Cooking Clutter #5: Laure
Laure talks family recipes and takes us around her Massachusetts kitchen.
Laure, also affectionately known as Mom and Grandma, calls Attleboro, MA home sweet home. Keep scrolling to take a look around her kitchen, read about her favorite kitchen items, and see what she’s been cooking.
I love my kitchen! It's not perfect, but I have developed a good relationship with all my “co-workers.” The Breville coffee maker greets me everyday with a grinding chatter that turns into a soothing drip and ends with a happy beep calling my attention.
The sometimes creaky hum of my first and only refrigerator gently reminds me of the many years it has been keeping its cool, and a glance at the door covered in family photos brings history to life.
The chopping spinning symphony of my original Cuisinart food processor often competes with the jolly thump of my long time friend, the Zojirushi bread maker, but they both respect the patient breeze of the Capital convection oven as it efficiently coaxes the ingredients to develop and transform.
Not to be outdone, my wonderfully deep Elkay sink welcomes the plunge of the many parts involved in creating culinary delights and has ample room to allow them to dry out of sight.
I love the tools and gadgets that help me to “create” in my kitchen. Many have their own stories, having been passed down from my mother's kitchen, presented as gifts over the years, bought at friends’ home parties or simply “needed” for the menu.
Their presence doesn't crowd me but brings me the company of family members and occasions while I prepare new memories.
In recent years I've started to keep a journal of my gastronomic successes - I started by simply collecting the favorite recipes that my mom created then added my family's favorites. This has resulted in two “self published” cookbooks to date, with another currently in the works.
I love to cook, eat and share! It's an adventure to plan and prepare menus, meals, and gatherings. The memories created are priceless! I love my family and friends and my kitchen helps me show it.
I love comfort food - muffins, home baked bread, warm cookies, slow cooked stews, savory and sweet pies. These are “meant to be shared” type foods. Recipes can be simply doubled without much effort and easily distributed at creation or plucked from the freezer to enjoy with company or family.
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