A year ago I was amazed at how quickly my website designer, Bruce Maxwell, had turned my first class schedule, registration and bio information into a destination called “Come Home to Cooking” that anyone could visit with just the click of a button. He was only waiting to receive a home page photo of me before we launched it.
Class 1 [Ratatouille and Roasted Vegetables] was a rush in every way, and as the following weeks rolled on out, we made bread salads, onion soups, savory stews, stuffed pumpkins, winter salads, Dungeness crab everything, visions of sugarplums and other holiday appetizers and treats. And I took pictures—I love to take pictures—of market basket still lifes, aromatic vegetables, dewy red-speckled greens, piping hot herb scones, cascading mushroom slices, onions in butter, melting chocolate, hand-painted tea cups, crystal wine decanters, engaging students, dear friends and devoted family. But I forgot about pictures of me in my glorious kitchen and suddenly it was time to send out the next class schedule and the next class schedule and the next class schedule and so it continued.
As it turns out, I’m grateful for this unintended delay. If I had managed to get the website together a year ago, it all would have been about what I planned to do instead of what I now get to see Come Home to Cooking has become. There couldn’t have been seven pages of linked information, including class day descriptions or student feedback. And it wouldn’t have offered this interactive weblog format for keeping things current and offering you yet another way to be a part of it all.
It’s critical that this website be beautiful, but also clear, well organized, and easy to use—Bruce took care of all that. We want you to feel relaxed and supported at Come Home to Cooking. Hopefully both this website and every one of us will continue to recognize and make the most of new opportunities to learn and connect in ways that meet our needs in this great life together. Welcome to Our Website.
