Here it is!

At the constant urging of my wife Corinne (she calls it scooching) and a few friends I have decided to start a place where I can share my recipes I have created over the years. I enjoy cooking, it is what I do to relax.  Most people get flustered when cooking for a large group, I on the other hand willingly take the challenge and with a few cold beers in the fridge and the right ingredients the kitchen becomes mine.  Don't get me wrong I do enjoy company in the kitchen while I'm cooking but don't be surprised if you end up doing stuff like peeling garlic or grating cheese, I am not afraid to delegate out a few tasks.  Especially the ones I hate like peeling garlic and grating cheese.  Corinne on the other hand is an awesome cheese grater and garlic peeler.  But as she is helping I always make sure her wine glass is full and she gets to taste test the food before it is served.  In our house I am the cook an Corinne is the baker.  Corinne can make some awesome cookies, cakes you name it if has sugar in it Corinne has got it covered.

I have been interested in cooking for as long as I can remember.  As a kid I would do things like put pepperoni on a ham sandwich with a little provolone, and really feel accomplished like I had just invented the wheel.  By the way that is a pretty good sandwich, throw it in the micro wave for a few minutes and lunch.  When my mom allowed me to start using the stove I mastered scrambled eggs.  I made scrambled eggs with cheese, ham, hot dogs what ever i could find in the fridge was going in those eggs.  A particular favorite back then was scrambled eggs with cayenne pepper.  I picked up the basics of cooking from watching my family as I was growing up.  Now I am addicted to the food network and like shows.  I am not your typical follow the recipe type cook.  I kind of create as I go, but once I hit on something really good I make a mental note of it, but unfortunately the mental notes tend to get a bit mixed up.  Which brings us to this blog.  I have on occasion or Corinne often will post pictures of dinner on face book and friends inevitably ask how I made that or they want the recipe.  Well here you go I will be posting some pretty tasty dishes for you to share with your family and friends.

A few things to consider when cooking,YOU are your worst critic, if you don't like it chances are no one will like it.  I will often use the term Season to taste, if someone likes it a bit hotter they can add pepper at the dinner table.

* A special note to my smoking friends.  As a smoker I know for a fact our taste buds are dulled by the smoking and we tend to over season foods because we can't get that full taste affect.  But seasoning the food to our taste will chase others off.

So without further adieu please try any of the recipes I have posted.  If you have any questions please feel free to ask, I will be more than happy to help in anyway.