About Me

Fast forward several years to culinary school, where I fine-tuned my cooking skills.  In 2010, I opened my own luncheonette, which I operated for four years. I loved running the business and created customized meal plans for clients struggling with weight loss and also made meals for clients with dietary restrictions. 

After closing the business, I decided to go back to school and pursue two Master’s Degrees.

In July of 2017, I married my husband and my number one food taster, Jeremy.  A year later, we moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where we still live today.  

We are true soul mates. He also loves being creative and we both enjoy doing projects around the house together. Most of the time I’ll have an idea and ask Jeremy how we could execute it.  Some of our recent projects have been building our dining room table. We also painted various accent walls in our house.  Jeremy built a live-edge table for our dining room, and I drew a monogram in the middle of the table. When it comes to the painting he’s the “taper” and I’m the painter, LOL!

Let me tell you more about my love for food!

I love teaching people how to be successful in the kitchen, sharing my knowledge about cooking techniques, knife skills, and recipe tricks, and more.

When you know how to apply different techniques you can make just about anything. 

I think everyone needs a few key recipes in their arsenal that they can prepare very well for a small or large group of people. Food is a a connector between people, creates memories, and play a big part in all of our lives. Which is why  I think it’s so important to have good go-to staples in your back pocket. 

I think about food 24/7. 

I would say at  least 70% of my day is spent scrolling Instagram looking at pictures of food and recipes that I want to make or eat. I even write down the names of restaurants that I want to try. I’m a true foodie. 

I literally dream about recipes.  When developing a recipe, I’ll often go to bed and think about an idea and technique―and wake up with fresh ideas and plans for how I’ll create and execute on that new recipe.

I hope you enjoy Krysten’s Custom Craves!

This is my platform for sharing my love of cooking unforgettable food, thirst quenching beverages, mouth watering sweets, and some fun and amazing cooking tips.