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Lea and Larry Vaughn

Welcome to our family cookbook, including  successful recipes we have recently developed, plus tried and true recipes we have used for years. We both enjoy cooking, and have shared a fun kitchen rivalry during our years together.

Lea is a classic Midwestern cook with years of experience cooking, starting with meals for her family of five brothers, a sister, and her father, while her mother worked outside the home. Her father was a former farm laborer before entering his career as an hourly worker on the railroad, and favored hearty meals of meat and potatoes.

A part of the skills Lea learned as a young girl was how to get the maximum number of portions from what was available, and how to flavor it for everyone’s palate. She learned recipes and techniques at her mother’s side, and developed a freeform cooking ability that requires no recipes, just a good memory for what ingredients go well together.

Larry, on the other hand, is a recipe cook, although he enjoys experimenting, and often stretches the boundaries of the culinary imagination and challenges the palate. No one will ever forget his green St. Patrick Day gravy, or blue mustard cream sauce for Independence Day! His cooking experience spans many years of special grill and roasting techniques, unusual (while tasty) flavor combinations, special basting and flavoring steps, and precise temperature control. His favorite perspective on cooking is pretty presentations . . . good food served with lots of eye appeal. Many of his sauces and rubs have been developed to deliver a complimentary flavor to a dish while adding  just the right splash of color.

To browse our collection of recipes, simply click on the links at the top of this page. You can always return to this home page by clicking on “Home.” Enjoy! And, please, let us hear from you!

Legal Disclaimer:

According to our attorney, we shouldn’t, and therefore don’t, recommend any of the recipes, ingredients, techniques or practices herein. Nor do we recommend you try any of the recipes, ingredients, techniques or practices described or displayed herein, even if we have served it to you and you know how gosh darn good it is!

Use of these recipes constitutes a free will choice and if you consume the resulting items you do so at your own risk and hold us harmless if you don’t like it for some reason. Private consulting available for a fee. We cater, but we’re expensive!