I love this time of year. I'm sure I've written about my love affair of the fall before, but I really do love it! I love the changing leaves, the crispness of the air, and the chance I have to wear warm sweaters! But the main reason I love this season is because, for me, it marks the beginning of the holiday season. This season is full of lots of time with friends and family, delicious food, and of course family traditions! I'd like to share one of my favorite traditions with you.

My Grandma Beverly has a reputation for a couple of things. First, she's known as "Broken Grandma" to my nieces, her great-grandchildren, because, to put it nicely, she's clumsy and has fallen a lot. Her other reputation is much better. She's known in my family and around the neighborhood for having the best caramel corn in town. Her caramel corn is probably one of my favorite family traditions!

I don't remember the first time I had her caramel corn, but I do know that I've never tasted anything nearly as good. Other's in my family have tried to copy her recipe, including myself, but never turns out as good as hers. I don't know what it is, but she just has a way of making it that cannot be mimicked. Each Christmas my siblings and cousins request that she make this for our family get together. She always complains, but makes it with a smile on her face. We've had it every year for so long that it wouldn't be Christmas without it.

Now that my grandma is getting older, the tradition has been passed on to my siblings and me. One of us always volunteers to go to her house and help make it, and if she can't make it, we will, although as I said it's never as good. Her recipe is so good, it's almost like a family secret, but since we are family here in the Cook'n Club and at DVO I'll gladly share her recipe with you! I hope it brings your family as much joy as it has brought to mine!