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Cooking is love made delicious
Lynn Ramsey's cookbook already in second printing STORY AND PHOTOS BY STEPHEN H. COWLES
L
ynn Ramsey of Drewryville doesn't just tolerate the heat of the kitchen — she thrives in it. In July, there was pickling to be done, and already she had three batches going. For some, she was planning to do something a little fancy. Ramsey was going to make cinnamon pickles, describing them as “red and pretty for Christmas.” Whether it's pickling, canning, baking or cooking in general, you name it, she can probably do it — but she sees no reason to go to extremes. “I just love to cook, but I don't do a lot of extravagant dishes, just Southern country cooking, and a lot I have included in my cookbook,” said Ramsey. Her collection of personal recipes was bound and published under the appropriate titled, “Lynn's Favorite Country Recipes.” But the Sussex County native is not alone in the kitchen. There's her husband, Travis, for one. “We cook together a lot,” she said. “He has helped me with the cookbook a lot. He's helped sell them and was instrumental in getting recipes and making those recipes. He's been a great deal of help.”
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