Nothin' Fancy – Good Food and a Few Funny Stories
During her many years in the restaurant business, Laura Allen cooked a lot of good food and met a lot of characters, many of whom have found their way into this book. Good Southern cooking and a few big belly laughs!
Allen comes from a long line of great cooks. Southern cooking and a few Irish recipes thrown in for good measure make for some mighty good eating!
About Laura Allen (Rutherford County, North Carolina Author)
Laura Allen is the Massage Division Director of Soothing Touch, a family-owned manufacturer of massage, spa, and skin care products in business since 1977. She is the author of ten books, including five massage therapy textbooks published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Allen is a regular contributor to trade publications, including a regular column, The Heart of Bodywork, that appears in Massage & Bodywork Magazine. Allen has been teaching and writing about professional ethics, marketing, and other massage-related topics since 1999. She is a 2011 inductee into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame, the recipient of numerous industry honors, and teaches continuing education classes nationally and internationally.
Prior to coming to the massage profession, she was a restaurant owner for many years. Allen resides in Western North Carolina with her two rescue dogs, Fido and Queenie. She enjoys reading, cooking, and playing guitar and harmonica.
