It all started about 43 years ago......

I am embarking on an adventure that has been somewhat of a dream since childhood. I started loving to bake in both grandmother's kitchens standing on a chair. Each grandmother had their own style of cooking. One would measure everything, read recipes and use fairly healthy ingredients while the other one didn't own a cookbook, measuring spoons or measuring cups. She also used lard to cook with. Both were equally fascinating and I learned so much from them. My mother is a great teacher of cooking too. She loves to bake and to this day I still haven't been able to master her yummy Four In One cookie recipe. I've been inspired by so many good bakers. I also love a good coffee and the atmosphere that allows one or several to relax, drink coffee and have some baked comfort foods while sharing stories from their heart or having some alone time to read or pray or just think. What a stress reliever. I guess my biggest supporters of this adventure are my two children. It's something the three of us love to do. Bake and cook, trying lots of new and unusual recipes. They have pushed me for a long time to do something like this. So, my prayer, hopes and dreams are that at the end of these 52 weeks I will have a good start on some great and tasty baked goods to serve with that great coffee at my own coffee shop. I hope you all will join me in this exciting adventure in my life. I'm sure I'll have my frustrating moments along with the great ones, but that is how we learn, right? Ready? I think I am.....Let's go.