Michele Graybeal

"A California native, I was born in Berkeley and raised in Mountain View. My mother is German (Bayerisch, to be exact) and my father is American. With a Deutche mom and a jazz-listening-artist dad I developed a love for all things creative - food, art, music, dance - you name it, but with a strong willed optimism (or more accurately, blind faith). My parents fostered that creativity which helped me follow my passions throughout my whole life. Among those passions I've had a career in music as a professional drummer and still have a career in the animation industry as a development artist. Cooking and baking are just another avenue to express my creativity and hope someday they will evolve into a career as well. My blog is about my experiences starting a home-based business, (Hearth & Larder), making European-style baked goods to order and preserves and my exploration of recipes and developing my own. Like my life, It's a work in progress."

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