Member Since:
Jul. 2004
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Mexican, Dessert
Hobbies:
Needlepoint, Gardening, Boating, Fishing, Reading Books
I am a biologist with the University of Florida working with the post harvest life of cut flowers. How great of a job is that?
My favorite things to cook
Desserts. Anything with chocolate.
My favorite family cooking traditions
My Aunt Dorie (who is 91) has a great recipe that we call "Dorie's Chocolate Dessert." My mother made it for every holiday meal. It is a pound of butter, 8 eggs, unsweetened chocolate, etc. It is not baked, and is the most rich pan of nonsense you've ever eaten
My cooking triumphs
Cheesecake! I love to make cheesecakes. I have discovered the secret to cheesecake - you don't really MAKE them; you BABYSIT them!
My cooking tragedies
Pecan pie! I cannot get a pecan pie to set. For years I thought it was my gas oven, but now I have electric and I still can't bake a pecan pie.