Pretty In Pink... Perfect In Paisley!

Let Me Change this post up for the sake of God forsaken change! I can not remember a time when my grandma was not in the kitchen. Since becoming an adult I can not remember a time me not being in the kitchen! As much as I love to paint and teach, I love to cook more! I was meant to be in front of a group of people force-feeding them and showing off my culinary skills! I am comfortable being in front of a camera and I am confident with my speaking style! Some things in all our abilities are innate and a handful is just good at what we are born with! When I went looking for a food company to partner with, (The Gourmet Cupboard)  it had to be a company that I could incorporate my spin on with their meal prep spices etc... that I could use with my recipes. I typically cook very Italian. I may though twist a good ole American traditional meal and turn it into my own! I kinda do that with everything I touch. I put my spin on all of my creative efforts so that I can make it my own

Here we are, count down to Christmas. Can you believe it? We are 10 days away from the jolly old man making his appearance for the umpteenth time in history. It would be redundant to ask, where did the time go or man, how did it sneak up on us? Like every year we know it comes around and as we get “older” each month flies faster than Santa’s sleigh! Am I prepared? Am I ready? Hell no to be honest! I am not even in the Christmas spirit. I can’t find it and as I have looked around at others they are not much in the jovial spirit either. From what I have seen most would like to postpone, suspend or make the darn holiday completely fall off the calendar…forever! It shouldn’t be like this but it is… Christmas spirit is gone. The true meaning of Christmas spirit disappeared several, several decades ago. Industries have capitalized on the economy’s misfortunes. Big box stores and advertisers have ruined what we as children looked forward to and as much as I don’t want to talk rel

You could say I am seeking tradition. I have a flood of memories that have surfaced and you guessed it, if I can’t write about it what good is having the memory!  I don’t know if it is because the holidays are around the corner or the fact that I would have been married 30 years. My female nostalgia says it is the combination of both. I was married on Thanksgiving Day, which by the way was a family tradition. Grandma and grandpa and my mom and dad were married on Thanksgiving Day so the dutiful daughter/granddaughter I was... followed suit! None the less holiday or would be anniversary,  it is not making this season any easier.  Maybe not every tradition is supposed to be handed down. New traditions can be created and possibly some traditions should be altered and the ones that are so chaotic or archaic should be a given... and should  be forgotten! but regardless it should not change the meaning of holiday tradition: A time for family to gather, a time to share a meal and a tim