I'm an active baby boomer who loves to cook when I have time. I work full time and have a wonderful hobby of horseback riding that includes showing my draft-X, Koro, in low level horse trials. I also have a retired arabian mare, Sulitaa. I train with Jill Henneberg who was on the '96 Olympic eventing team and love every minute of it. My husband is a great cook and does most of the cooking during the week and of course in the summer on the grill. So we fight over the kitchen at times.
My favorite things to cook
Old recipes from the 50's and 60's BEFORE convenience boxed foods.
My favorite family cooking traditions
A good old fashioned New England dinner which would be my mother's favorite of hot dogs, boston baked beans, and brown bread.
My cooking triumphs
A perfect, from scratch, gourmet cake.
My cooking tragedies
Homemade strawberry jam using what I thought was sugar but my husband had put SALT in the sugar canister!!!! Absolutely awful.