Welcome to a Different Kind of Kitchen
If you have ever felt like modern recipes move too fast, skip the story behind the ingredients, or leave you wondering why something works instead of helping you truly understand it, you are not alone.
Bite Me Industries exists for cooks who want something deeper. Not complicated, not intimidating, but thoughtful. A place where ingredients matter, where recipes are tested with care, and where cooking feels connected again.
Here, food is not just instructions. It is experience, curiosity, and connection.
I’m Tami, and This Is the Kitchen That Shaped Me
I’m Tami Steggell, professional baker, recipe developer, and founder of RubySnap Fresh Cookies, a bakery I launched in Salt Lake City in 2008. After years of developing recipes professionally and working closely with ingredients every day, I began to see cooking differently.
Flavor is not accidental. Structure matters. Ingredients have stories, and when we understand them, cooking becomes more intuitive and more joyful.
Before food, I spent fifteen years as an architectural designer, and that foundation still shapes my work today. Recipes should feel clear, purposeful, and beautifully structured, allowing you to move through them with confidence.
Why This Space Exists
I didn’t create Bite Me Industries simply to publish recipes. I created it because I believe extraordinary food begins long before we step into the kitchen.
Every ingredient has a story. Every harvest represents someone’s dedication. Every home cook deserves the knowledge and confidence to transform those ingredients into meals worth gathering around.
This is where my passion for remarkable flavor meets my respect for the people who make it possible.
Honoring the Source
Every recipe begins long before it reaches the kitchen. Farmers, millers, ranchers, growers, cheesemakers, and other food producers shape the flavor of what we eat long before we pick up a knife or turn on the oven.
That is why Bite Me Industries intentionally introduces you to the people behind the ingredients whenever possible. Through our Featured Farmer stories, we celebrate the hands, knowledge, land, and traditions that make remarkable food possible.
Local is not only geography. It is awareness. Wherever you live, there are people and stories behind the food you cook. My hope is to help you notice them, learn from them, and appreciate the harvest a little differently.
What You Will Experience Here
Bite Me Industries is built to help you become a more knowledgeable and confident cook while staying connected to the ingredients and people behind your food.
Throughout the site, you will find three hallmarks woven into our recipes and educational content:
Featured Farmer
Meet the farmers, millers, ranchers, growers, makers, and producers behind the ingredients we use. Their knowledge and dedication are part of the recipe story too.
Expertise From My Kitchen
Borrow the techniques, ingredient science, professional experience, and lessons I have gathered through years of recipe development and food production. My goal is not simply to tell you what to do, but to help you understand why it works.
Harvest Facts
Learn how ingredients grow, when they are in season, how to choose them, how to store them, and what makes them taste their best.
The Journey That Shaped Me
My culinary perspective began across cultures.
I grew up in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, where European imports, local markets, and vibrant street food existed side by side. Those early experiences sparked a lifelong curiosity about flavor, ingredients, and where our food comes from.
I later studied, traveled, and cooked across Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, Japan, and Italy, including completing specialized gelato studies in Bologna. Each experience shaped how I see food, not simply as nourishment, but as history, culture, craft, and storytelling.
In 2008, I founded RubySnap Fresh Cookies in Salt Lake City, where distinctive flavor, thoughtful recipe development, and ingredient integrity became the foundation of my professional work.
Today, I live in Salt Lake City with my husband. Together, we have seven incredible children. In our home, we gather for what we call “Rough Sundays,” meals where connection matters more than perfection and the table gives everyone a place to land.
Professional Experience
My perspective comes from working across several corners of the food industry.
I continue to serve as CEO of RubySnap while developing Bite Me Industries as a place for ingredient education, tested recipes, harvest storytelling, and culinary learning.
My professional experience includes recipe development, commercial baking, food manufacturing, ingredient sourcing, and culinary education. My training includes HACCP food safety certification, PCQI, or Preventive Controls Qualified Individual, certification, and specialized gelato science studies in Bologna, Italy.
Those experiences help me bridge the space between professional food production and the home kitchen, translating what I have learned into practical knowledge that helps you cook with greater confidence.
I am still learning too. Whenever possible, I seek knowledge from farmers, producers, craftspeople, culinary professionals, and trusted sources, then bring those lessons back to this kitchen so we can continue learning together.
My Promise
Authenticity is not a trend here. It is the foundation.
I only share tools, brands, and ingredients I genuinely use or believe will serve you well. Recipes are tested with care, and recommendations are made because they have earned a place in my kitchen, not because they happen to be fashionable.
Trust between us matters more than anything else.
Teaching, Media & Community
Bite Me Industries brings together tested recipes, ingredient education, culinary technique, seasonal cooking, and the stories of the people behind our food.
You may have seen me sharing recipes on Studio 5 KSL, appearing on The Noon Show, or teaching cooking classes at Orson Gygi.
Those opportunities allow me to do what I love most, share useful knowledge, celebrate remarkable ingredients, and help people feel more comfortable and curious in the kitchen.
But this community reaches far beyond a television studio or classroom. Bite Me Industries is a place where farmers, producers, chefs, home cooks, and curious eaters can learn from one another and keep good food knowledge moving forward.
Come Cook With Me
If you are here, you belong here.
Tell me what you want to learn, what inspires you, and what you are cooking lately. This kitchen grows through curiosity, connection, and shared stories. Message Me 🙂
- Vietnamese Chicken Vermicelli Salad with Fresh Herbs
Fresh herbs, rotisserie chicken, crisp vegetables, rice noodles, and a bright lime dressing make this easy Vietnamese chicken vermicelli salad. - Dodo Dinner Salad (Copycat Recipe)Recreate the famous Dodo Dinner Salad with crisp greens, bacon, toasted almonds, and homemade Honey Lemon Bacon Dressing in just 25 minutes.
- Honey Lemon Bacon Dressing RecipeRecreate the bright, sweet, and tangy Honey Lemon Bacon Dressing inspired by the famous Dodo salad. Made with lemon, honey, Dijon, and bacon grease.
- Summer Tomato Carpaccio with Basil VinaigretteCelebrate summer with juicy tomatoes, basil vinaigrette, feta, toasted pine nuts, and basil in this elegant, fresh tomato appetizer.
- Basil Vinaigrette RecipeFresh basil vinaigrette made with basil, garlic, shallots, olive oil, and red wine vinegar. A quick homemade dressing for salads, vegetables, and more.
