Smitten Kitchen is a sixteen‑year‑old food blog run by Deb Perelman. Its about page explains that she cooks in a tiny, half‑galley kitchen and shares comfort foods stepped up a bit – from homemade bread and birthday cakes to quick side dishes – while avoiding excessively fussy or pretentious ingredients.

Deb wants her site to be the place you go to find your new favourite thing to cook and encourages readers to contact her directly via deb@smittenkitchen.com, noting that she reads all her own mail.