My Mother, Irene Harris R.I.P. 03.16.2000 was a Cook at Ft. Irwin National Training Center as well Marine Base NEBO in Barstow California.

If you did your Desert Training in Barstow at either of these sites from the late 70's through the 90's, chances are you ate some of my Mom's cooking.

Many soldiers I had the pleasure of meeting would say, "Your Mom's burgers are not just burgers, there's something special about them.  They are the best I've had on any base I've been to..."

Being the youngest of 4 boy's and an older sister, I was not afforded the ability to work with my Mom on base as my siblings did.  They got the full on training on how to cook en mass.

Over the years while growing up, I learned while watching and helping my Mom cook at home and not on base.

I learned how to fry chicken, make stir fry and all sorts of other quick recipes from my Mom Irene Harris.

I hope to share with you, under the bachelorsurprise.com website, some of this heritage in cooking.

I hope you enjoy and find something you may try out for yourself.