Member Since:
Sep. 2007
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Southern
Hobbies:
Photography, Reading Books, Wine Tasting
I grew up on a farm in Tennessee learning how to cook what we grew in the garden. I'm definitely a Southern girl at heart and love Southern cooking. I like to say there isn't a recipe I won't try...unless it involves beets. Ha!
My favorite things to cook
I love to cook anything I haven't tried before, however, my husband Travis is a fan of my poached salmon and cheese garlic grits.
My favorite family cooking traditions
My mother liked to make apple pies in the fall (with a University of Tennessee football game on in the background!) and I would stand at the bowl and eat the apples as she cut them up. If UT was having a bad day, I got yelled at. If the Vols were winning, I could eat as much as I wanted.
My cooking triumphs
I enjoy making homemade pie crusts and tackling breads in general. I make a mighty tasty pizza dough and often have Sunday Night Pizza Nights at my house. At my last get-together a friend asked a good friend what something I had made was. His response? "Don't worry - if she made it, it's good."
My cooking tragedies
I. Can't. Make. Gravy. Any kind of gravy just turns out badly for me, so I'll just leave that to the people who know best - the cooks at Cracker Barrel :)