Laura

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I have to admit that I didn’t even start cooking until I was in my late 20s. When I was growing up, we had a German housekeeper who wouldn’t let me or my mom into the kitchen. Then I lived in a dorm while in college and ate all my meals in one or another of the school’s dining halls. Moving to New York City after graduation, I managed to eat out or take in almost every meal, including Sunday breakfast, which my husband, Bob, and I used to get delivered from a place on the Upper East Side called Mr. Chips. If I had to pick the moment in time when I started cooking, I would say it was right after my older son, Sam, was born. I was 28 years old and remember serving Bob what I considered to be one of my specialties at the time, Stouffer’s frozen macaroni and cheese. His response – and these were his exact words - was “Never make this for me again.” Thus was born the “Inspired Chef,” a title that I’ve slipped in and out of over the past 20 years.

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