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350 guests
Fed through a power failure.
That is Mary: calm when the room gets complicated.Meet the woman behind Wildflour
She can feed 350 people through a power failure. But her real gift is making one person believe, “I can do this.”
I did not inherit a recipe box. I built one. It grew from burned macaroni, West Texas grit, New Orleans tradition, restaurant kitchens, classrooms, celebrations, and one brave attempt at a time.
No one taught me how to cook. I was seven years old the first time I burned myself making macaroni and cheese, and I learned early that confidence is not something you wait to feel. It is something you build every time you try.
I turned that lesson into a life as a culinary educator, caterer, hospitality professional, restaurant manager, business owner, and teacher. I know how to command the details of a major event. I also know how to stand beside someone who is certain they cannot cook until their whole expression changes: “I made that.”
No one taught me how to cook. I built my life around making sure other people never have to learn alone.
How burned macaroni became Wildflour
Food became even more personal when cancer took both of my parents. My mother was my best friend, my person. I responded to some of that grief by writing a book about healthy foods and the ways we can care for our bodies through what we eat.
Food became more than my profession. It became a way to fight back, a way to comfort, and a way to keep caring for people when I could not fix what was hurting them.
Today, I am a single mother raising two adventurous boys, Lennon and Harrison. I work two jobs, teach, coach baseball, plan family adventures, and occasionally agree to projects that require power tools and more confidence than experience.
I understand the pressure of planning the meal, buying the groceries, working around everyone’s schedules, making something they will actually eat, and trying to be present when you are already exhausted. I am not teaching from an imaginary spotless kitchen. I am living real family life right alongside you.
That is the heart behind both Wildflour Catering & Events™ and The Wildflour Table™. Feeding people is how I say, “I see you. I care about you. You belong here.”
