About

Round the Table is about food, drinks, people, ideas – all against the backdrop of the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area.  And it’s about life, as it happens in our house, often around the kitchen table.  And friends’ tables, and restaurant tables, picnic blankets as tables, and, well, you get the idea.  Welcome to the table!

My name is Janice.  I’m a native Californian and have lived in California my entire life except for 3 summers in Italy and 2 years in Austin, Tx.  I’m co-founder of FriendsCook.com, which is on its way to beta right now.  I live with my spouse (Prop 8 or no Prop 8), our son, 3 dogs, and a cat in our smalltiny house with gorgeous gardens in the hills of the Peninsula.  I’m a serial house remodeler, an organization development consultant, and a compulsive vegetable gardener.  I generally hate shopping so much that I would rather make hamburger buns from scratch than stop by the grocery store for them.  Our only table is literally the center of our house, in the middle of a kitchen that has no dishwasher and approximately 3 linear feet of counter space.  My Wolf range, acquired in Texas, sits in a lonely storage facility, awaiting the magic day when we can remodel the kitchen.  If I thought I had a chance in the world, I would try to pass an amendment to the State’s Constitution so that people could legally marry their commercial-style stoves.  That, my friend or foe, is what you should really be afraid of.

I can be contacted at janiceray3@mac.com.

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