{"id":23991,"date":"2013-06-07T13:10:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T17:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?page_id=23991"},"modified":"2013-06-07T13:23:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T17:23:46","slug":"cooking-by-connie-constance-l-hope","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/columnists\/cooking-by-connie-constance-l-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking By Connie – Constance L. Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Connie Hope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Constance L. Hope, known to many as Connie or some even as \u2018Crazy Connie\u2019.<\/p>\n

I was born and raised in a small borough in New Jersey called Metuchen. Or sometimes called the \u2018the Brainy Borough\u201d.\u00a0 I graduated from Metuchen High School in 1965 and am in the middle of trying to organize our 50th class reunion for 2015.\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 Time has really flown by.\u00a0 And what a great time it has been.<\/p>\n

As a child, I was always on a chair next to my mother cooking, baking or sometimes just making a mess.\u00a0 I loved to be by her side and help with any kind of cooking.\u00a0 I learned to create my own tomato soup creation from just a can of Campbell\u2019s and my imagination. I would add a little of this spice and that sauce and make my own concoction.\u00a0 My father was the tester.\u00a0 Bless his heart\u2026.. some of the things, I dare say, were not that good.\u00a0 But as I grew, I learned more about herbs and spices and how to create different taste treats.\u00a0\u00a0 I have cooked and catered dinner parties for myself and others.\u00a0 I have been involved with \u2018Mother of Twins\u2019 cookbook and other cookbooks along the way.<\/p>\n

Life has really been great for me.\u00a0 Oh, I have had a few ups and downs, but I have my health, my sense of humor and my smile, so it\u2019s not all that bad.<\/p>\n

After high school, I went to Union Junior College. \u2018Uicy Juicy\u2019 as we called it, located in Cranford, New Jersey.\u00a0 After two years, I transferred to Trenton State College and went to school nights while I worked during the days.<\/p>\n

I moved to Doylestown, Pennsylvania and married my high school sweetheart.\u00a0 So much for high school sweethearts!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u00a0 re- married several years later and\u00a0 lived in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania where I had three wonderful children.\u00a0 John, my oldest son, has done a lot of the art work for this book.\u00a0 Then I had twins, Jacob and Jennifer.\u00a0 Jacob has always said to me \u201cMom, you should write a cookbook because you make the best soups and side dishes ever.\u201d So I did write one.\u00a0\u00a0 And Jennifer, who is a lawyer, has helped me with some of the legal items about the book.\u00a0 They all grew up standing on chairs in my kitchen, helping me make cookies, soup or homemade jellies and jams.\u00a0 Each with an apron on and flour or fruit all over them as well as the floor.<\/p>\n

Though the years, I have traveled a great deal and collected, tried, changed and created recipes from friends and acquaintances all over the world.\u00a0 Most recently, Hewitt, my partner of 15 years, and proof reader for this book (Thanks!)\u00a0 and I\u00a0 moved to Ft Myers, Florida where the weather is warm, the fruit is abundant and the time was available for me to write and put together this cookbook.\u00a0 It has been 20 years in the writing, but it has been well worth the long creation time.<\/p>\n

Cooking is something that you need to get into to really enjoy.\u00a0 I have always loved it and I have tried to instill this love in my children. I am now trying to instill that love in each of you.\u00a0 By reading and creating some of my favorite recipes I hope you will make them your own.\u00a0\u00a0 Good luck on your tasting journey. of you.\u00a0 By reading and creating some of my favorite recipes I hope you will make them your own.\u00a0\u00a0 Good luck on your tasting journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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