Some people cook because they love food. Deborah Moss cooks because she loves what food can do.
Through Quiche and Carry, Deborah brings more than 20 years of culinary experience to private chef dinners, catering, vacation-rental meals, special events, and one of her personal favorites: cooking over the grill. For her, food is not just about what lands on the plate. It is about connection — the kind that happens when people slow down, gather around, and share something made with care.
That is exactly why TravelSpring is so excited to feature her as one of our local service providers for Russian River guests.
Deborah's path into food has been full of creativity, instinct, and reinvention. She attended culinary school in Michigan and worked at a country club while in school, where she got an early look at the fine-dining side of hospitality. She learned technique, service, and presentation, but her cooking has always carried something more personal: warmth, resourcefulness, and an artist's eye.
Deborah has always been an artist with everything she does, and that creative thread runs through her food.
After culinary school, Deborah explored other chapters, including a stretch in sales, where she was very good at what she did. But corporate America was not where her heart lived. Food called her back.
That next chapter began in the farmers market world. Deborah worked as a vendor around Richmond, selling sour cream, butter, and cheese at some of the area's best local markets. Farmers markets have their own kind of magic: regulars who stop by every week, makers trading with makers, people swapping stories over fresh ingredients, and vendors finding creative ways to use what they have.
Deborah started turning leftover ingredients into quiches. Then she took the leap.
Those quiches led to boutique food store accounts, catering opportunities, and a business rooted in the kind of food people remember. Quiche and Carry grew from the farmers market spirit: fresh, local, generous, and made for sharing.
Today, Deborah offers the kind of service that can completely transform a stay in the Russian River area. Whether you are planning a family weekend, a birthday dinner, a special gathering, a vacation-rental meal, or a relaxed evening with friends, she brings the food — and the feeling — to you.
Her style is warm, flavorful, and personal. She loves grilling because there is something wonderfully alive about cooking with fire. It is casual and elevated at the same time. It invites people to hang around, talk, taste, and linger. That is the heart of what Deborah does best.
She makes food feel like an experience without making it feel fussy.
Outside the kitchen, Deborah is just as full of life. She loves animals and shares her world with two dogs, cats, an iguana, and fourteen koi fish. She is also a swimmer and has a love for Greece — which feels fitting for someone drawn to sun, water, food, and the joy of gathering around a table.
For TravelSpring, Deborah represents exactly the kind of local connection we want guests to discover. She is experienced, creative, warm, and rooted in the belief that food brings people together.
If you are visiting the Russian River and want to make your stay feel easier, more special, and more delicious, Quiche and Carry is a beautiful place to start.