EmpEbi Profile

Cooking Influences

I grew up in the mid-west with influences from England, Scotland, Italy and Germany with a pinch of farm fresh Amish.
I later spent time living in Hawaii and was influenced by Hawaiian and all Pacific Rim and Chinese style foods and customs.
I've been living in the Southeast US & married to a great southern raised gentleman. Here I have been influenced by many great southern style cooks, but early in our marriage and to this day I am most influenced by Nathalie Dupree's genteel southern style and "new southern" mixed with traditional cooking menu.