Scratch

Since my parent’s divorce at age twelve, I have had to do my share of cooking.  I always thought I was good, yet my brothers’ jokes about my mac and cheese days still exist.  Through my own life, I continued to have the responsibility of cooking for my family the majority of the time despite being married during certain parts of it.  I do owe some of my cooking expertise to my in-laws, my ex for some grilling tips, my dad, stepfather and mother.   Yet I feel my own motivation to please friends and family alike at the table, has pushed me to excel.

There is something to be said about making a meal from scratch.   With prices of everything going up, it makes more and more sense to be able to cook a good meal at home.   Though sometimes I might “cheat” on something I make, 99% of the time it all fresh made.  New ideas of what to make come from magazines, TV, and even from going out to places when I get the chance.  Of course, family recipes are staples.  Like other chefs, measuring ingredients becomes difficult when you are so used to making things all the time.  I will do my best to label measurements as I can. Recipes that I have gotten from other places will have their measurements and my own adjustments as well.

I have had great success with what I cook, so much success that I have debated on opening up my own place.  I guess I risk some of my recipes by putting them here, but I know that I am a far distance from opening my own place.  It would be a dream to have a dinner and breakfast place and maybe it will happen when I retire.  Tell then, my kids will benefit from the cooking most.

Enjoy what I put on this page.  I will try to do pictures when I have them.  Recipes I list here and items that I might list here are generally used by me.  I thoroughly have fun cooking and enjoy it as much as eating it when it comes out right.  Bon appetite.