About Me
Hi! I’m Tiffany, the professionally trained cook, baker, photographer, recipe developer, and enthusiastic bread eater behind Living Sweet Moments.
I was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, and now live in sunny Miami, where fall baking weather usually means turning down the air conditioning and pretending the palm trees are changing colors.
I started Living Sweet Moments in 2014 as a place to share my recipes and little pieces of my life. Since then, the blog has grown and changed right along with me. My daughters have grown up, my cooking has evolved, and somewhere along the way, I became completely obsessed with sourdough.
Some of you have been here since the beginning, while others may have just discovered the blog while searching for tonight’s dinner or something sweet to bake. Either way, I’m so happy you’re here.
Baking with my Grandma
How It All Started
My love of cooking began when I was a little girl watching my grandmother in the kitchen. I was fascinated by everything she made, especially her beautiful cakes. Those moments with her planted the seed for what would eventually become my career and this blog.
As I got older, I began developing my own recipes and even spent a year working in catering. I later earned a Culinary Arts degree from Le Cordon Bleu in Miami and a professional Baking degree from IEPAN in Venezuela.
I also have a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. It may not help a soufflé rise, but it occasionally comes in handy when negotiating with a temperamental sourdough starter.
The Food You’ll Find Here
Living Sweet Moments is all about delicious food made from scratch by a real mom cooking in a real kitchen. You’ll find practical family meals, lots of desserts, homemade breads, and my growing adventures in sourdough baking.
Some recipes are quick and easy, while others are weekend projects made for those days when flour ends up on every surface of the kitchen. I love creating food that feels special and impressive but is still approachable enough to make at home.
Every recipe is developed and tested in my kitchen, with my family serving as very honest and occasionally opinionated taste testers. I share the tips, techniques, and little details that can help you get great results without making cooking feel more complicated than it needs to be.
Whether you’re looking for an easy dinner, a beautiful dessert, or another excuse to feed your sourdough starter, I hope you’ll find something here that becomes a favorite in your home.
Life Outside the Kitchen
I live in Miami with my husband, Carmelo, and our two daughters. One is away at college, and the other is still at home. They have been my official taste testers for years, whether they volunteered for the position or not.
Our house is also shared with William, better known as Willy, our sweet deaf mini Aussiedoodle; Walter, our beautiful flame point Siamese who wakes up every morning and chooses violence; Wayne, who is simply Wayne and cannot be adequately explained; and Mochi, our leopard gecko, who wisely stays out of everyone’s drama.
When I’m not cooking, baking, photographing food, or cleaning the kitchen for what feels like the 47th time that day, I love traveling and discovering new places, preferably through their bakeries, markets, and restaurants.
I also enjoy playing mahjong. Am I especially good at it? No. Do I let that stop me? Also no.
A Few More Things About Me
- My favorite foods are bread and cake. Yes, cake is a food group.
- I prefer sweets to savory, although a crusty loaf of bread can make me reconsider my loyalties.
- I’m a left-handed Capricorn, which probably explains several things.
- I gained 15 pounds while attending baking school. Still one of the best educational investments I have ever made.
- I can rarely leave a perfectly good recipe alone. There is always something new to try.
- I believe food doesn’t need to be complicated to be memorable.
- My kitchen is almost never completely clean because I’m usually in the middle of testing something.
- I will happily plan an entire day of travel around one bakery or restaurant I want to try.
- I have no problem making the same recipe repeatedly until it is exactly right. My family may have a different opinion about this.
- Nothing makes me happier than seeing someone make one of my recipes and love it.
Thank you for visiting Living Sweet Moments and inviting my recipes into your kitchen. After more than a decade, I’m still amazed that people from all over the world make the food I create here in Miami.
If you’ve been following since 2014, thank you for growing with me. If you’re new here, welcome! I hope you find something that becomes part of your weeknight dinners, celebrations, holiday tables, or quiet moments with a warm slice of cake.
Make yourself at home, look around, and come hungry.
Buen provecho!
If you have a question or would like to work together, please contact me at tiffany@livingsweetmoments.com
