Hello and Welcome!

This is my first attempt at blogging, mostly to showcase my creations for The Daring Kitchen.

I am Anna, a cook in VA. I love, love, love food. Good food, to be precise. My mother showed me how to cook so that I could help around the kitchen and I was hooked. Cooking always makes me smile. Well, maybe not in the middle of it but afterwards, when all the pain and frustration are forgotten. How can you not smile remembering my dad's reaction to the news that I used his best wine for a fish stew of sorts or bright neon green frosting on cupcakes.