mother Sauces is just a piece of the puzzle. Like a musician learning to play an instrument note by note before improvising or being a part of a jam session.

So now that I'm composing my own art in my own menus, I feel like Leonard Cohen singing "Bird on a Wire" and always plunging forward doing better than my best on a regular basis.

God/dess of food: I'm glad to be of service.

In gratitude,
- Janay