I learned to cook from my mother's kitchen. She taught my sisters and me how to prepare simple tasty meals with few ingredients. Several of the recipes in this book I ate as a child and some are my own creations. If you are looking for a great seafood chowder recipe you will find it in this cookbook along with many other tasty dishes.

Here is a brief index of recipes: Appetizers, soups, deserts, cakes, cookies,pies which include Acadian sugar pie and cookies. Lamb section as well as chicken pasta and seafood dishes such as chowder and fishcakes. Also included are several short stories.