Welcome! The start of food blog posts.

Welcome to my new blog.  I’m not a professionally trained chef. I just enjoy cooking and, more importantly, eating.  I learned the fundamentals of cooking from my mother.  She’s a really good cook and very creative when the choices and supplies are limited.  I think this helped inspire some of my willingness to experiment with food.  I’ve also drawn inspiration from my travels and most importantly from my friends.  


When I first started learning how to cook the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book was my go-to book.  I would follow each recipe very carefully.  Today, I wing it. I usually go online and google a recipe or look on Pinterest and gleen ideas from a couple recipes for the same dish.  I usually eyeball ingredients and rarely measure.  This sometimes leads to disaster, especially when I’m baking, but usually this technique or lack of technique works out okay.  Reproducing a successful recipe is sometimes difficult but I always enjoy the challenge.