Before I start posting recipes, here's a brief introduction. My name is Stacy, and I am not a writer. I just want to put that out there to start. I can make words into sentences (most of the time), but I lack a certain pizazz with words that is necessary to entertain people with them. As a biologist, I do write, but in a very technical way, and I do not want this blog to be especially technical. I want it to be fun and light-hearted, you know, something I look forward to after a long day of thinking about math and diseases (not to say I don't enjoy thinking about math and diseases, because I do, a lot, just not all day and all night).
Also, I want to say that I pretty much copied the idea of starting a food blog from my friend, Lauren, who actually is a talented writer, and here is a link to her site. Not that she invented blogging about food. Anyone who knows anything knows Julia Child started that (right?). Either way, I started reading Lauren's blog and thought it would be fun to share my recipes with people (and myself... I tend to forget things).
One more thing. Before I start with the recipes (and whatever else I feel like putting in here), I want to write a little bit about who inspires me (on the cooking front... I could go on forever about who inspires me in general). First, my mom, of course. She taught me to make spaghetti and chocolate chip cookies at a young age. Those chocolate chip cookies are a good bartering tool to this day!
Next is my Great-Aunt-Jane, who has a lovely garden in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and during family trips up there, she made us the most delicious country-style food. When I was little, she taught me to roll grapes in sugar and then freeze them (the sugar keeps the grapes from sticking), resulting in tiny, yummy Popsicles.
Lastly, my (evil) step-mother-in-law, Dana, is my biggest cooking inspiration. She has two specialties that she has passed down to me: Indian cuisine and chocolate. She taught me to make cheese, introduced me to the wonders of KitchenAid, and gives me a new exciting cookbook at least once a year. She's not really evil.
Okay, time to cook!
Also, I want to say that I pretty much copied the idea of starting a food blog from my friend, Lauren, who actually is a talented writer, and here is a link to her site. Not that she invented blogging about food. Anyone who knows anything knows Julia Child started that (right?). Either way, I started reading Lauren's blog and thought it would be fun to share my recipes with people (and myself... I tend to forget things).
One more thing. Before I start with the recipes (and whatever else I feel like putting in here), I want to write a little bit about who inspires me (on the cooking front... I could go on forever about who inspires me in general). First, my mom, of course. She taught me to make spaghetti and chocolate chip cookies at a young age. Those chocolate chip cookies are a good bartering tool to this day!
Next is my Great-Aunt-Jane, who has a lovely garden in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and during family trips up there, she made us the most delicious country-style food. When I was little, she taught me to roll grapes in sugar and then freeze them (the sugar keeps the grapes from sticking), resulting in tiny, yummy Popsicles.
Lastly, my (evil) step-mother-in-law, Dana, is my biggest cooking inspiration. She has two specialties that she has passed down to me: Indian cuisine and chocolate. She taught me to make cheese, introduced me to the wonders of KitchenAid, and gives me a new exciting cookbook at least once a year. She's not really evil.
Okay, time to cook!
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