Welcome to the first Foodista interview! In the future we plan to interview all kinds of people in the food world and share their experiences, ideas, and insights.

The clean, crisp air of Seattle, with its slightly salty breeze, calls for a meal of fresh fish.

This is such an easy recipe for peas, and a nice change to the ordinary steamed preparation.

I've never been to Africa, much less Ethiopia, but Ethiopian cuisine is one of my favorites. The only thing that many Americans only know about Ethiopia, is that it had terrible famine in the 1980s, when more 1 million people starved.

It wasn't until I lived in Seattle, with easy access to Taylor Shellfish Farms, that I truly began to love mussels. How many meals afford you the opportunity to gobble and scoop with the food's own shell?

Hi, my name is Sheri and I'm a DRY Soda-aholic. There, I said it. I'm not ashamed of it. If you tasted these you would be addicted too.

It's hard to believe that these dirty looking root vegetables can transform into such tender, buttery goodness.

It's Valentine's Day and I want to write about something other than gooey chocolate desserts to tantalize your loved one. I want to write about love.