About Me

I am a California native who has spent most of my adult life anywhere BUT California. I don't consider myself a good cook, but I have been blessed to have a husband whose single mother worked nightshift at the local hospital and who taught her son and daughter to cook at a young age. And she really helped me - after she got over the shock of her son, who was raised as a proper southern gentleman, marrying a California girl - to learn some of the most wonderful southern dishes I've ever known. And this wonderful lady gave me her recipe box before she died!  I must say that I could never conquer fried okra, so I know I disappointed her there, but fried eggplant and green tomatoes are some of my favorites. My daughter has become a gourmet cook, far outshining both her parents and eveen her southern grandmother. Unfortunately, all this great southern food has helped me gain so much weight I can't eat it anymore.