My mother, the superstar

I've written a few times that my mom is a really good cook. Well, now you don't have to just take my word for it - she has been officially selected as one of 12 finalists in a national magazine's annual recipe contest! That's 12 finalists, out of more than 1.7 million subscribers. Slightly freaking fantastic.

The cook-off will take place in August, on the east coast, and you can bet your bottom dollar I will fly out for it. I don't want to give too much away until the magazine posts the information on their website later this month, but I am just so proud of her I can't contain myself.

So, in the meantime, I am just going to book that flight home for Thanksgiving. Any takers?