Longtime Sarasota resident, SUSAN FILSON, is the author of the popular food blog Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy. She is a wife, mother, daughter and sister, former professional musician and a lawyer. Ever reinventing herself, Susan currently spends her time as a freelance food writer and photographer, cooking instructor and aspiring chef extraordinaire. She loves to cook, bake, write and most of all, eat. Her love affair with food comes from a long line of wonderful and creative Italian home cooks who didn’t always have a lot, but knew how to make a lot out of what they had.

Susan believes that great food should be accessible to everyone. It doesn’t need to be fussy or complicated, and you don’t have to be a professional chef to create it. All you need are the freshest, best quality ingredients you can find, a few basic kitchen tools and a healthy dose of inspiration.

When she’s not serving up delicious recipes on her own web site, Susan can also be found contributing tasty tidbits on the net at Creative Loafing Sarasota, Creative Loafing Tampa, The Well Fed Network, Divine Caroline, Tastespotting, Foodgawker, Food Blog Alliance and Nibbledish.