i'm an east coast u.s. native with a lifelong passion for food. cooking has always been my love letter to those around me.

my bagel-filled adolescence was spent in new hampshire and i then embarked on a career in fashion in new york and boston. i quickly burned out and questioned the integrity of the industry i had chosen- so what did i do? ran away to southest asia, obviously! after a couple of years in thailand and vietnam i took a leap of faith (or in this case an airplane) and decided to give it a shot in lisbon. afterall, living in europe had always been my dream. and a dream it truly was.

a few of my friends and i began spending our christmas' together in lisbon. we'd each bring our own family/cultural tradition. i started making bagels- a tradition of my family. it wasn't until the third year or so that i had the ah-ha moment. i missed my family and no longer felt like the u.s. was home. but i also kinda felt like i didn't belong in the city i now called home. and i misssseddd bagelsss!! rhodo revived all of that. i started baking bagels with fiery purpose until after months of recipe perfecting, i deemed them bagel shop worthy. i started selling at farmers markets and popups. i started to feel a new connection with the city of lisbon and it's people. and also with my loves back home. my worlds collided in the most beautiful way.