About
Meet Lauren McDuffie
Hello, home cook! I’m Lauren, and I’m thrilled you’re here. In short, I’m a professional home cook, and I’ve worked in and around food for more than 15 years. I absolutely love crafting deliciously doable recipes for home cooks all over the world. My expertise stands at the crossroads of Southern and Appalachian cooking and crafting easy, delicious recipes for busy home cooks. I’m definitely happiest in the kitchen, with my camera. So, connecting with other passionate food lovers through a shared affection for cooking stands as the cornerstone of My Kitchen Little, which was established in 2019 as a helpful haven for home cooks.
I’m a Portland, OR-based food blogger, cookbook author, photographer and stylist, and writer and I spend much of my time working with food in as many ways as I can. Additionally, I am the author and photographer of the critically acclaimed memoir-style, Appalachian cookbook, Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest (May 2019), the healthier Southern cookbook, Southern Lights (June 2023), and Homemade-ish (July 2024). I’m the creator of the Saveur Magazine-nominated cooking blog, Harvest and Honey. Harvest and Honey also won the IACP award for best culinary blog writing, as well.
I also write the newsletter, Talking With My Mouth Full, to which I’d just LOVE for you to subscribe.
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Lauren’s work has amassed a global following and has been featured in:
- Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review
- Huffington Post
- Elle
- EyeSwoon
- Saveur
- The New York Times
- BuzzFeed
- Refinery 29
- NPR
- The New Orleans Times Picayune
My Kitchen Little
Making great food doesn’t have to be difficult, time-consuming or expensive. My Kitchen Little recipes are all designed with efficiency and practicality in mind for busy and cost-conscious cooks. We’re looking out for the small kitchen dwellers, too. In sum, this is easy food for the modern home cook.
Sometimes the very best recipes are the simplest. They’re the ones that let the quality and flavors of their ingredients speak for themselves. It is absolutely possible to prepare beautiful, fresh, and flavorful meals without breaking the bank. We don’t need to spend hours in the kitchen.
Also, who wants to use (and wash) every pan in sight? My Kitchen Little explores ways to make cooking more accessible, and we’ll do it all without sacrificing flavor or quality. This is hassle-free cooking – and it’s all easy. Because there’s no reason not to be.
Additionally, many of our recipes have very minimal ingredient lists. As such, we rely on fresh ingredients and classic pantry staples. This underscores my belief in the power of simplicity. Furthermore, this highlights the rewards that come when we allow quality ingredients to lead the way.
Basic and free from clutter or unnecessary extras, this blog reflects my day-to-day cooking philosophy. I won’t wax on about my day to day minutiae. This is a recipe space, pure and simple. I do, however, spend time in each post explaining things to help readers in their cooking pursuits. By offering reliable, highly doable recipes, I hope you’ll want to join me in the kitchen, whatever size it may be.
Welcome to My Kitchen Little. I’m so thrilled you’re here.
