Hi, my name is Beverly and I started a custom cookie company called Jinja Ninja in October of this year. Yes, it's only a couple of months old and it's been a ton of work so far. One can't imagine how much work it's going to be until you're in the middle of it. Here's my story:

Went to architecture school and became a registered architect in 1994. For the past 22 years I've worked in various architectural offices in Toronto and Tokyo. Love design. Don't love the politics and the economic downturns in the profession. Collected many other designations along the way; interior design designation, LEED AP, red belt in ninjitsu, etc. Now I've written a test for my food handlers certificate.

I love to cook. I love to bake. I really like watching Restaurant Makeover and watching the cooking and the design. So I decided to combine the two and launched a designer cookie company that specializes in custom "mookies". Mookies are "message cookies" and can be personalized for any occasion.

I've been baking and icing like mad for the past couple of months. Have some help now and it's been great. Have a commercial kitchen now to work out of so I can handle "mookie hell" now. I feel like a real cookie company.