-qnt~od=et~on<br > Since tile title of this book is Mama Never Cooked k ke This first<br > )o o ， .. . . ，<br > ~ . I ~z2 to Mo，!0r Roz， who， ，nf k I<br > h， dge caI p fi f bl d wh<br > at a ~er5 early age that the biggest treat n fe r vmced me<br > was a F~. Droner. When，<br > as a young girl growing up in Toron o my s sters and I showed a keen<br > interest ill food preparation boy， were we e couraged! Morn was so<br > supportive that she even let us cook fuU course dinners five=six nights<br > a week! The other nights， we ordered in Chinese food or pizza. Thank<br > goodness， I bave a mother who is a good sport antl call take this kind<br > of tmdesela，ed abuse.<br > c ~ Luutes， tint， ~ it turned out， to continue cooking I was<br > ready to explore life beyond TV Dinners. What I foul d in Vanc~ ver<br > uas a whole new world of fresh fisb anti vegetables. And what I did<br > with this new-fou d readily，， avMlable su rely o! foo<br > witl he recipes f d e mu . ~. . d was c mbine i<br > i o ]tl-ethn e in x of the city wh ch of co irse，<br > 1 didn t bare to leave Toro a o o find. But stil， beyond this， there was<br > my search for roots - a dish that l had never tasted， but one wllich，<br > once perfected， would identify me to tile world - cheesecakel<br > While at scbool， I got a job a nigb as h ) sc mana，er f r<br > East Ct urM Centre and " ~ g o the Vat court<br > ca er d . during Habitat Festival i 1976 " l<br > nners for opemn itht art ~ . . I )egal o<br > 75 cents a tuss n the g g IJ les an.d sell sbces ot dlcesecake at<br > ) lobby at mterm sslon. Word got out that if y~u<br > f the l ~pe cv~2h~.e. arTP My rep b~g gro~. O e<br > o ~ of my cheesecake rec pc was An e Petrie of<br > CfiC Radio s "Tbree s Compzmy，" who invited mc ol to her show to<br > share sonic cooking tints and favouli e reci es<br > a ~.arm r s ns fr ~ p v h steners Alter<br > e po e om fle pub c， I was ma(e<br > was two ye， u s e" hefor e a regolar gttt St. But i<br > cheesecake recipe] e 1 brok down and parted with tile coveted<br > For cach show， I would choose a theme: most often， a seasonal fruit，<br > fresh Vegetable or fish that was found in abundance in inca/m~kets.<br >