About Me

I love great tasting food with an inviting presentation.  Dining at a beautiful veneer round table for 12 is the wealth of life. Setting the table for dining is essential for me.  I grew up with my two grannies and the candelabra.  Having a least one votive soy candle with a Waterford crystal bowl of fresh lemons and a fresh mint leaf takes me there from Dallas, Texas to California.  

My Aunt Fayrene Lilly [California], had this amazing lemon tree in the backyard.  Every summer vacation,  we traveled to California for two-weeks.  I greeted my aunt as soon as I hurried out the vehicle heading straight to her backyard to feast on as many lemons as possible [they are free and delicious]. I made sure I purchased a bag of wine-candies and saved them for that special moment.

I itched for days [too much acid in one day].  My first trip to California acquainted me to Pismo Beach, and that moment, which my feet touched the sands-I was enthralled and stood still for a long time wishing my Big Mama were there standing next to me.

It was in her backyard where I picked fresh vegetables from the garden, feed the chicken, collected the brown eggs, fed the dog [Chain], ran from the roosters, and from snakes coming up from the Trinity River, as I was picking greens, squash, okra, tomatoes and green beans.

I always so the snakes coming my way before they cold bite me.  I would drop the basket of vegetable running with great speed screaming for my Big Mama.  She knew the urgency and type of scream-She appeared at the end of the wood step with the hoe.  With one straight chop, the snakes were dead.

The snakes didn't stop me from my daily shores as a tiny little girl.

My Big Mama, was the best cook.  Peach Cobbler, Stuffed Bell Peppers, Meat Loaf, Greens, Mac and Cheese, and her pie crust was so flaky. I am waiting to master the flaky pie crust for my peace cobbler for Thanksgiving.  She cooked strictly from scratch.