Fast, fresh and simple for tonight’s dinner.

A career started 3 years ago…right here on this little blog

Jaden Hair is a television chef, food columnist and award-winning food blogger at Steamy Kitchen. You can watch her cook twice a month on Daytime Show, syndicated in 120 markets. Jaden is a food columnist for Discovery’s TLC and for Tampa Tribune. Jaden is a cookbook author of The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook, which launched Fall 2009. With over 60,000 followers, Jaden is one of the most influential people in food on Twitter.

She has been featured on the Today Show, CBS Early Show, Martha Stewart Living Radio, Oprah.com, and Parents Magazine. Jaden was recently named one of the hottest women in food (blush) and also one of the best food bloggers on Forbes.com. And yes, her career really did start 3 years ago on SteamyKitchen.com!

Jaden is a mom of two little boys, Andrew and Nathan, who love to eat almost as much as she does! Her latest adventure is a 5-acre community farm to be built in October.

Jaden Hair Demo Reel from Jaden Hair on Vimeo.

Where you can find me

A community farm project that I started May 2010.

My first cookbook, published in October 2009 by Tuttle Publishing.

Weekly food columnist in The Tampa Tribune, every Wednesday online and Sunday in print.

The Steamy Kitchen segment airs in this syndicated show twice a month.

Food columnist – “Steamy Kitchen on TLC” for Discovery’s TLC

Co-publisher of Food Blog Forum – a place for food bloggers to learn about photography, styling, social media, monetization and technology.

Co-publisher of New Asian Cuisine – a site that promotes Asian recipes, food news and chefs.

My “blog-sistah” Ree Drummond of The Pioneer Woman started this amazing recipe-sharing community, and I’m happy to writing a weekly column for Tasty Kitchen.

You can also find my recipes on Simply Recipes. My dear friend Elise runs this very popular recipe site.

Media Mentions

See the Media page

About the Photography

I take all the photos on the site. My camera is a Canon 40D with a 60mm macro lens for the food porn shots. If I’m shooting with very little natural light, I use an inexpensive but amazing set of lights called Lowel EGO.

My style of food photography is clean, simple, and showcases the beauty of food without a lot of fancy props. All of the food created is real. Meaning, I don’t use food photography tricks like using Elmer’s glue to mimic milk, spray food with glycerin to make it look shiny, and I certainly don’t fluff and position each grain of rice.

93% of the dishes and recipes featured are created in my home kitchen and are eaten for dinner that night after a quick 2 minute photo-shoot. The other 7% of the food is still created in my home kitchen….but late at night when my kids are asleep and I don’t have to share any of it!

If you’re interested in food photography, I post often about food photography tips.

Thank you sponsors:

I endorse the National Pork Board and Hokto Kinoko.

Confucius say:

1. One who has harmony in seasonings need no recipe. Know basic combinations of seasonings in types of cuisines Chinese: soy, sugar, wine, sesame oil Japanese: mirin, soy, sake

2. She who marinates meats–even a quick 10 minutes–will be rewarded with flavorful dish

3. Hot Wokky = No Stikky

4. Cooking not only taste. Use all 5 senses.

5. It is honorable to share your food with friends. Cook more than enough and bring to hungry neighbor.

Ok, ok, Confucious really didn’t say that. I made that shit up.