First Blogger!

Hello All,

I have always wanted to share my idea's and recipes with other folks and never found a way to do it, until now. A friend of mine , Kira! has been posting her ideas and thoughts on cooking and I hope to find some great new ideas and hopefully some of you will like mine.

I have always had a great fascination with food. From a young age of 5 I began spending quality time in the kitchen with my grandparents. They are both amazing cooks and taught me everything I knew up until High school. My grandparents are of Italian decent and began their family in Brooklyn NY, where the food is something of great pride. I spent a ton of time with my grandfather in his kitchen learning his secrets to many of my childhood favorites. Watching him make Potato Croquettes and Rice balls was like an art. Every Sunday we would gather as a family and sit down to what others would consider a feast of food. Meatballs, Eggplant Rollantini, Lasagna, Ham, Sausage and the best Italian bread from Brooklyn were our basic meals on Sundays. With all my cousins gathered around the table and my aunts and uncles at the "big" table we shared so many amazing memories around that food. Deserts were a whole other beast in itself, homemade cream puffs, Struffoli's, and my grandmothers cookies were just the beginning.

My love for cooking grew stronger and stronger the older I got. I enrolled myself in Voc Tech culinary school and had the most amazing time learning with some great chef's. I learned to channel into my pallet and really taste food with my senses, not just my mouth.
During high school I was accepted to Johnson & Whales university. A dream school for me. Unfortunately some financial change in my life situations prevented me from going further with my dreams. I gain just as much happiness from putting a meal together for my family and friends to enjoy as I would being a full time chef.

You will find some of my recipes are passed down from my family so they may look different than traditional text book recipes. I also will be posting my brainstorming recipes. I enjoy taking something and tweaking to to be my own, so feel free to comment and or change mine too. I'm always looking for new ways to experiment with flavors.

Anyways, Bon' Appetite!