Homemade Made Easy Cookbook by Tina Verrelli

August 07, 2022 Post a Comment

UPDATE!! The Cookbook is coming back to QVC2 this weekend! 4/23/22 during the 11AM – 3PM ET Show on QVC2! In the Kitchen with Mary (ITKWM) Show!

Please Save the Date & Spread the Word! Thank you so much! ❤️

I've LOVED all things food my whole life – Here's a little bit about my culinary journey!

Cindy Brady!?

I come from a large family! I'm the youngest of 6 siblings. (3 boys, 3 girls born in alternating order – kind of like the Brady Bunch – that makes me Cindy!)

Here's a picture of just some of our extended family at my Mom's birthday party last year. We host a large part of this group each Thanksgiving!

Cooking in the 70's

I always loved helping my Mom and Sisters in the kitchen (or the camp kitchen!) I have fond memories of pulling up a kitchen chair to reach the counter. I was my Mom's grocery store helper – she'd make me my own little list and off we'd go filling up 2 big carts for our crew!

In My Kitchen!

When I became the Mom – my girls would pull up their chairs to help in the kitchen! We love hosting all kinds of gatherings – keeps our kitchen humming!

Cooking in Parking Lots…

Around 2009, I started entering Recipe & Cooking Contests! Was a great way to be creative and meet some of the nicest people!

…and was actually good training for cooking under all kinds of circumstances – like live on QVC! (There was a certain contest in a Las Vegas Casino parking lot where we were basically only provided a table and an oven that didn't work!) Learned a lot about improvising!

You can read more about my cooking contest experiences here!

Cocktail Parties & Victims!

At the height of my recipe/cooking contesting – I constantly had recipes on my mind. …to the point where I would corner unassuming "victims" at cocktail parties and "chew their ears" about my latest culinary project. I apologize! I knew I had to find a better outlet – a community – to share my passion with!

In 2013, I started my website, epicuricloud (epicuri, Latin for someone passionate about food and drink | cloud, a sharing place). Over the years, I have shared tons of original recipes there and found a community of willing foodies to share with! Nothing makes my day more, than reading comments from folks who have made and enjoyed my recipes!

Mixing it up on QVC!

I love having the opportunity to share my passion with all the QVC foodie friends!! After teaching elementary school for many years – I now love to "teach" and share all about KitchenAid on QVC!

The Big Nudge!

A cookbook has always been in the back (very far back) of my mind. I never would have taken the leap of faith to actually write a cookbook until you all gave me the push I needed. ❤️

I reached out to a publisher and was thrilled they wanted to work together! After years of recipe testing & tweaking & tasting & perfecting – and one fun photo shoot later!! It's finally ready to share with you!

Thank you for the nudge – I am so very grateful!