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Hi! My name is Carma and this is my food related website. Here you will find ideas to take your kitchen creativity to new heights. Whether you are looking for new recipes, gift ideas or just some culinary inspiration, you will find it here.

Creating in the kitchen can be a fun, wonderful experience. It is my hope that you will find at this site what you need to use cooking as a creative outlet. Whether you’re making a meal for the family or guests, or creating a personalized, homemade gift from the heart, you’ll find ideas, resources and more at Carma’s Cookery.

Carma’s Cookery is all about kitchen creativity, the soul of gift-giving and entertaining with heart and imagination. Here you will find ideas for using cooking and gift-givng as creative outlets. Whether you’re making a meal for the family or guests, or creating a personalized, home-made gift from the heart, you’ll find ideas, resources and more at Carma’s Cookery.

Background

I began my love of cooking before the age of 5. I baked my first cookie when I was three and a half years old. It was a giant sugar cookie with M&Ms on it. I still remember the sugary, bready taste.

I’ve been baking and cooking most of my life. Now that my grandmother’s gone — she was a sublime cook — I feel like when I’m in the kitchen, I’m channeling her energy.

O.K. I admit it. Sometimes I’m something of a lazy cook — I don’t like to put too much work into making a spectacular meal — but then, sometimes I’m not. For example, I have made Naan from scratch — but never again. My arms ached for days! However, I will put the extra work in to making a Büche de Noel, because it is so worth it.

I’m also a tinkerer — it is a rare recipe that leaves my kitchen prepared exactly as instructed. I can’t help myself. I leave out ingredients I don’t like (bell pepper and eggplant top the list) and often feel that recipes just don’t call for enough garlic, so I add a clove or four.

I have a passion for food that tastes good. I just can’t stomach a mediocre cookie, when a darn good one is so easy to make. Life is just too short for mediocre food.