Hi! Hello! My name is Alexandria Sage. Hence, Cooking With Sage. Welcome to my cooking adventures. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been cooking. I wrote my first recipes when I was 7 or 8. It was a simple recipe for “cheesy eggs.”
- 2 beat eggs
- a slice of American cheese
- salt and pepper.
- Microwave for a minute.
Boom. Cheesy eggs a la 7-year-old me.
I can’t promise you all the recipes you read here will be as simple, but they will be just as easy to follow and about 1000x yummier.
Like Dorothy, I am originally from Kansas. Growing up, I spent my summer’s growing gardens, running around cow pastures with my cousins, and playing loads of soccer. During the school year, I studied hard and played competitive soccer. On any given weekend, I played between two and six 90-minute games. It was during this period, I became aware of how important the fuel I was putting into my body.
From there, I attended the California State University of Long Beach. My world exploded. Any kind of food you could imagine was at my fingertips – pho, tacos, sushi, shawarma, crepes, grilled cheese, pasta, lo mein… any flavor you could ever want within a 30-minute drive (without traffic – it is LA after all.)
I kept cooking the whole time. My last semester of college, I spent studying abroad in Hamburg, Germany. While there, one of my friends and I threw multiple large parties. One of which was an “American Breakfast” party. There is nothing like cooking a full-American breakfast for 40+ college students with all the fixings – pancakes, eggs, streaky bacon, homemade berry syrup, and booze. Post-breakFEAST we were all going to a Holi music festival. Not pictured here are the mounds of food, booze, and dishes we all cleaned up.
I moved back to the states with a college degree and found myself living again in Stilwell, Kansas, at my parent’s house. This is where things get wilder… While working at a tea cafe part-time, I started my own business helping international companies localize their products for the American market. I moved to San Diego for 6 months to consult as a Marketing Associate for Techstars. While there, I hosted parties on my rooftop, and BBQ’d for loads of friends. Somewhere along the way, I began playing quidditch (another long story.)
Eventually, one of my clients offered me a full-time position – in Bristol, England. I packed my bags and moved across the world. Two months before I moved, I met B. Four years later, we’re still going strong, but that’s a story for another time.
It’s been a wild ride since. I moved back to KC, then moved to Washington, D.C. Cooking With Sage started with teaching B how to cook, then her encouraging me to ‘write down your recipes’ then writing about food for myself. The idea for Cooking with Sage began formulating into a real-thing in while living in the basement of my friend’s townhouse (another long story.)
And as of March 1, 2020, I’ve moved to Berlin, Germany. In the fall of 2020, I launched CWS officially.
Thanks for joining me on this wild ride.
Alexandria Sage