Food has always equaled family for as long as I can remember and usually when I visit my parents, my Mother does a lot of cooking. Not only is she cooking for sustenance, but also to show her son, “the professional”, a thing or two can still be learned from the home cook. Well now she will be on my turf, and I revel in the fact that I can bring joy and satisfaction, in the way of food, to she and my Dad as they do me when I visit them. I will be making a run to the fish market and the produce stand in my neighborhood this morning with the hopes of finding some wonderful inspiration to reward the people who inspired me to cook in the first place.


