About Us

Hi! We're Jim & Carolee Pafford, the authors and creators of the cook booklet "HELP! I'm Moving Away From Home and I Don't Know How to Cook" Book.

This book came about as a result of the times in which we grew up. We're not ancient by any means but our families didn't eat out very often when we were kids. The majority of our meals were cooked at home. Our moms and even Jim's dad, who was a Navy cook, manned the kitchen and we learned how to cook. Today, we Americans live at a far more hectic pace and both parents often work, leaving little time to prepare meals and resulting in a deficiency or downright void in cooking skills and knowledge for many people.

When our children were little we spent a lot of time fishing in the spring. We would hurry home from work, pack a quick snack, round up the kids and go fishing, sometimes until dark. When we returned home, we then had to fix something quick and easy for supper so we still had time to get the kids bathed and into bed for school the next day. The cooking knowledge we gained when we were youngsters helped make it easier to fix those quick-and-easy meals in such hurried times, and our children, when they grew up and moved away from home, realized how important knowing how to cook is, even the basics. In response to their realization, we decided to share some of the recipes that we've used over the years to make cooking easier and put together the "HELP! I’m Moving Away From Home and I Don’t Know How To Cook" book.

The directions in the book are easy to follow and the ingredients are simple to help you prepare yummy meals even if you are totally lost in the kitchen.

We hope you will try the Sample Recipe and come back to purchase the rest!

Happy eating!

Jim & Carolee Pafford

P.S. More editions to be added in the future.

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