About Laura

It's hard not to love good food, shared with good friends, when you grow up in the Wine Country of California.  The hamlet of Mendocino will always be my "home town."

My mom still resides there and is one of the best cooks I know.  Her love of food and entertaining continues to inspire me to not just cook - but to create memorable culinary experiences.  I am not a professional chef and have not had any training.  I just enjoy cooking and entertaining friends and have been known to receive a good review or two!

My husband Bill, son Wyatt and I now call the mountains in Colorado our home.  Some of our best moments are shared with friends while smoking roasts, cooking Thanksgiving or throwing football parties.  I've never been one to just throw some burgers on the grill for friends... instead I enjoy cooking memorable meals that make their drive up the mountain to our home worth while.  These are not all my own recipes... but a collection of our favorites - both mine and others.

Over the years I've had numerous people inquire about recipes or ask my opinion about cooking.  This blog is to help consolidate those opinions so that they may be easily found by me and shared with my close friends.  Many of the recipes are mine and many are contributions of other chef's, restaurants or blogs.  I always try to appropriately credit the source when applicable.  The spirit of this website is to consolidate my favorites no matter who created the recipe.

Since I haven't always been in the habit of photographing meals - some of the images on this blog are stock images to represent the finished dish..  I will always add photos as I take or receive them.

I am blessed with many talented "chefs" as friends and am hopeful they will share their secrets with the readers of this blog!

Bon Appetit!

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