Fast, fresh and simple for tonight’s dinner.

A career started 4 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 Health, TLC and for Tampa Tribune. Jaden is a cookbook author of The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook.

Jaden is one of the most influential food people in social media.

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 as well as The Daily Meal.

Jaden is a mom of two little boys, Andrew and Nathan, who love to eat almost as much as she does! Her husband, Scott, is also part of the Steamy Kitchen team, he’s the web developer that makes the magic on this site happen. See Media Page for list of press mentions, television appearances.

(photo of Jaden & Fire Flapper the Chicken by My Union House | Salvatore & Jennifer Brancifort)

Steamy Kitchen Recipe Gurus

No recipe is ever published without lots of testing! Husband and wife, Adam and Joanne Gallagher are also part of the Steamy Kitchen team. They help me develop, test and photograph recipes. Check out their food blog at Inspired Taste. They are passionate about food, photography and the culinary world. Recipes developed and photographed by Adam and Joanne have been featured by General Mills, POM Wonderful and Wisconsin Cheese. Adam and Joanne were also featured as one of “8 New Blogs Worth Bookmarking” by Cosmopolitan Australia in July 2010.

Where you can find me

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.

Weekly columnist for Discovery Health

Weekly columnist for TLC Parentables

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

Media Mentions

See the Media page

About the Photography

I take all the photos on the site. My camera is a Canon 5D Mark II Canon 40D Canon Rebel XT with a 24-70mm f/2.8L lens 60mm macro and 100mm macro for the food 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 sometimes post about food photography tips and my other site, Food Blog Forum, includes lots of articles on food photography.

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 stuff up.