Food Plays a Major Role in our Lives

Food plays such a large part in our lives. Think back to Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners spent with family and loved ones. I’m sure you begin to conjure up fond memories. Now think of every day occasions spent with family, friends or even strangers that involved or were centered on food. Maybe it was a special dinner you prepared for a lover. Perhaps a meal shared with friends that when thinking back a smile immediately spreads across your face. No matter what the event was I bet food was involved in some fashion. Have you ever gone out to eat and expected to just have a meal and something happens either on the way or while you are there to make it one of those stories that become woven into the fabric of your life. This book is about those stories and the meals that accompanied them. Richard and I have known each other since grade school and have shared our life’s experiences over the last 45 years. Through good times and bad we have laughed, cried and supported each other through this journey we call life. Along the way we have lived and eaten in some amazing places and have some interesting stories to tell. As with everyone else the majority of these experiences had a meal or a special food associated with them. As in real life some of the stories are funny, some are heartwarming and some will make you think of your own stories.

Neither Richard nor I are chefs but  like so many others we do like to cook. Surprisingly most of our meals turn out quite well.  As a matter of fact we probably cook like you, we read a recipe, follow the parts we understand and hope for the best. The Internet has been a God send to cooks like us. You can now watch a video from an accomplished chef and follow directions step by step. There is a great pleasure in planning a meal, shopping for the ingredients and spending the day in the kitchen preparing and cooking a culinary creation which you get to share with family and friends. A well thought out and executed meal is like a work of art that you get to digest. Enjoy our stories and please try the recipes, they can't be that hard if we can cook them so can you.