Welcome!

I have decided to marry my two loves: cooking and writing. I've started cooking a long time before I ever put pen to paper (or really fingers to keyboard). Though I have to say I've been paid to ramble on in type. As of yet, no one had offered to pay me for my culinary skills which I think are probably far superior to my prose skills.

I come from a line of good cookers (as we say in my family). My grandmother and my mother both can make your mouth water with their simple southern dishes. In their houses, I learned at their sides with them patiently guiding my hands with many years of kitchen wisdom.

My messiness is mine alone though. My mom can cook a 5 course gourmet meal fit for a pristine white-tableclothed table and you would never even know she had set foot in the kitchen when she was done. I can make a grilled cheese and it looks like multiple bombs and tornados have torn through my kitchen with relish (and I'm not talking about pickles). But as one of my best friends says, "Its part of your charm."

The title of the blog even comes as a result of my messiness. As I pondered what to call this unholy marriage, my husband said call it stains on your shirt. I look down realizing that in my culinary zest of preparing dinner this evening almost every item on the menu made it on to my shirt.

I hope you enjoy reading. If not, I will enjoy cooking and writing about it. My journey in the kitchen finding, trying and tasting!