A Conversation with Chef Yvonne Maffei

Although, My Halal Kitchen blog is based in Chicago, it has made a warm place in the heart of many kitchens around the world from different religious and cultural backgrounds. Yvonne Maffei is the chef, writer, editor, and publisher behind My Halal Kitchen blog where she helps and instructs us on different aspects of running a halal kitchen from cooking, to sourcing foods that are halal, humanely raised, poisonous and chemical free to green cleaning our kitchens. Yvonne Maffei was born and raised in the U.S. with Puerto Rican and Sicilian heritage. She is also a graduate from Ohio University with a Bachelor's degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies and a Master's degree in International Studies, where she specialized in international education, journalism and health. In addition to traveling throughout the U.S., she has lived abroad throughout Latin America, Europe, the southern Mediterranean and North Africa. Yvonne Maffei is the author of Summer Ramadan Cooking and Clean Your Kitchen Green. She also gives cooking classes and has been the favorite of the press from Forbes, NPR, Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post, Azizah Magaznine, and Cooking Light Magazine among some.