Please allow me to introduce myself:

Food, family, friends...these are a few of my favorite things (not necessarily in that order!). Cooking has always been a large part of who I am. Besides the obvious that I love, love, LOVE food, I adore gathering people around a table for a meal - whether it's an egg casserole and simple salad for brunch, pizzas fresh out of the oven, or an Italian spread for dinner. It's during these times that make me happiest - feeding the tummies and souls of my nearest and dearest. 
 

I've always loved jigsaw puzzles and I believe that has helped inspire my joy of cooking. Looking for recipes, putting them together, sometimes getting them wrong, and the satisfaction with getting them right. I take a lot of time to find the "best" recipes, which means I trial a LOT before I settle on the "perfect" banana bread...or pizza dough...or bolognese...or chicken and dumplings. Come along with me as I succeed at some and fail at others.

 

Oh, and what's a "Lolli" (lah-lee), you ask? It's a nightly tradition around our dinner table. Each person gets to say what their Lolli of the Day was...it's the sweet part, like a lollipop. There's also a whole song that goes along with it, but that's for another day...
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