Hi, I’m Joanne! Welcome to Fifteen Spatulas.

Joanne Ozug standing in the kitchen with a spread of food in front of her

I created this blog in 2010 for people who love to try new recipes and appreciate a little guidance when they’re cooking.

I have step-by-step photos of the process so you know how things are supposed to look every step of the way, plus recipe videos, helpful techniques, tidbits about the how’s and why’s of cooking, and more.

The recipes you’ll find on this blog are all made from scratch, using real ingredients.

About the Fifteen Spatulas blog:

Started in 2010, there are over 700 from-scratch recipes on the blog, approachable for cooks of all levels and meant to focus on flavor.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe - Served on Wax paper on Wooden board

How I came to love food so much:

In my childhood home, it wasn’t uncommon to see fresh dungeness crabs crawling around in our kitchen sink, picked up 30 minutes prior from the San Francisco fish market and ready for my mom to cook it into a fiery thai curry stir fry.

To say my mom was an incredible cook is an understatement. She made me a borderline food snob and I feel pretty grateful that she made us such amazing food.

I ate everything from authentic Korean food, to beouf bourguignon, to the best darned cornbread in all the land.

When you grow up eating delicious things, you never want that to end.

Tomato Burrata Salad - On White Platter With Olive Oil, Balsamic, and Basil

About my cooking style:

I had severe gastroesophagael reflux problems my freshman year of college, and was ill every night. After an endoscopy and a series of GI doctor visits, the doctors got me exempted from the school meal plan and told me to start cooking my own meals.

So that’s what I did. I rented a car every week, drove to the grocery store, got my ingredients, and cooked myself meals in the communal dorm kitchen.

Making the switch from horribly processed cafeteria food to homemade meals really eased my stomach illnesses and taught me that my body needs real food. That’s how my cooking style came to be: food made from scratch using whole ingredients.

Croque Madame - On a Plate with Side Salad

Now head over to my Recipe Index to get cooking! 

Press:

Click here to go to my press page and see where I’ve been featured in the media.

Professional Bio:

Joanne Ozug is a food and lifestyle blogger, on-camera personality, and creator of the Fifteen Spatulas food blog, a website receiving over 4 million page views per month featuring approachable recipes made from scratch. Joanne believes cooking from scratch doesn’t have to be intimidating or time-consuming, and shares step-by-step photo tutorials and videos for her recipes. Joanne has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the TODAY show, Home & Family, the Cooking Channel, The Dr Oz Show, and more.