“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.” Laurie Colwin Shawn and I saw this quote framed at one of the booths at a local Farmers Market here in Tulsa a few months ago. Immediately Shawn had me take a photo of it so we'd remember it. After reading it over again I realized how true it is that even at our most solitary time in the kitchen, the foods we prepare have most likely been prepared before us, perhaps by our own Mother or Grandmother, and then tweaked from generation to generation, cook to cook. I thought of my own Grandma, Grandma Stubbs. Without doubt, we all have a Grandma that is or was the best at something. My Grandma Stubbs made the absolute best lemon cake. For years and years after her passing no one could find her recipe. Then, not long ago I came across a plastic sugar bucket full of Grandm