About Rita

If you know me from Sheer Ambrosia, then you know me as a baker. You know the baklava. You've tasted the recipes. You know the business I've built from my own hands. And that part of me is very real. But it isn't all of me. The Hearth Letter is where you meet the other side.

The quieter side.

The more reflective side.

The part of me that has lived a full life beyond the kitchen — and has something to say about it.

Some of my earliest memories begin in my mother's kitchen.

Sunday afternoons.
A table full of food.
Time that wasn't rushed.

That feeling has stayed with me my entire life.

As I grew older, life expanded far beyond that table.

I found myself in places I never imagined… from tango halls in Buenos Aires to quiet mornings in Spain and the beaches and mountains of Ecuador.

I've built a business.
Raised children.
Started over more than once.

I've lived through joy, loss, reinvention, and everything in between.

And through all of it, I've come to understand something simple:

We are all looking for something real.

Something that isn't rushed.
Something that isn't filtered.
Something we can actually feel.

The Hearth Letter is where I share from that place.

Not as a business owner.
Not as a brand.
But as a woman who has lived, felt, learned, and is still learning.

This is where I write about the moments that stay with you. The things we don't always say out loud. The beauty that still exists in everyday life.

It's still rooted in the kitchen. In food. In gathering. In the table.

But it goes deeper than that.

Because I believe the most meaningful things in life are not the loudest ones.

They are the quiet ones.

A conversation that lingers.
A meal shared.
A letter that arrives unexpectedly.

The Hearth Letter holds all of that.

And if you've ever felt like there's more to life than what we're rushing through…

Then you're already part of it.

May your table always have room for one more,
and may your kitchen always smell like something wonderful.

With love,

Rita Magalde