2015 Tastemaker: Cara Eisenpress, Big Girls, Small Kitchen

Tired of eating take-out every night? Cara Eisenpress has the answer: Big Girls, Small Kitchen, an entertaining guide to help young professionals make home cooking part of their lives.

Ever resourceful and creative, Cara Eisenpress started Big Girls, Small Kitchen as a casual account of what she was cooking in her first tiny, post-college kitchen. It has since evolved into an entertaining resource for young professionals hoping to make home cooking part of their lives. Check out her guides: they’ll make you wonder why you haven’t already started cooking regularly!

We asked Cara what she’s planning on learning in 2015. Here are the subjects she’s following this year:

WINE Why she’s following: “I love food and have become a super confident home cook over the years, all that confidences erodes when I’m faced with a wine list, and I’ve got to remedy that.”

PAINTING Why she’s following: “I’ve always loved to paint, but with a small apartment, messy activities are best avoided…I want to stir up my passion enough that I’ll come home, paint, and not care about the mess.”

TEXTILE ARTS Why she’s following: “I’m obsessed with knitting and want to expand into all the textile arts ever. Plus, if I could learn to sew my own fancy napkins or macramé a grocery shopping bag, I’d be in good shape.“

WEB DESIGN Why she’s following: “I run a WordPress site and I want to be better about doing site maintenance myself.”

PHOTOGRAPHY Why she’s following: “I’m so used to taking food photos for this site that I’d love a creative shake-up that pushed my style, in the kitchen and out.”

AND WHEN WE ASKED WHAT SHE’LL TAKE FIRST? 

“I’d love to take Absolute Beginning Macrame!”