Member Since:
May 2007
Cooking Level:
Expert
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Indian, Italian, Mediterranean, Healthy, Vegetarian, Gourmet
Hobbies:
Gardening, Biking, Walking, Reading Books, Music, Wine Tasting
I'm 32 and sarcastic.
My favorite things to cook
Onions, garlic, pancetta and olive oil...the smell is heavenly. Basmati rice, a good stew, roasting carrots. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. These are a few of my favorite things.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Sure to kill you just reading it: Bullets. Cut a slice of scrapple 1/2 inch thick, fry both sides in butter til crispy and dark brown, melt velveeta on top of it, pile in buttered white toast and listen as your heart starts packing up to leave. They're called Bullets for a reason...but it's something you should try just ONCE in your life :) My mother makes a mean pot roast and an amazing turkey meatloaf with Great Grandmom's recipe.
My cooking triumphs
Stuffed turkey meatballs, some with mozz, proscuitto and basil; some with ricotta, sauce and crumbled sage sausage. Also famous for mashed potatoes, faux potatoes, vanilla cake cookies, double chocolate chip cookies (secret's the Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips) baked ziti, five cheese penne, chicken pot pies, root soup, an old fashioned dark chocolate cake so moist and rich it's nearly black...ok I'm getting really hungry.
My cooking tragedies
Soy cheese and rice macaroni. Dammit. I'm onto something by adding the stone ground brown mustard to the cheese sauce but it just tastes hideous. Still working on it. The Soya Kaas cheddar cheese is the best I've tasted on the market. Trying to get a totally vegan mac and cheese with no white/wheat flour involved.