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The girl

Name: Emily AKA Emiline or Emiline220
Age: Late twenties
Where: Charlottesville, Virginia
Day Job: Freelance web designer

Other Important Info: I live with my boyfriend (and high school sweetheart) Brandon, who is mentioned quite often since he’s my main taste tester. I have three cats. I love food, photography, TV, nature and design. I’m kind of a geek (but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that).

The site

The Beginning: In 2008, after years of eating out for the majority of the week and rarely cooking, I finally got to the point where I just did not want to step foot in one more restaurant. I was tired of the unhealthy food, the money wasted and it was finally motivation enough to get me back to my kitchen.

I started this site as a way to chronicle this new part of my life (and hopefully help me stick to it), but also to be able to share recipes and tips and learn new things. Since I love taking photos, this has given me a wonderful new outlet for that as well.

About the Recipes: I’m not a gourmet. I’m a very picky eater. I love Top Chef, but I’d probably only eat half of what those guys come up with. However, I’m trying very hard to expand my horizons and eat healthier and more of a variety of foods.

I have always been partial to baking, but I really don’t need the excuse to make more desserts, so I try to share a variety of recipes, sometimes healthy, sometimes not. I’m more concerned about food that tastes good and is simple to make. I do try to stay away from very high fat/calorie foods, but I have to splurge sometimes (especially around the holidays)! Your can view the Recipe Index for a categorized listing of all the recipes here or the Ingredients Index if you want to search for a specific ingredient.

Copyright and Usage: All content and photos on this site are mine, so please don’t steal anything! Generally, I am open to letting people use my photos on their personal blogs/websites, etc., but please ask first.

As far as recipes go, if it’s not an original recipe I always note where I got it from. You can’t really copyright a recipe, but you can copyright the wording of a recipe. As such, I never copy someone’s recipe word-for-word and I would ask that you do the same.

Please don’t misunderstand, the point of this site is to share recipes and I would love it if you try one of my recipes and post about it on your own blog, but just don’t copy it exactly. Write the instructions out in your own words! Edit it, add to it, make notes about what did and didn’t work for you. Believe me, your readers will appreciate it if you take the extra time to do this rather than just copy and paste someone else’s work.

Contact: I welcome your comments, suggestions, questions, etc. You can contact me using this handy-dandy contact form or you can email me directly: emily [at] backtothecuttingboard.com