My Love for Cooking

My love for cooking started at an early age and the inspiration came from both my father and mother. My mother’s homemade biscuits, pies and cakes were always a treat. My mother was a great cook and she provided many of the recipes that I still used, and I that I have tweaked over time.

My dad loved getting up early and cooking breakfast for us most mornings before school. However, it was always a treat whenever he made pancakes for us on Saturday morning. He always called them flap jacks and it was so much fun watching him flipping flap jack on a Saturday morning. We knew dad was cooking what we would call a big breakfast today……. pancakes (i.e. Flap jacks), grits, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, syrup, and a glass of orange juice.

My father was no stranger in the kitchen, and he had no problem cooking for his family. He shared with me a valuable lesson he learned from his mother. She told him that a man should know how to cook, wash, iron, and sew. He said that my grandmother told him that you never know when your wife may become ill, and it will be your responsibility to make sure these family basic needs are still being met. This lesson inspired my joy for cooking.

As a former Barbeque Restaurant owner, several of our menu items were based on recipes that I got from my mother. Today, I love watching cooking shows for tips, tools, and techniques to use in our own kitchen.

On this page of our website, we want to feature some of the favorite recipes prepared by men who enjoy cooking in a section called “Men in the Kitchen”.

All of our premium members are encourage to share some of your favorite recipes that have been passed down for generations as a featured recipe post contributor to our website for others to try and experience in their own kitchen.