While most people sneak into the kitchen to get a snack, Helen Rennie spent her life sneaking into the kitchen to cook. At 10, she thought making bean soup was more exciting than practicing the piano. At 18, she was feeding her fellow college students in exchange for help with her programming assignments. After finishing her degree in Computer Science, she went to Provence, France to study art history and ended up studying the art of cooking and eating. Traveling through the Mediterranean made her fall in love with the sun drenched cuisine of the coast.

Upon return to the States, she spent most of her free time exploring the fish and farmer's markets of Boston and cooking every kind of fish and vegetable she could get her hands on. Bored with her job at a dysfunctional dot-com, and not having enough money for culinary school, Helen got an internship in Casablanca Restaurant, and spent her nights and weekends learning the ropes of professional cooking. What started out as a hobby turned into a teaching position at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. After teaching over 300 students, Helen decided to open her own kitchen to anyone who wants to learn about food. That's how, in 2005, Helen's Kitchen was born.

Helen's cooking philosophy centers on finding creative ways to prepare local ingredients.

Beyond Salmon Food Blog - find out what Helen had for dinner