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Joined 1 year, 2 months ago.
From 24747, VA US
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I'm a self proclaimed Expert cook.
I have 9 cooking friends
My recipes have 38472 views with a 5 average.
Currently lovin' Italian, many ethnic foods, oldtime favorites and light fair, but keep curry away from me.
Tagline: I'm a Downhome, Experimental, Varied Tastes foodie

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I don't really know what to put here. *L* I'm 51, married blissfully for almost 29 years. I'm a registered nurse who has had way more than enough of what medical care has become and no longer work as an RN. I was born and raised in southern West Virginia and have lived on a farm in southwestern Virginia for the last 30 years. I grew up around great cooks of all kinds. My mother was raised in the coal country of West Virginia and grew up with a great influence of European cooking of all kinds especially Italian and eastern European, along with depression era American home cooking, canning and preserving foods. I have always loved to cook and my husband and I have paid dearly for it over the years. We are currently working hard to get off some of the weight and I stumbled onto this site looking for some light dishes. You'll find from most of my submissions that I don't have many of those! LOL But we still eat well and I love sharing recipes that we love and that have been passed down over the years. I have cookbooks that belonged to both of my grandmothers with many handwritten entries from THEIR mothers. So, if you are interested in some older recipes or just some things that I've concocted on my own over the years I hope you'll stop by and see what I have put up. When winter comes to the mountains here, I spend a LOT of time on the net and hope to get a lot of these classic recipes out for another generation. I'm very comfortable cooking and love to try new things and change them around, many times making my husband comment that nothing I fix tastes quite the same every time. I take that as a compliment. I am NOT a baker. I don't have the patience for the precise measurements that baking from scratch entails. I do make bread, biscuits and corn bread often, but rarely attempt any baking more complicated than that. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy trying some of my recipes when they sound good to you. Oh, and in case it's not obvious, I collect blue willow china *S*

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Hi Chinablue. I am actually making some braised chicken at the moment and just wanted to see other recipes while I wait for mine to be done. This one you have with the Italian braised chicken with potatoes sounds very good! I am part Italian myself. Also your chinablue picture interested me aas I make my living creating antique reproduction finishes with the same kind of motifs...chinoiserie it's called. I'll look at some more of your recipes as your write-up soounds like we both like the same kind of food.


HI blue! Welcome to the group! Very nice people, great food and lots of interests. The picture of the Italian Braised Chicken is gorgeous!!! I'm trying it!


Hello, Thanks for being my cooking buddy. I also like blue willow china. I don't collect it but I like it.


Hello and Welcome to the Group.




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Italian Braised Chicken With Red Potatoes And Artichoke Hearts

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Romanian Grandpas Macaron
A wonderful sounding comfort food,Thank-you

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Romanian Grandpas Macaron
I am Romanian, and I make something similar, but I keep it in the oven just for 15 min - we call it Budinca ( read Boudinka). Great recipe!

Italian Braised Chicken W
Sounds wonderful!! Thanks for posting the recipe!

Super Easy Decadent Cocon
Yummy!this sounds mouth-watering good!

Sausage And Cream Cheese
This sounds really good! ;)

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