Hello! I’m Cootie. (The name is a long story, don’t ask.)
Growing up in my family we were encouraged to play with our food. My parents treasured creativity; both treating as and pronouncing it a God given gift.
Anyone creative will tell you that they never feel quite as much joy as when they are exercising their creativity and getting better at whatever it is they love doing.
This blog is the gallery for one of my many treasured arts, cooking. I’m not a professional, my training is limited, but I come from stock (see what I did there? ;-P) that is passionate about food and hospitality and instilled the same love in me. This blog is meant to capture my journey as I practice and hopefully get better at making tasty food.
You’ll find two kinds of posts here. The first is me sharing recipes I enjoyed. The second is more sentimental. Remember how I said I came from cooking stock? My grandmother was a wonderful, adventurous cook and didn't just infectiously pass that love on to the following generations of Ashworth women but also left a carefully curated cookbook behind. The second kind of post you’ll see is me testing and committing these recipes to an electronic form.
This blog would just be a pile of words if it weren’t for my lovely sister in law and photographer extraordinaire, Leah Ashworth. She really is great. (Check her other photography out here.)
I hope this blog encourages you to identify and pursue your creative passion and pass the inspiration along.
