Sue Socher can’t understand why her daughter, Melissa Haskell, spends hours making homemade chicken or beef stock or canning tomatoes when it would be easier to buy them at the grocery store.
“It sounds like a lot of work to make things homemade, but really it is very simple,” Haskell said. “I enjoy making meals from scratch because cooking is my passion.”
A graduate of the California Culinary Academy with a degree in culinary arts, Haskell, 36, combined her love for food and passion for cooking to create her business, For the Love of Food, in Canby. She caters events and teaches cooking classes.
She believes that anyone can learn the basics of cooking and with a few tricks of the trade serve “magnificent, delicious, healthy meals to their loved ones.”
Haskell has lived in Canby for four years with her husband, Mark, a dentist, and daughters, Katie, 8, and Maddie, 6.
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