Suzie & Christy Yates

Sisters Christy and Suzie Yates are currently living, eating and cooking in the Boston area. Christy is a private chef in Cambridge and Boston who has worked at Formaggio Kitchen as a cheesemonger, a baker, a chocolate buyer and a cook. Suzie is a writer breaking into food photography and sustainable agriculture; she has taken web photos for Formaggio Kitchen and volunteers at the Food Project in Lincoln, MA.

Thanks to our family, food is in our blood. Mommom gave us cameos on her local cooking program in York, PA. Mom spoiled us with family dinners, after-school popovers, anadama bread and her famous toffee. Dad experimented with homemade vinegars before diving into BBQ and wine. Our older sister hosts kitchen parties to mass-produce pierogi, Christmas cookies and meatballs; and her husband brews beer.

Our greatest thrill is throwing the kind of dinner party that results in new friends and mountains of dirty dishes. When we're not planning our next meal, we train for half marathons, invest in our church, travel, photograph, memorize movie quotes, dig in the dirt and blog.