Greetings and Welcome to C'est Si Bon

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Greetings and welcome to the first installment of C’est Si Bon. I’m glad you’re here to follow along on the food journey I’ll be guiding you on in the days to come.

First, let me introduce myself. I’m Aimee McCullough. Wife to Kevin and mom to three adventurous kids, ages 15, 13 and 10. Originally I’m a west coast girl from Southern California, but when I got married 22 years ago, I became a transplant to the greater NYC area and have called north Jersey home ever since. I grew up with an Italian mother who loved to cook and entertain—Martha Stewart and Julia Child were mainstays in my house growing up. My mother was always in the kitchen cooking and feeding people, and I was always by her side learning and helping her. I was a pretty picky eater as a child, but that gave way to changing tastes as I got older and realized I really loved to eat. After I got married and realized someone needed to figure out what was for dinner every night, I happily started to experiment in the kitchen and explore food beyond what I had grown up eating. Over the years, I have found new favorites that my family love, as well as returning often to my mother’s Italian roots to keep alive the food traditions and dishes she faithfully made in my childhood. Now that I cook for three kids who are fast forming their own culinary tastes, I am continually refining my skills and balancing the introduction of new dishes to their palates, as well as making the crowdpleasers I know everyone will enjoy.

This summer I had the opportunity to travel with my family to Italy, where we enjoyed beautiful pizzas, pastas, seafood and vegetable bounty from the beautiful cities of Rome and Sorrento. One of my family’s favorite pastas from our trip was the humble yet incredibly rich and delicious carbonara. Made with just a few simple and common ingredients, but yielding such a rich and satisfying dish.

I truly hope you enjoy the recipes I have to offer here, as well as some of the extra food content I hope to provide through my culinary adventures in restaurants and travels during the year. Please follow me @mon_aimee on instagram and TikTok, and email me with questions comments, and requests of what you’d like to see in the coming days.

Merci!

Aimee