Welcome to My Food Butler - a local service created for your convenience. This is my blog - where I dish on my journey to business. Here's a little about us:

We will prepare your meals for you, stock them in your fridge, and include easy to execute instructions for re-heating. All the convenience of "ready-made" food - without the preservatives, additives, and unknowns. My Food Butler uses the freshest and most local ingredients possible and the food prepared with these ingredients is filled with the goodness of homemade.

Each month a menu is posted, from which you can order for the weekly deliveries. If you can pick out the entire month at once - great! If you prefer to order on a week-by-week basis - great! It's your service and is meant to make at least one part of your life simpler.

Menus for each week will consist of 4-5 entree type of dishes, sides, soup, salads, sandwich stuffers (or salad toppers), fresh baked bread of the week, a couple of a la carte items, organic fresh baby food for the mom and dads out there, and dessert. We have addressed the growing diversity of tastes by making each dish vegetarian optional. You order per serving and can specify which dishes should or shouldn't include local organic humanely raised meats. Once you choose your preferences you simply fax over an order form or send us an email. Early the following week we will bring your food right to you - at home (to you or a cooler) or at the office.

My Food Butler is my new baby and a fabulous alternative to the restaurant business I almost dove into. Happily I've changed direction and while I'm ready ready ready I'm also open to feedback and any fabulous ideas. The key for me is to be flexible, readily able to give you what you want. It is after all, your Food Butler.

We should be in full swing in the next few weeks - I can't wait! I have been perusing the farmer's markets, meeting local vendors, and getting together some fabulous recipes. My kitchen is humming as I bake bread, wring fresh pasta through it's machine, and try all sorts of new recipes. I'll keep you posted!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

A little about me...

I was born and raised in Connecticut and have had the pleasure of living in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Israel. I have worked with the Indigenous Maya of Chiapas Mexico, apprenticed with a Medicine Man, studied international law and human rights along side people from more than 40 countries with professors from some of the highest ranking higher education institutions from across the globe (from the US to Africa), I worked at the Baha'i World Centre for the Universal House of Justice, and then married my Persian husband and moved to Austin, Texas.

Throughout that whirlwind of a life which lasted through my 20's and started my 30's I was able to taste some extraordinary foods, eat with amazing people from all walks of life, and learn about the gorgeous diversity of this splendid planet. I treasure those lessons and wish everyone could see the beauty of the world the way I do, if even for a second. Food has been a staple throughout these experiences and still is today as we dine with our loved ones, spend long evening eating with friends, and savor the unequivical bbq of Texas.

I love this place and I love the fresh foods to be found here. Cooking was not my first dream, but is one of my passions. People eating good, healthy - but delicious food is another. I really believe that the time we spend at the table, alone pondering our day, with family learning about their days, or with friends recapping the time since we last saw each other is essential to our general well-being. If preparing food is stressful it takes away from the glorious gifts of dining. This is how "My Food Butler" came to be. I wanted to serve my community yet remain flexible as I take a break from my free flying life to settle in and start a family. This is one way I can give back, to give you all a break and serve your home with local organic foods so you don't have to.

I add the fresh flowers to the orders because a table with fresh flowers has an added bit of life and we can all benefit from that! It is with love that I prepare the food and deliver it to you, and it my hope that you are better able to enjoy your day with those foods around you - be it a warm dinner, a slice of toasty homemade bread, or a snappy green salad. I bid you good eating!
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