I was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on January 30th, when my parents were on their way home to Boston from a party. My mom was 'very big' with the Charleston and lost her head I guess, and also 'very big' with me. We lived in Boston, where my father managed 'us' and the Hotel Somerset, and then at 'The Country Club' in Chestnut Hill, Massacusetts, dining mostly on 'Pheasant Under Glass.' Summers were spent in a quiet village in southern New Hampshire.
My father owns The Colonial Inn in Concord, Massachusetts, which was built in 1775. All the food prepared there is Yankee cooking. I remember Brown Bread and Baked Beans in a Big Brown Pot every Sunday- that's what we were brought up on. I live in New York City and although the 'madness captivates me here' everyone almost always asks, 'But where are you from?' I proudly say, 'I'm from Boston.' 'Oh!' they say, surprised. 'Yup,' I say 'Once a Yankee, always a Yankee.'"

WOOL'S-GRIMES ECSTATIC BROWNIES

"I have been baking these brownies for 15 years, and there has never been guest wh didn't say. 'These are the most delicious I've ever tasted.' They were created in Long Island on a warm sunny day when Wool and Grimes decided to go 'straight to heaven' in the kitchen."

1 teaspoon baking power
2 cups sugar
1 cup flour
4 eggs
5 squares Baker's unsweetened chocolate
1/2 pound butter (oh my!)

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside. In separate bowl lightly whip the eggs. Melt chocolate and butter in double-boiler until smooth. Pour into first bowl with dry ingredients. Add eggs and stir. Pour into baking pan- standard size, 10 inches. Bake in oven preheated to 350 degrees. Watch carefully after 30 minutes; it usually takes 40 to 45 minutes. The point is that they must be moist.

LEMON BARS

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons softened butter
1/2 cup sifted confectioners sugar
1/4 cup sifted bleached all-purpose flour
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice

Spread a 9" x 9" baking pan with 2 tablespoons of the butter. Set aside.
Beat the remaining butter in a bowl with a whisk, or electric beater, until creamy. Gradually add the confectioners sugar- mixture should be fluffy when concluded. Add flour and stir with spoon till everything is smooth. Spread evenly in the bottom of the baking pan.
Bear eggs lightly in a bowl, gradually beat in the sugar and lemon juice. Spread evenly over the pstry. Bake at 350 degrees in a preheated overn for 25 minutes.
Remove, cool, and cut into bars.