Member Since:
Sep. 2007
Cooking Level:
Expert
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies:
Knitting, Needlepoint, Gardening, Boating, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Genealogy, Charity Work
Married with two nearly grown children, my daughter is 20 and my son is 18 and both are great cooks! I've been cooking since I was a kid and love to experiment with new recipes and making up a few of my own (or at least making substitutions on recipes I find! Became disabled almost 3 years ago due to an MRSA infection on my entire spinal cord so I am now unable to do much cooking, fortunately the kids were taught to be great cooks so they have taken over my job for the most part.
My favorite things to cook
My favorites have always been Italian recipes but I do like to try a little Mexican every now and then, otherwise I was raised on the farm and do alot of traditional midwestern farm style cooking and have the habit of making it look like I'm feeding the hired hands too!
My favorite family cooking traditions
About 5 years ago we started the tradition of Prime Rib at Christmas. Because of the high cost of the roast I only do it at Christmas but we've gotten very good at it!
My cooking triumphs
Our Christmas Prime Rib
My cooking tragedies
I can't think of any right offhand but after this many years I'm sure when I was first married at 20 I probably had a few!