ABOUT THIS COOK:

My name is Jenn and I live with my boyfriend Josh, our little girl Kaia who was born the summer of 2006 and our four-legged epileptic furry kid Raider who was born the spring the 2005. I began cooking around the age of twelve and since then have only grown to love the art even more! Since the age of fourteen I have worked in the food and beverage industry, creating within myself quite a little foodie monster. In April of 2007 I became a member of Cooking Contest Central where I began my recipe contesting. I have had quite a few wins so far and don't plan on stopping! My mantra is you can't win if you don't enter!!! My style of cooking is what I call Califusion comfort cuisine creating from healthy hippie food to comforting Betty Crocker-like dishes utilizing cuisines from around the Earth, especially Italian and Mexican as those are my favorites!

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  pate'...one I didn't like and another I did!

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Usually some kind of pasta dish...or left-overs if there are any.

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My knife.

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  12...if I had a dining area to accomodate that! For now...the four of us!