Getting Started

Hello All,

This first blog is a little about why I am creating this blog. My hopes. My dreams (Sogno). I am almost 40 years old. Have four stepchildren from two marriages. One son of my own, Nick. He will be Senior this fall. Not sure how to feel about that. :)

I always loved to cook. My Grandmother and Mother taught me a lot. In High School I was in a Food Management Class and loved it! I worked in different Restaurants while as a teenager. After High School I moved and took a job at a Little Caesars Pizza. I worked my way up to be an Assistant Manager. After that I met my first husband. Moved, married, had kids. The cooking world was put on hold. After my Divorce I started to cook again. I found my passion again. Now going after my dream.

In this blog, I will share hardships of cooking, recipes, and cooking tips that I have learned.

I like to cook many things. I think my favorite and really good at is Italian food. (I so want to travel to Italy) Nick and I have narrowed down that an Italian Restaurant would be perfect. So then we had to settle on a name for this restaurant. Thanks to my high school classmates (especially Joy, Thanks Sweets) we settled on Sogno's. The Italian word for Dream.

Besides my grandmother and mother teaching me, I have self taught myself on a lot of things. I am a foodnetwork junkie. I have dozens upon dozens of cookbooks. I also get cooking magazines. I will take a recipe that I like and try, but when I try it; I usually end up changing lots of things and somehow its so different it becomes my own version.

I am very slowly writing my own cookbook. I am finding out its a very slow process. Especially when you work a full time job outside the home. So far my taste testers, my awesome co workers loves the food. I can not wait until it is completed.

I have or trying to get at least a small business started out of my home. I'm known for my hotwings and Lasagna. I do sell them to my co workers or friends. I just haven't made anything on it; but you got to start somewhere.

Some of my favorite people are Chef Anne Burrell, Guy Fieri, Bobby Flay, Gordan Ramsey, Rachel Ray, and Paula Deen. Many others too. I have a facebook and a twitter account. One night I was flipping out so happy. My family was wondering what was going on with me. Chef Anne emailed me on Facebook. :) Couldn't help myself. Then I follow A LOT of chefs on twitter. So far Chef John Besh and Chef Michael Symon has answered a few questions that I sent them. Also on cloud nine because Chef John Besh and Martha Stewart follows me. It doesn't take much to make me happy. I know corny.

Well, I will be going for now. I will be working on getting some cooking tips together and will be blogging about that in the near future.

Until next time,
Dayle

PS Just a short note; I did not do well in English in high school or college. Please excuse any grammar or spelling issues I may have.