About Siiri Sampson and A Half Cup
Siiri is a 20's something Seattle, Washington native who loves to share her cooking.
Siiri Sampson is a Seattle, Washington native who enjoyed learning two very different styles of cooking growing up. Her mom’s family has a Southern background, lending a down-home, comfort food style to her classic, generations-old family dishes. Her dad has always favored experimenting in the kitchen, and it was his flair for whipping up the unknown that sparked Siiri’s curiosities as a young cook.
Returning to Seattle as an adult has opened up new possibilities for Siiri as a cook. As a vibrant 20’s something in the forward-thinking city, Siiri strives to entertain small groups of friends throughout the year, on a budget and without much fuss. She’s now focusing more on sharing her tricks, tips, hands off hints, and how to keep it local, without spending more time, money or energy than ordinary.
Her blog, A Half Cup, strives to convey these themes to the young bunch like her, the parents on time and money budgets, and home cooks who just feel like there’s never enough time to follow a recipe!
Siiri welcomes feedback, contributions, critiques and community discussion and hopes she can bring you at least one quick trick, or new favorite cooking idea in future posts or discussions.
Thanks for visiting, and happy cooking!
October 13, 2009 at 6:03 pm |
Siiri,
great site. I love the recipes and the photos especially of you.
October 13, 2009 at 6:11 pm |
Thanks so much! I’m glad you like it and I hope you find something to make for yourself!
November 16, 2009 at 6:44 pm |
Hey Siiri,
My name is Kevin Brady and I work for mike’s hard lemonade in their social media dept. I got your information from Kam Martin. I read your blog and the food looks amazing. Anyway, mike’s hard lemonade is going to be at the Blog meets Blog event on Friday and I wanted to personally invite you to our table. We’ll be serving hot “mike’s hard spiced apple” with cinnamon (we think it pairs great with most fall recipes) and we’d love to say hi. Also, we are going to organize a “tweet up” in the next few weeks. Let me know if you would like to be a part of that. Mike’s is a Seattle based company and we are really interested in getting involved in the community. Both on and offline.
Cheers,
Kevin Brady
November 17, 2009 at 12:56 pm |
Hey Kevin, Thanks for the comment! Glad you guys like what you’re seeing. I’m stoked you’ll be at Blog Meets Blog this week and I will for sure come see you! Thank you for the invitation! Can’t wait to catch up in person and try the new Hot Hard Spiced Cider.
See you soon!
-Siiri
November 25, 2009 at 11:22 am |
Hey Siiri!! We had such a great time at the Blog meets Blog event. We love what you are doing! Just an fyi. Our tweet up date has changed.
Date: Thursday December 17th
Time: 6pm
Location: Sport Restaurant & Bar
140th 4th Ave. N. Suite 130
Seattle, WA 98109
Twitter # #mikes
What’s happening: For every guest, mike’s hard lemonade® will donate $5.00 to the Seattle Humane Society.
A rep from the Humane Society will talk about the good things they are doing in the community
The Seattle social media community will announce a revamped seattle.socialcentral.net site.
Have a great Thanksgiving,
Kevin Brady
mike’s hard lemonade®
November 25, 2009 at 12:55 pm |
Hey Kevin! This is great, thanks for the update! I’m going to attempt to post some of the videos from our Blog Meet Blog night soon for everyone’s benefit here on the blog. And I’ll make sure I can still attend the Tweet up, and pass that news along as well!
Happy Thanksgiving!
-siiri
December 29, 2009 at 1:25 pm |
Hi Siri,
Thanks for following @getmecooking on Twitter. I see from your blog that you sometimes get recipes from recipe websites. I was just wondering what you thought of http://www.getmecooking.com ? All feedback (positive and negative) is welcome
Your Personal Pies (http://ahalfcup.com/2009/10/19/inspiration-personal-pies-from-our-best-bites/) look really good!
Thanks.
Paul