The Local Kitchen & Drinks

Hi! Im Katie Kick (formerly Katie Goodman) and I am the founder, author, and photographer of Good Life Eats, a family friendly food and lifestyle blog. I am passionate about cooking delicious and beautiful, yet accessible, food for my family and friends. I love trying new foods, discovering new places & things that help my family live that good life. When Im not in the kitchen (or in the office), I enjoy staying active, spending time with our teens and my husband, being outdoors, gardening, traveling, playing with our dogs, running, cycling (Im goodlifeeats on Peloton), and getting lost in a book. I havent completed any formal food training, but I have been in the kitchen all my life. As a child, I expressed an interest in food and cooking creating a cake on the kitchen floor at age three, making Moms chili at eight, and progressing on to regularly preparing family meals in my teen years. Ive always been in the kitchen and now GoodLife Eats has become my place to share what I finds good in the kitchen and in life. In 2008, I started writing at Good Life Eats as a place to document my kitchen experiments and save my favorite recipes mostly for myself and for family members who were always calling with can you give me that recipe? requests, usually when I was in the middle of making my own dinner for my busy 3 1/2 year old son Logan and one year old daughter Madeline. Being a mom of 2 busy children gave me new perspective in the kitchen. I found that I didnt always have time to cook elaborate meals, but that it was a lot easier than it seemed to cook good, healthy food, and still find time to experiment in the kitchen. If youve been around here for a while, youve probably seem me mention Logans picky eating. Take the pickiest eater you know and times that by at least 5. Then add a bit of anxiety to the mix, a peanut allergy, and an extremely stubborn personality. Now, its almost 13 years since Good Life Eats, and Im probably busier than I was back in 2008. Logan is 16