Balto Bonnie

about me

Former nurse now Co Director of a local food bank. We have over 150 volunteers and all of us love to cook. We host general meetings about 4 times a year. Pot Luck dishes are always the most important item on the agenda. The volunteers put together a fund raising cookbook titled "We Share our Recipes". It contains favorite dishes from all areas of the country. Sailing is a hobby of mine. My husband and I love to sail on the St. Johns River. My favorite hobby is compiling cookbooks for friends and family. I type them and add photos and a story about the recipe, then I have them bound together for gift giving. My favorite cookbook is a family cookbook that we put together for our parents 50th anniversary. It contains recipes from our grandparents, parents ,as well as favorite recipes from all 5 siblings. I usually rely on traditional cookbooks like the Joy of Cooking when I begin my menu planning. I also enyoy, The Way to Cook by Julia Child and The Southern Living annual cookbooks, ( I think I have at least 20 years of them)

Favorite Foods:

My favorite food is seafood- Salmon and crab are at the top of the list. Also enjoy Spanish and French cuisine. I am devoted to Baltimore traditional dishes like steamed crabs and crab cakes. They are hard to find in Jacksonville, Florida, so I often steam my own and make my own crab cakes. I love family gatherings, now all too infrequent, where we all got together for steamed crabs, crab soup, and an afternoon of fantastic food with lots of laughter. My favorite restaurant was Tio Pepe in Baltimore, Maryland. I loved the Spanish food and ambience. Another Maryland favorite of mine is the Treaty of Paris in Annapolis.Around my current home city,Jacksonville, I really like; Cobblestone, Celler Grill, Heirlooms, and First Street Grill in Fernadina,Fl.

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