Welcome to CookWriteLove.com! Since my girlhood days in Wisconsin, all I have ever wanted to do is share my passion for cooking and entertaining. Over the years, my love of being in the kitchen has only been enhanced by opportunities to pursue food writing. Feel free to stop by the About Mel tab to learn a little more about what I am doing both in and out of the kitchen.

Cook
Putting my culinary education to good use means displaying my passion on a plate.  
Write
Even though I'd been blogging for years, after winning a Jambalya cook-off in 2011, I started writing in earnest.  Today I am delighted to be be a food columnist for Chicago Tribune Media.


Love
Keeping things in perspective means keeping my focus on family, freindships and food. I've been doing that for years at Elsmo Four.