About

Hello, my name is ...

... Cookie. 

Actually, my name is Maria.  But both my sisters are Maria too. 

I have a second name: Agnes.  But that's my mom's second name too.  Mom's first name is Maria.

I have a third name: Carmela.  But who wants to call anyone "Maria Agnes Carmela"? Talk about a mouthful. 

So my family called me Cookie, pretty much from the day I was born.  Most of my friends also call me Cookie.  Actually, that's not quite true.  Apparently Cookie is still too long, so most people just say "Cooks".  I don't mind at all.

A guy from school called me Candy once.  We're no longer in touch.

When I started working, I didn't want the hassle of explaining "Cookie" to my boss and coworkers, so they used Maria.  It took me a while to realize that when someone said, "Maria, ..." they were actually addressing me.

I like food because food doesn't have to call me anything at all.  I can even take pictures of it, and it won't complain!  How awesome is that?

For more than a year I've been posting my food pictures on my Facebook page, but I think it's time to take a step forward.  So here I am.

This is a food blog, but food to me is more than just preparation and consumption.  Every dish I make has a purpose, or a story, or a memory.  I'm going to try to deposit little bits of those, each week, into my little spot on cyberspace.

Something about me? Well, I'm a female posing as an engineer, which means that there are way too many Y chromosomes where I work, and not enough XX's.  I'm even outnumbered at home: husband and son. An upside to that is I can bake as much as I want, and no one ever complains that it's too much. 

Thanks for taking the time to look around.  I'd like to get to know you, so please leave comments!

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