About Us
Purpose – To encourage a life worth living is a life worth giving away, using food and faith, as a conduit to inspire hope and create deeper intimate relationships, spiritually, physically and emotionally through the power of connection.
It’s not “entertaining” . . . but providing a comfortable setting for people to enjoy and learn from one another.
Not showing off . . . but sharing life, embracing hospitality as a message you give other people about their value.
Not kitchen theatrics . . . but kitchen-based connection, using food as a catalyst for community.
Not dinner parties and open houses . . . but mealtime communion and openhearted living.
Not house beautiful . . . but rejoicing in the beauty of shared meals and fellowship in a welcoming setting.
Not doing something unusual for “company,” but creating an everyday lifestyle that provides welcome to family, friends, strangers . . . and yourself.
And it’s not just for those with gorgeous homes, professional cooking skills, support staff on call, or special gifts. It’s for anyone who wants to invite community to come to them since most likely they won’t be connecting anywhere else but on facebook.
Maltby and Borquez, Oregano and Cayenne, have a heart for this kind of miraculous hospitality.
Tammy Maltby and Michelle Borquez grew up with entirely different experiences when it comes to food, and yet they have one thing in common, they learned the power of connecting through food. Maltby and Borquez, Oregano and Cayenne, will be doing conferences, TV, Radio, and books that depict the power of connection through cooking and enjoying a meal together. Together with their complimenting personalities, warmhearted and humorous ways, Maltby and Borquez will invite you into the home to experience connection to them as hosts and most of all friends.
For some reason the kitchen tends to be the congregating spot when people come over for dinner. They just love to sit and watch as the food is thrown together. It’s a warm place. Tammy Maltby and Michelle Borquez believe that women especially, hunger to live a more connected life with their families, and their friends. The yearning to share ourselves and our homes with others is part of our womanly nature. But several factors tend to hold women back in today’s culture. Many of us have never learned the skills of managing a household and welcoming others into it. We compare ourselves to others and worry that our homes and our cooking skills aren’t up to snuff. We’re so busy caring for our jobs and our families that we just can’t summon the time or energy to “entertain.” And the never-ending avalanche of cookbooks, how-to magazines, and “beautiful living” television shows often discourages while it inspires—whetting our desire to do better, but also convincing us that what we have to offer will never be good enough.
