Over the years people have told me I should write a cookbook. Well - this is it. If I had written a cookbook, my first book would have been recipes to help people put dinner on the table. You really can't get real home cooking in a restaurant. It is not as hard as it may seem. I hope to write the recipes in easy to follow and clearly described steps - if you can read, you can cook. Where applicable, I will give "shortcuts" you can use to achieve the same recipe.