Karen
I'm a mentor in Tea
Here For: Meeting people who love to cook and share ideas with everyone.
Want to Learn How: I want to learn more about baking and try new cuisine.
Heard about BakeSpace From: I heard about Bakespace from a newspaper article about Desperate Housewives.
Occupation: Domestic Diva
Cooker or Caker: Cooker
Bake/Cook Frequency: Every day
Baking/Cooking Training: I learned from my grandparents and my father.
Favorite Food: Anything Italian
Favorite Food Moment: When I was able to make yeast bread for the first time was wonderful.
Favorite Cooking Word: Saute'
Favoriate Restaurant: Lidia's of Pittsburgh and La Tavola on Mt. Washington, Cafe Gerogio, Upper St. Clair
Favorite Chef: Lidia, Emeril, Giada
In My Town Try: Anything ethnic
Interests: First and foremost, I love to cook, then comes sewing, playing golf, reading, and I have several volunteer projects I work on at church and at a local hospital.
Languages: Pittsburghese :)
Books: My favorite all time book is Gone With the Wind. I read it four times in high school and did a book report on it every year. Don't remember how many times I have read it since.
Music: I love the Oldies from the 60's and 70's.
TV/Movies: Desperate Housewives, Bones, House, Greys Anatomy, General Hospital...Gone The Wind :)
Travel: We mostly travel to visit our daughters and to Hilton Head, SC. Some day we plan to go to Italy.
Clubs: I am a member of the Ladies of Charity and The De Marillac Guild at St. Louise De Marillac Church. Also, I am in the Auxiliary at St. Clair Hospital.