Welcome! Meet the Cook and the Creative!

WE’RE THE COOGAN’S!

We’re Corey and Shaylah Coogan! Both from Iowa (and Nebraska) and then we landed in Texas in the ’90s, met each other a decade later, and fell in love!

Corey is the family chef + cookery king around here and I’m the creative behind this website. We spend most of our days together in our garden and kitchen…enjoying a few glasses of wine and music while creating new recipes. Having spent most of his adult life traveling {for work, rugby, and pleasure}, I’d say Corey is a true “foodie”. He’s eaten at some of the finest restaurants all around the world, the biggest dives, and the yummiest food trucks.

He’s tried pretty much every food and every delicacy out there. Throughout his travels, he’s learned how to bake the perfect Chicago pizza, how to barbecue Kansas City style, and found inspiration from Little Italy in San Diego. Bread, pastries, and wine in France, various dishes while in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Austria – have all collectively formed his creative passion for food, flavor, and spice.

The kids and I have been on the receiving end of Corey’s extensive knowledge of food, spices, and herbs for years – and now that our kids are grown, we’ve created an outlet to not only share our favorites with them but also our family and our friends.

Our desire is that our recipes will bring you and your loved ones to gather together and build memories in the kitchen and at the table.

We’re happy you’ve stopped by! ~ the Coogan’s

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