And the blue ribbon goes to...

My mother's famous lasagna recipe. I tweaked it a bit for the hospital set, taking out the meat and adding a bunch of vegetables...but it was great. My brothers and sisters should have been there, they all loved mom's lasagna. I have the taste down to a tee. It's a great dish and everyone I make it for (and now everyone who my daughter makes it for) absolutely loves it.

Once, a long time ago, my brother told me that he asked my dad which one of his wives was the better cook. He was on wife number 2 at the time. Dad said to Wayne, "Your mother was the best cook that I ever knew." We all knew what a great cook my mother was...and what a rotten cook wife number 2 was. She'd smother steak in spices so that you couldn't taste the meat at all. My mother never would have desecrated a nice steak like that. At any rate...Mom, this blue's for you!