Since 2010
OUR FOOD JOURNEY
Bond Bites is Mandi & Jeremy Bond — a family writing down the recipes worth keeping, and bridging the pristine and the primitive one dish at a time.
HOW IT STARTED
Mandi and I had been talking about a food blog for the better part of ten years. It got sparked late one night packing up the kitchen after we sold our first house — gathering our sacred stacks of notes, pages, and addendums, loosely organized into binders and boxes.
Both our families cooked very American — gringo tacos, ground-meat spaghetti, the usual staples. Not a lot of exploration back then. But a few cooks shaped everything that shows up here.
THE COOKS WHO SHAPED US
Grandma Vi
Baked and decorated as a profession for an elegant restaurant. The pristine side.
Granni
A southern spread — fried chicken, black-eyed peas, collard greens — that will never be matched.
Joy
Mandi's grandma — lives outside the box, always adds a signature twist. A few of her recipes show up here.