I do love to cook. I LOVE it ! Bar me from the cheese section of the deli dept. in the grocery store . Only pepper spray will drive me back.Cheeses are the sunshine of my cooking soul. I need my own cow. There are just so many cheeses that need to be made !  Several years ago I made my own mozzarella cheese. It costed he same to make as to buy, so I dropped that one. But it was fun and now I know how to do it if I need to.

I also  love kitchen gadgets. I am a sucker for them . I also love bowls, especially very LARGE bowls. And big pots, big, big BIG pots !  Do I use all that stuff ?  Oh yes !   I use every single thing in my kitchen. I was lucky enough to hit the RT 70 Flee Market ( NJ) just right one day and I found this GLORIOUS colander that holds about 30 lbs (or more) of grapes !    So much of what I use and need is seasonal, but once you have it , hang onto it. 

I love the movie  " Julie and Julia"... about a young woman's attempt to complete 500+ recipes  in a year from Julia Child's book , "MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING"..  I watch this 'chick!flick' about once a year. She has the same passion about cooking that I do. Thank you, Miss Giancinto, my high School cooking teacher in my freshman year of high school.I know the high school budget only allowed so much funding, so we learned how to make macaronni 300 different ways, and our scones were epic !