I like to bake but can't wait for summer when I can grill again. I like good old southern recipes...comfort foods. My family enjoys corn fritters, baked chicken, North Carolina pulled pork BBQ and home-made ice cream sandwiches. Every time we cook as a family, we cook 10 times more food than we could ever eat...but, everyone has something that is one of their favorites. No one ever sits down to the table and wonders what they can eat or will there be enough for seconds. We make buckwheat cakes for Christmas breakfast, ham and shrimp for Easter dinner, and anything that sounds good in-between. My first supper for the in-laws. Talk about a nervous experience. I tossed angel hair pasta with fresh scallops, shrimp and lump crab meat with a garlic olive oil and home-made hush puppies. They loved it! I have a lot of tragedies. But, if I didn't then I wouldn't spend much time in the kitchen. My tragedies always end up with a trip to the Dairy Queen...hot fudge Sundays are the best way to make up for a botched dinner!