Welcome!
I should find my manners and introduce myself and how I arrived here. I grew up in East Hampton, which is considered the crown jewel of the Hamptons, on the eastern end of Long Island, NY. When I was growing up here, there were still hitching posts on Main Street and everybody knew each other by name. I have fond memories of fresh produce from the garden and fish straight from the sea left on our doorstep by local fisherman. Dairy cows grazed in the lot behind our backyard and clothes hung outside drying in the salty fresh air. I remember warm blueberry muffins and strawberry shortcake with real cream in late June and apple and cherry pies that Mom and Aunt made from fruit trees on our property. My mom says that as a little girl I "cooked" in the sandbox and would "feed" our dog while he would pretend he was eating whatever I "cooked". I guess I was destined to be a cook.............and gee, thanks Mom for letting me play chef in the sandbox.
Many years later I apprenticed as a private sous chef and learned many techniques and secrets of grand cuisine. I took my little show on the road and began cooking in places far and away to learn the lore of foods unknown to me.
Spending time in the southern United States and the remote islands of the West Indies in the Carribbean Sea, I became enchanted with warm weather foods, so different from the foods of the North for a Yankee girl.
Today I cook in the kitchens of billionaires, on their yachts and on their travels to far and fabulous corners of the world.
I will be sharing with you recipes, stories and secrets from Hollywood to the Hamptons and we will never know who will sit down to dinner.
