My Childhood home was Right down from the church that we Attended, until I was almost a Senior in high school. I Remember when we had a screened in front porch, where my sisters and I played as Little girls. My Mom always had a clothes Line on our screened in porch, where in the Winter, she would hang our clothes to dry. In the cold Winter Months, my dad would always place a Little space heater on the porch for our clothes to dry. My Dad would always sit and Listen to the White socks base ball game, everyday after he came home from work and help my Mom and Grandmother close the Cafe that they operated. We had a Nice size yard, with fruit trees and a Nice grape vine in the back yard. I Remember coming home from school on some days smelling my Mother cooking White Northern beans and corn bread. We would Always have a Blackberry Cobbler or Banana pudding for dessert. My Grandmother would always bring Chicken-N-dumplings from Our Cafe that we owned. I also vividly Remembering my Dad buying us a Nice black and White T.V. one day after coming home from school. Boy my sisters and brothers were so happy to finally have a T.V. of our own. Before, we would always go over to a Neighbor’s house to watch T.V. Later after I finally Married and had my own home. My husband Curtis at the time, bought our Children a Nice New color T.V., which we, along with their cousins and plenty of friends would All crowd into my Living Room and watch either football or basketball, because we had four boys who All played sports in school and my Daughter was a high school Cheerleader. My house was Always full of my Kids and their cousins and their friends. I would always be in the Kitchen cooking Large pots and pans with Homemade chili, spaghetti, Chicken, potatoes, baking cookies or candy. But I had to hide my husband at the time a plate, because the Kids would eat everything up. They All soon grew up and moved out to Attend College. Today, I am Left with fond Memories and plenty of Grand children and Great Grand Children, Who I Adore.
Happy Homestyle Chef
My First Homestyle Cookbook
by Annette Crossley

Happy Homestyle Chef
My First Homestyle Cookbook
by Annette Crossley
Published Jan 12, 2016
226 Pages
8 x 10 Color Paperback
Genre: COOKING / Courses & Dishes / General
Book Details
With Over 150 Recipes for your Enjoyment This cookbook Will take your Taste buds On a Wonderful Exciting Adventure!
As a young energetic, very out going and friendly girl, I was Always very friendly and had plenty of friends. I Remember my older siblings Juanita, Laverna, SK, and Clarence. I had one younger sister Ida, who I was Responsible for Looking out after coming up. My older siblings who soon Married and moved out of the house, so I suppose that Left me caring for my youngest sister, Ida. My Dad, Charles Taylor Wright worked for the New York Central Railroad and my Mom, Katherine and my Grandmother Ran the Restaurant or should I say, Cafe, is what they called them back then. So my Mom and Grandmother was always working and cooking at the cafe and I was the Middle child Left at home to do the cooking and cleaning for me. My youngest sister Ida and my younger brother Clarence. So every day after school was out, I went home to cook and clean for my Siblings, before I went out to play with my friends. I would always stop over my older sisters house to watch her cook, since they Lived Right Next door. My older sister Juanita was Married to Sammy, a Military guy. Sammy was a Real Nice guy, but he suffered a lot of flash backs from the War and being in the Military. So I would Always take my friends with me, just in case he was having a bad day. Some days I would stop and visit my sister Juanita, and if she wasn’t home from work yet, and Sammy would come to the door yelling Real Loud, “Who is it?” My friends and I would Run and jump off the steps Real fast “Laughing”, because Sammy was having a bad day. However, I always had my Mom, Grandmother, Aunt and older sister to teach me certain things to cook. I Remember burning up so many pots-n-pans, until I was Almost banned completely from the kitchen HA-HA. I soon grew up, graduated from high school, married with a family of my own and me and my husband at the time, had five children, Curtis, Brian, Derrick, Kimberly and Delbert. So I was Always cooking for a Large family. My Mom Katherine, Grandmother Julia, Aunt Lilie, Mother-in-Law Mary Francis. Aunt Peti Pie, Aunt Ruby, Aunt Laurie and Aunt Jack were All great-great cooks. This is how I started cooking at a very young Age.