About me
A little about me; I grew up in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago. My mom and I lived with my Grandparents from the time I was a little baby. I grew up learning to cook from my little Irish Grandmother. The fun part of that was that she was cooking Italian! My Grandfather was from Sicily, so we ate Italian frequently. Those times in the Kitchen, either with my Mom or my Grandmother were always a blast. Not only did I learn how to cook and bake, but I learned quite a few things about what my Mom got into as a kid, now that was fun! LOL :) Obviously learning to cook Italian, those are my specialties, but since then I've had to learn to cook Healthy. But I love to cook and I'm always trying something different. I LOVE cooking Italian, but do cook other things as well. Chicken is a favorite of mine as well as Tilapia. And almost everything I cook has to have mushrooms in it, I just Love mushrooms! I don't know where I picked that up, but I'm soooo glad I did! When I was young, my Mom, Grandmother, Aunt and I used to hole up in the kitchen during the Holidays and make Rum Cakes and Booze Balls. The unfortunate part of that was with both Kitchen doors closed, the fumes from the alcohol made me "drunk". I remember my Grandfather coming into the kitchen and he had to take a step back or be overpowered by the fumes. He wanted to know what was so entertaining as we were laughing and giggling very loudly. He took one look at me and just shook his head and laughed. He made sure we left the doors open after that!