Pat Raport
Hometown: Gainesville, FL
Here For: Great taste, Fast, Easy, recipes.
Want to Learn How: Looking for new ideas to revamp old recipes.
Heard about BakeSpace From: Taste of Home Chat board
Occupation: Retired from advertising
Major: Music - Art
Degree(s):
Cooker or Caker: Both
Bake/Cook Frequency: Every day
Baking/Cooking Training: Osmosis - with a few classes thrown in...
Favorite Food: Dark Chocolate, Crab Cakes, Finger Foods
Favorite Food Moment: Hearing "More, please... can I have the recipe?"
Favorite Cooking Word: Saute...Least favorite is gelatin.
Favoriate Restaurant: Depends on where I am...
Favorite Chef:
Interests: People, reading, travel, art, music, cooking, whatever strikes my fanny (ooops..fancy?) I sometimes have an acerbic sense of humor. I prefer to keep in touch by phone, but I love to receive letters...I don't like additives in my food, but I'm not above using a box to bake...I don't use boxes to cook...ever...does that make me "cakist"?... I like people, as a rule, although some should be slathered in marinade and roasted.
Books: Mystery, Fantasy, Sci-fi - or anything else that's available...including a dictionary...
Music: All of it
TV/Movies: Cops, Food, History
Travel: 32 States, Mexico, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, ++
Clubs: PPIR, American Legion