My Hungarian grandmother taught me to cook by showing me her traditional ways when I started grade school. That is when my passion for cooking all started. Since she never wrote anything down or ever measured anything the way you would expect, my wide schoolgirl eyes had to take in as much as possible during her visits. On my own I learned to take chances and experiment, but rarely with the perfection she achieved. When I lived and cooked in Bavaria with a German family the year before my college graduation, they approved with great surprise that an American could cook. While in college during the summer, with the job of teaching printmaking at the Putney School, I also got to supervise an organic farm crew there. Later I became an academic with a keen interest in sustainability. I love experimenting with new ingredients, colors and textures.
