Meet the Cook
I’m Colleen Bierstine, The Smart Cookie Cook. Food is my life, my happiness, and my one true love. If I’m not cooking food, I’m eating it. If I’m not eating food, I’m thinking about it. There’s just nothing in this world that affects me like a great slice of thin and cheesy pizza, or the most sinful slice of rich chocolate cake. And the guilt that results? Totally worth it. I cook, I bake; I do it all. I won’t pretend to be an expert; I don’t have formal training (unless you count cooking classes in elementary school). I learned primarily by trial and error, but I also gained knowledge from my mother & grandmother. Honestly, I learned a plethora of valuable tidbits from religiously watching The Food Network. I’ve never been one to believe that you need to go to cooking school in order to know your way around the kitchen. All it takes is passion and practice. I’ve got a natural feel for food & flavors; I know what tastes good.
So, to serve it up for you in one simple slice, I am a self-proclaimed foodie and one smart cookie.
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I was born on August 22 in New Jersey.
I am 18 yrs. old, a high school grad & college freshman.
I have an older sister, Carol-Ann (22 yrs. old).
I have a beagle, Reese, who loves to help out in the ktichen!
I've been a vegetarian for four years.
Besides food, I love art & dance.
I am Dairy Queen's biggest fan & a proud member of the Blizzard Fan Club.
Wanna know more? Just ask.
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Hi Colleen! My name is Tammi, I’m just starting my website and just came across yours, it’s fabulous! What a great job and you’ve got yourself some great goals! Keep up the good work, I’ll have to try some of your recipes, feel free to check out mine! Good Luck!!
hey colleen! just wanted to say that i enjoy all your recipes and i plan to make some for my girlfriend! thanks for all the great foods!
Great, I hope you both enjoy them! You’re quite welcome, thanks for stopping by
How do you stay so skinny? I love food and believe me, it’s astruggle for me!
Haha, well I try to balance. I eat bad-for-me stuff a couple days a week, and eat really healthy the rest of the week.
Colleen, your awesome!
I LOVE your blog! I think you’re absolutely adorable….but I cant seem to find you on FB?? Can you add me? From the Little Ferraro Kitchen and do you have Twitter?
Thank you
Sure I’ll add you! No, I don’t have twitter. I have a hard enough time keeping up w/ my FB lol.
Hi Colleen,
Not sure if you’ll remember me; I graduated from Clinton 2 years ago and we didn’t know each other terribly well. But I stumbled across a reference to your website on Facebook, and I’m very impressed! You have a quality site running here, and you seem to update a lot! That’s very important.
Anyway, just wanted to congratulate you; I love seeing Clinton kids pursuing their passions, particularly artistic ones! Hope your graduation was a blast and that you have a great year at school, wherever you’ve decided to go!
Best,
Nick Orvis ’09
I do remember you actually. Thanks so much! I appreciate the support
I hope college is going well for you!
Hey Colleen! Major props for actually doing this, it’s really cool and very helpful. I hope everything is going well for you and I hope that you had a great summer. See you around lady
Colleen this is wonderful!!!! it’s so cool! congrats on making this
Thank you everyone! The support means a lot to me
Kudos to you…this is fabulous! Love, Cioci Franny
Great web site! I’m a friend of your grandma and she told me to check out this site. She’s VERY proud of you and I can see why. Very well done. I’m not much of a cook myself, but that pasta dish sure looks good — I just may have to try fixing that!! Best of luck to you! –Edy–
I want a bite!
hey colleen. you are really cool for making your own website. pretty cool
ah love thisss
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