Member Since:
Aug. 2004
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Grilling & BBQ, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Healthy, Quick & Easy
Hobbies:
Quilting, Gardening, Camping, Boating, Walking, Fishing, Reading Books, Wine Tasting
Like many young cooks, I taught myself to cook when I left home for college and couldn't stomach the Ramen and Taco Bell diet.
My favorite things to cook
Ciopinno is my first love. Then anything pasta. I love comfort casseroles (leftovers!!) and grilling steak and seafood.
My favorite family cooking traditions
My family cooks almost anything with wine. That's about as close to a tradition as we have. But we do it as a family... Mom was never stuck in the kitchen by herself, and neither am I. Oh, we have had ciopinno for Christmas dinners!! Along with about a case of wine. ;)
My cooking triumphs
My very first ciopinno. That was very scary... because it is soooo expensive! But it turned out properly spicy, tomatoey and MESSY! Yum!
My cooking tragedies
My first attempt at roasting a whole chicken...a bone-dry roasted chicken. I mean, it literally just crumbled when cut into. That was so awful. We ended up running to the grocery to get one of theirs.
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