Explore the diverse areas of interest for Cara Eisenpress, the creator of Big Girls, Small Kitchen, a resourceful guide for young professionals seeking to incorporate home cooking into their lifestyle. Discover what courses Eisenpress is planning to pursue in 2015, which ranges from wine studying to painting and web design.
Key Insights
- Cara Eisenpress is the founder of Big Girls, Small Kitchen, an online guide aimed at encouraging young professionals to cook at home.
- In 2015, Eisenpress showed interest in various fields of learning, including wine, painting, textile arts, web design, and photography.
- She expressed her desire to gain more knowledge about wine, as she feels less confident when faced with a wine list despite being a food enthusiast.
- She also aims to reignite her passion for painting, even if it means dealing with the mess in her small apartment.
- Eisenpress plans to expand her skills in textile arts, hoping to sew her own fancy napkins or macramé a grocery bag.
- As a WordPress site runner, she wants to improve her ability to perform site maintenance tasks independently.
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:
WINEWhy 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.” |
PAINTINGWhy 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 ARTSWhy 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 DESIGNWhy she’s following: “I run a WordPress site and I want to be better about doing site maintenance myself.” |
PHOTOGRAPHYWhy 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!”