JT'sMom

about me

I live in the beautiful “Emerald City” better know as Seattle, Washington. After 24 wonderful years working as a Flight Attendant, I traded my wings to be a full-time SAHM. I have been married for 20 years and The Lord has blessed us with one PRECIOUS & INCREDIBLE SON! He is the Love of My Life. I enjoy cooking, baseball, golfing, camping, going to our beach house, and anything cottage or shabby chic. I collect teapots and birdhouses. I love to paint flower pots, bird houses, and rocks to place in my garden. In fact, when we camp on a river you can usually find me scouring the riverbed for that “perfect” rock. On them I paint: "gnome homes", "garden angels", flora, and fauna. The shape of the rock will determine its fate. My favorite cookbook is the one I hold in my hands, at any one time. They are each someones favorite and all are made with Love. My pet peeves are: "political correctness run amok", unfairness, off color jokes, and crule or mean spirited people. My Motto: "Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things".~~Antonio Smith~~

Favorite Foods:

I have a passion for coming up with inventive ways in which to cook Gourmet food while camping. At home it is Comfort Food, most of the time. I am famous for my Smothered Pork Chops. Some of my favorite foods are: CHOCOLATE, GARLIC, stir fried anything (almost anything), mushrooms, bleu cheese, asparagus, eggs benedict, roast duck, seafood (especially lobster and crab), prime rib with freshly grated horseradish and Yorkshire pudding, fettuccine alfredo, I should probably be on Lipitor...my favorite ethnic food is Greek. I could go on and on..... A chilled glass of Limoncello straight from the freezer or a jar of Nutella and a spoon and I am a happy camper LOL! My least favorite foods would be: airline food (remember that?), goat cheese, escargot, and any organ from any animal, however I do enjoy a fine pate and will wrestle anyone for the butter from the escargot with a piece of bread to go with. Go Figure?? My favorite restaurant is a mid-sized hole in the wall in Narita City, Japan, called "The Western Beggar". 10 stools, 2 woks, 1 very good stir-fry chef!!! The stir-fried Japanese eggplant is to die for and I have given up on trying to replicate it. I also love "Jezebel" in New York City where I had my first taste of southern soul food. If you are ever in Manhattan, treat yourself! The food is good and the decor is pure eye candy. If you sit on one of the porch swings, don't drink too many of Jezebel's "Woo Woo's"!

My favorite place in the whole world is Hong Kong. It can, and will, arouse and enliven all 5 of your senses...maybe more. Any place that can change DH into a “shop till you drop fool” is somehow VERY mystical. Since my job no longer takes me there, this website is the next best thing and faster than then the 15 hour flight.
http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/index.jsp

Hong Kong is "The Culinary Capital of Asia" and is truly a food lovers paradise. If you take a peek, scroll down to the "Have You Eaten Yet" video and see. It is just that, a peek. http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/interactive/video/index.jhtml

The world - for me- is a different place now, so I am just delighted to have both feet on the ground, in my hometown, with my family beside me.
Thank you for visiting my "About Me" page.



The stars in my reviews are given by meeting one or more of the following criteria:

*****
Outstanding!!!
We all loved it, picky DS included!
I cannot wait to serve this to guests!
This will be made over and over again.
I am sad there are no leftovers.
I will share and recommend this recipe.

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Very Good!
DH and I liked this, but picky DS did not.
I will make this again for sure.
I would serve this to guests.
I will share and recommend this recipe.

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This was OK.
I would possibly make this again but would need some modifications.


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No one cared this.
I don't think any modifications would make this into something I would try again.

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This is not for us. It's about the recipe and/or our tastes, NOT the Chef.

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