Hello there! My name is Lydia. I am beginning this cooking blog as an addition to my folks' website (www.kissmygrassfarm.net) for their farm. They produce fresh fruit, veggies, eggs, and meat.
I guess I've always been a little food obsessed. My mom says that when I was little I would just walk around and steal food off of her plate and everyone else's. I still think food tastes better off someone else's plate. Mom would have me in the kitchen all the time when I was growing up. I would help her make apple butter, breads, ice cream, and just about anything else she was cooking up. We usually had a garden in the back yard. My brother and I each had our own smaller gardens and got to plant whatever we wanted. Mine was usually full of corn, tomatoes, and strawberries (still 3 of my faves). I have always loved looking through cookbooks. As a teenager I didn't really enjoy cooking, but I would still flip through cookbooks and fantasize about someday creating those meals.
A few years ago I started cooking again. I am officially addicted. I still love to look at cookbooks, but now I not only make the food, I change the recipes to suit my taste (and the tastes of my friends and family). Every week I peruse my cookbook collection and pick different meals to prepare. And every Tuesday is grocery day. I like to perfect meals I already know how to make and also to challenge myself to master ones that seem impossibly complex. Sometimes it's a major success and sometimes it's dog food. Either way, I enjoy myself and learn something.
My blog will share my own recipes, variations of other's recipes, my favorite kitchen gadgets and feature lots of locally grown products.
