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The first cookbook that I ever used as a child and was given when I moved out on my own was a copy of "Mountain Measures." The cookbook was created and published by the Charleston, WV Junior League. Funny thing... I can't imagine my mother in the Junior League EVER! The cookbook is awesome!

It's funny because everyone was alright. Many years ago my friend's dad decided to have a cookout the night before the prom. He invited all of the teenagers and their parents over for dinner. A nice family night before the big next night. He asked his daughter to go and light the grill. She turned the gas up to high and burned her eyebrows off the night before prom. She had to draw them in for her prom. Ha!

Guacamole and salty chips!

Seriously?! I've never met one that I didn't like!

We just had a bonafide pig roast this past summer that rocked! I didn't really enjoy seeing the pig face on the spit, but he tasted darn good!

Filet Mignon; second would be...all the rest!

Ummmm, yeah, ANY TIME I get to eat some pork product is my favorite time! Such wonderful sweet, salty goodness.

Seriously, my dad's mom is a holiday turkey lady. My mom's mom is a holiday HAM lady. You always knew it was a special day when Mimi was baking a ham and homemade scalloped potatoes. Yummy!

After living near Moorefield, WV, where there is a chicken factory, I'm not the biggest fan of chicken. The whole town smelled of slaughtered chicken. However, when I want to get my carnivore on, I love beer can grilled chicken, Dan's roasted chicken (redneckmuppet.blogspot.com), or a great baked chicken cassarole.

Growing up I cooked with my mom, dad, and grandmothers. Between all of them I learned all sorts of recipes and tastes. The college years was just trial and error as are my 30s.

Anthony Bourdain and Ruth Reichl's books.

My friend, Dan's blog, Kitchen Geeking at... redneckmuppet.blogspot.com

Ramsey's is awesome!!!! Malone's is great, too. Those are two places that I try to hit when in Lex.

I absolutely love white chocolate. IT is my favorite!

One thing that can be done is this...
GO visite www.freerice.com It is a website set up by the UN. You play a vocabulary game and for each correct answer a grain of rice is donated to an impoverished area of the world. The more you play, the more you donate. In addition...you build a better vocabulary bank.