Who’s Michelle?

Like the blog says, I’m a 40-something foodie, an adventurous home cook, a fearless grocery shopper, a traveling food tourist, and a fan of all things culinary.

I absolutely love to prepare meals from scratch for friends and family, but the occasional delivery pizza or frozen convenience meal is in no way beneath me!  I’m not one of these folks who are going to tell you that making soup isn’t worthwhile unless you raise your own chickens for making stock — there are plenty of perfectly acceptable shortcuts, and we’re going to be using ’em.

I’m beginning a journey in eating and cooking with local ingredients and supporting family farms, and can’t wait to share my experiences, recipes, travels, successes, not-so-successful experiments, tips, tricks, and the contents of my pantry with you and yours.  Let’s learn and have some fun!

I live in the very resilient town of Moore, Oklahoma, with my English bulldog, Milton.

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