I've always been a foodie. One of my first memories is sitting on my Grandma Phillip's hip, holding a wooden spoon and stirring something in a big pot. My mother was always baking and cooking, my other Grandmother was an excellent cook as well and my Dad played around in the kitchen too. When I was little, I looked forward to Sunday mornings like most kids looked forward to Saturday cartoons. Sunday was the day that PBS aired their cooking showss. And every Sunday morning - Julia Child, Jeff Smith (The Frugal Gourmet), Justin Wilson, Martin Yan (Yan Can Cook!) and the Great Chef series - came into my living room and showed me the world of food.
I took home economics beginning in middle school and began cooking dinner regularly at home as a teenager, some flops, some successes. Then I began working in restaurants, waiting tables and hanging around in the kitchen to see how to make my favorite dishes.
Married to the love of my life at 19, I cooked and cooked and cooked some more! Now here I am, a mother of two teenagers and approaching my 45th birthday. Cooking is still a passion, but now I've moved onto healthier choices. I still watch the great Chef's on TV, but now the names have changed and food TV is on 24 hours a day on FoodNetwork and other cooking channels, easy access for a foodie to get her fix!
Someone recently suggested that I start a food blog (Thanks Diane!), and after some thought, I figured why not? If no one reads it but me, it will give me a place to store pictures and recipes. Who knows? Maybe someone else will find it helpful too!
