As many of you know, Brannon and I started working on a family cookbook about 5 years ago.  And, I am proud to say, it is complete and almost at the printers.  But until we can get it printed, we wanted our friends and family to go ahead and start sharing and using the recipes we have collected...enter the internet.

So without further ado, here is our Forward for the book and internet: 

This collect is just the beginning of the wonderful meals and dishes we have enjoyed while growing up. Food brings people together, it brings family together. The memories we have attached to food are some of the strongest we possess. These are a few of the recipes we love so much. These are some of the foods we have grown up with and will grow old with. These are the foods that have been given to us from our parents, and their parents before them. These are the foods that we will pass to our children, and them to their children. When we first sought out to compile these recipes we decided to gather together all the recipes we had and put them in a book to share with our friends and families. Easy enough!

With over 400 recipes we were looking at a VERY large book! So we had to cut back to the ones that we now have in here. The ones left behind just give us a good reason to put together another book. We are hoping to gather more and more recipes from you, our friends and family. And with each recipe a memory to share. We hope you enjoy the food from these pages and look forward to the food from many more.

Because these are Hand Me Downs that everyone wants on their plate.

This book and website is dedicated to all the chefs who stood in all those hot kitchens all day long and only sat for 10 min or less to eat once they were done cooking.
You made us smile, you made us happy, and you never left us hungry.
We love you all!
And we hope we can share your love with many more to come.