I love food. I love cooking it and eating it. I love reading
cookbooks and watching cooking shows.
When I am stressed, I cook to relax. There is something
soothing and extremely satisfying about making a dish come together perfectly
and then watching it being devoured and enjoyed. When I am happy, I cook to
celebrate. When it rains, I cook a hot meal for comfort…you get the idea. I
would say that I am a foodie, but I’m afraid I’m just not that hip. I’ll still
be enjoying food after that word is forgotten.
I also love to write. I've been making up stories as long as
I can remember, and I begged my Mom to teach me to write before I started
school so I could be just like the big kids. I studied journalism in college
and took literature classes for fun. I worked for six years as a newspaper
reporter for a weekly community newspaper and I loved it. It took me a while to
gain confidence about writing columns, but I knew I was actually reaching
people when friends and neighbors stopped me in the grocery store to share
their own holiday disaster stories after I wrote about mine.
This blog is where I’ll combine all my favorite things. I’ll
get to write and it will be about food and my family. I’ll share stories of
what we’re cooking, new recipes I have found, reviews of meals I've had in
restaurants and anything else food related.
One last note about the blog name. My son can’t stand the
way some people, even Food Network chefs, pronounce Parmesan, with a soft “s.”
He’s used to hearing it said with an almost “z” sound and the other way grates
on his nerves. I’m happy he thinks his Mom’s way is best, and I think it’s
funny that he even notices something like that. So Parmesan it is. Please
enjoy!
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