I’ve made my mind up and I don’t think I can be moved. I am absolutely, positively sticking to this decision: I can no longer eat store-bought cookies. Keebler, Oreo, Pepperidge Farm Chessmen and Chocolate Chunk Pecan. . . I can’t do it anymore.

What goes with greens, fried catfish and candied yams?

Once I really mastered cooking, if one truly does master the art, and after I got my own place, I would often prepare meals for my parents and invite them over. Of course, as parents do, they would fawn over me and whatever the meal was, and we would all eat to our heart’s delight.

There are two things that I often look for when I’m going to prepare a new recipe. The first is the length of time that it takes to make the dish.

I kind of consider myself to be a soup connoisseur. I’ve tried soups filled with vegetables, broth-based, cream-based, meaty and even cold. Because I enjoy soup so much, I hardly every eat it from the can. Sure, it’s quick and tasty enough, but there’s nothing like leaning over a pot of fresh soup and sniffing the contents.

I’ve heard that real men don’t eat quiche, but I don’t know if that’s the same for a real lady. I say that because I absolutely adore quiche as an entrée for lunch, breakfast or an evening snack.

I try to never complain about the weather. After all, regardless of whether it rains or snows, it’s still a day that I was able to see. But I can’t help but notice that it’s taken an extremely long time to even give us a semblance of summer. Even as the days are getting longer, I’m still wearing heavy clothes and even jackets.

I try to never complain about the weather. After all, regardless of whether it rains or snows, it’s still a day that I was able to see. But I can’t help but notice that it’s taken an extremely long time to even give us a semblance of summer. Even as the days are getting longer, I’m still wearing heavy clothes and even jackets.

I kind of consider myself to be a soup connoisseur. I’ve tried soups filled with vegetables, broth-based, cream-based, meaty and even cold. Because I enjoy soup so much, I hardly every eat it from the can. Sure, it’s quick and tasty enough, but there’s nothing like leaning over a pot of fresh soup and sniffing the contents.

One of my favorite vegetables is collard greens. I love greens like some people like chocolate. When I taste an exceptional batch, my eyes roll to the back of my head and I let out a huge sigh. Pure bliss.