Home to Hearth Goodness Tried and True Recipes

Growing up in South-Central Ohio, I was introduced to my love for cooking at an early age by my grandmother. I can still see her in the kitchen, baking and cooking. I spent my younger years in that kitchen watching and learning from this great lady. I recall the time when she helped me make my very first pie. I was standing on a chair and had an apron tied around me that hung from under my arms to the tops of my feet. She was the inspiration for my love of cooking. I was taught how to cook the "old" way, a palm of this, pinch of that, dab of this, add a hens egg of that, and so on and so on. I started out learning to cook and bake on an old wood-burning cook stove, similar to the one I have in my kitchen today. I spent most of my teenage years and adult life working in the kitchens of cafs, truck stops, small diners, and restaurants. I ended my working career owning my own bakery business here in Maine.