My mother always told me one of the oddest things she used to say and believe was telling her mother

“When I’m big and you’re little”. . . .

Well, I’m still not very big and I’m waiting to grow up.

My educational background is in nursing and children specifically. 

I’m married 40 (2008) years now and feel pretty happy and in love with my best friend.  We have two sons ages 37 and 33.  I am happy to consider them both my sons and my best friends.

If the kitchen is the heart of a home, then my kitchen is where I am with family and friends who cook with me and eat the food we fix.  My smallest kitchen was either on the Valkyrie (a 57 foot Swan sailboat) or my first apartment in St. Louis.  Today, I have a dream kitchen in Dallas and find myself cooking in Seattle, Portland, Morro Bay, New Era, Swarthmore and across the Atlantic.  My kitchen is coast to coast and beyond.

Recently(2007) I’ve cooked with Angelika in Vienna and Karen in the Netherlands.  Did you hear us laughing?