​Alison Very is the essence of my name Alison Bailey Vercruysse.

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Moving to Portland, Oregon with my husband and son a few years ago has given me the space to create, bake, design and discover a new place with new surroundings.  It’s a maker culture where entrepreneurship and craftsmanship thrive in many forms.

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Before moving here, I founded 18 Rabbits organic granola and bars which had its roots at the Ferry Building in San Francisco.  In 2005, I had been granted the 1st food kiosk inside the Marketplace under the name of Divinely D’lish.  It’s there I met the artisans and farmers that made the idea of having a national brand come alive.  After over a decade of growing 18 Rabbits, the joy turned to anxiety.  In the end, it proved too difficult to keep the artisan quality at a massive scale.

Now the journey continues as I share with you my style of baking, design and discovering the new, whether it be places, artisans, products, or some novel way of doing something.