About Dawn

My love of cooking started at an early age. I never had an Easy Bake Oven, because my parents felt it was not a safe toy. Instead, I was allowed to use the real oven…with adult supervision, of course!

My father was - and still is - my biggest fan. (Ok, my husband might be edging him out a bit!) Even the most bizarre concoctions I’d come up with my dad would eat with great relish! Now, of course, he doesn’t have to spit his food into a napkin before telling me how delicious it is.

I’ve often been told I missed my calling. I should have been a chef, not an electrical engineer. I don’t know what that says about my skills as an engineer! Well, I’m sure it’s meant as a compliment. :)

About the Site

I’ve had a recipe site for years, though it’s only been in its current form since May 2007.  I started with a single page of recipes on my “personal” web page.  It was just something I did for my own amusement.  It soon grew to the point where I decided to have each recipe on a separate page.  It got to be too much coding, and I decided a blog format would be more efficient.  I’ve imported all the old recipes to this site.  You’ll notice if you view the posts from that first month how boring they look…almost no pictures and no commentary.  (I’m updating them, though, as I find the time!)

Often times I’d modify the recipe to suit my tastes.  Eventually I started coming up with my own original recipes as well, although I still like to share great recipes when I come across them!  Now and then I come across a recipe I like so much, I don’t change a thing! I mention where each recipe comes from in its post.

All the photography on this site is my original work. I have no training in this department, and most most of my cooking is done in the evening when there’s little/no natural light to work with. Still, I think I’m getting better with practice…and, of course, there’s always Photoshop. I recently purchased a mini “photo studio in a box”, so hopefully my latest photos look a tad more professional.  I’m saving up to buy a better camera too.  I’m hoping to make that purchase by the end of summer.

Nutritional information, when available, is calculated using the Nutrition plug-in for Advenio’s MacGourmet software and should only be considered an estimate.

Favorite Recipes

My father’s favorites include Perfect Apple Pie, Carrabba’s Style Herb Mix for Bread Oil, and Bread Pudding.

My pepere raves about the Boston Baked Beans.

I have too many favorites to list, but I hooked my husband with the Chicken Marsala! At least, that’s my version of the story. ;)