hey! I am Leah.

Nice to meet ya.

     I am the co-creator of two wild little boys and wife to the most top-notch human ever to roam the face of the planet. In my spare time I am a non-profit pioneer who also happens to be a photographer and kitchen adventurer. It all goes back to telling stories. Through Photography, I get to tell someone’s story through images. Cooking in an opportunity to connect to someone through a shared meal. There is nothing more powerful than a person’s story. That is why I am here.

I am a product of the place I am from- a girl born and raised in the gloriously unique Louisiana. The kind of place where the heat of a summer day is matched only by the spice in the food. Growing up in a place steeped in its own rich and unique food culture, its hard not to fall in love with the art of food you are constantly surrounded by. Perhaps it is this very place which has given me such a fascination with how we nourish ourselves and care for others through food. From a young age I began helping my grandmother in the kitchen of her Bed and Breakfast on the weekends. It was there I begin to see the power of connecting to others through feeding them.
     At my very core I believe my purpose in the world is to offer others a hand to hold as they jump into the life they were called to live in the fullest. Because of this my husband and I have started a nonprofit, Juniper Table, to offer strategic planning, communications consulting and refreshment to those working in hard places of the world: missionaries, non-profit workers and International pastors. 
     I believe the most powerful way to connect with a person's story is at a table over a shared a meal prepared with love (and usually hot coffee). I am inviting you into my kitchen because I want to share what I am learning and cooking with others, because I believe in the  power of food to gather. So here I am, cooking for people and encouraging others to do the same. One of my favorite scriptures in the Bible is John 12:21, "Jesus said to them, 'Come and have some breakfast.' None of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.".

I like to think His very closest friends knew who He was because he was offering biscuits, that is how I would like to be recognized too.

The world could use a lot more love and a little more good food.

Let's get to it.