“I have no idea what possessed me to get married not knowing how to cook,” said Jo Ann Denley of

Chocolate Chip cookies were the first thing Suzanne Oakley learned to cook without supervision and are still her favorite to

Laura Bratton Edwards and her mother Shirley Bratton of Calhoun City say their family “looks for reasons to eat,” and

A few previous featured cooks share some of their favorite holiday recipes.

“All Granny’s kids had to cook!” said Kathleen Welch of Pittsboro, who has been cooking most of her life. “If

Emily Hardin Hicks of Saltillo and formerly of Vardaman, had a blue ribbon winning recipe this year in Vardaman’s Sweet

Dustin Vance said he had been interested in cooking since the 3rd or 4th grade as his grandmother was a

Alison Armstrong of Bruce learned to cook from her grandmother, the late Estelle Edwards, and her mother, Jennifer Glass, and

White Chili is a favorite of Melissa Morris and her family of Bruce. In fact, she has named it her

Judy Doolittle of Slate Springs is a retired history and computer teacher from Vardaman School. She found that for her