From Punk To Puttanesca

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Gender	Female
Industry	Advertising
Location	Austin, Texas
Introduction	I live in Austin, Texas with my husband and teenage son. My father was a career Air Force man, so I grew up all over the world, Iceland, Panama, Germany, California, Texas, Nevada, Arizona. My mother, who is Italian, was a fabulous cook and homemaker. No matter where we lived, I could smell my mom's cooking as I walked home from school. It meant love, family, friends, home. My mom had eight brothers and sisters. She was only five years old when her mother died. Growing up during the Depression, they learned to not only make do with what they had but to have fun with it. Whether it was peasant food like polenta or Sunday dinner with pot roast or chicken cacciatore. I love to get in the kitchen after work and cook. I get a lot of pleasure and satisfaction from creating the meal, whether its something from a special new recipe or just going through the pantry and improvising.
Interests	Cooking, decorating, gardening, music, film, architecture, food/restaurants, clothes, fashion, shoes, cats, animal rights and travel.