{"id":34,"date":"2013-01-09T20:59:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T20:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.wpzoom.com\/petit\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2024-06-15T22:54:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T03:54:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"6583\" src=\"https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6804-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6804-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6804-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6804-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6804-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6804-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6804-380x507.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6804-760x1013.jpeg 760w, https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6804-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/cookedbydad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_6804-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a new-ish dad in my mid-thirties that originally learned to cook because my dad couldn&#8217;t, and if I wanted to eat something besides fast food or take-out, I had to make it myself. Fast forward to today where I actually enjoy cooking because, as I tell my wife, I would much rather make the mess than clean it up. I started out with basic recipes that I learned from grandma and evolved them during the various life stages I have been through since. I have always been the type to just throw stuff together and it just turns out great, but, if I am going to pass along how to cook to my kids, then I should start writing the recipes down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cookedbydadtx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a new-ish dad in my mid-thirties that originally learned to cook because my dad couldn&#8217;t, and if I wanted to eat something besides fast food or take-out, I had to make it myself. 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