Member Since:
Dec. 2005
Cooking Level:
Professional
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Frying, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Mexican, Italian, Southern, Healthy, Gourmet
Hobbies:
Scrapbooking, Gardening, Camping, Boating, Fishing, Hunting, Photography, Reading Books, Music, Genealogy, Charity Work
I am a Culinary Arts grad who worked for a major restaurant concern for several years before having to take an early retirement.
My favorite things to cook
I have always like to work in a research kitchen developing new and exciting recipes but most of all, I like cooking within the Mexican and Seafood genres. I really do not have one single favorite dish that I prepare but grilling beef, pork tenderloin, seafood, chicken and fish in many different ways are the closest to being favorites.
My favorite family cooking traditions
Southern, Italian and Mexican.
My cooking triumphs
I have developed literally hundreds of menu items for my previous employer before having to retire. Many of the recipes I developed for them were eventually placed on the menu and some remain there today.
My cooking tragedies
When you "experiment" with new items it is a given that there will be catastrophies and believe me I have had more than a few. The good thing about that though is the fact that you should be learning something from all of the mistakes that you make. So, there is a bright side even to the mistakes that you make. There are no great sucesses without several dismal failures!
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