After mastering my grandmother’s biscuits and my boyfriend’s mother’s best friend’s Irish soda brown bread, I am seriously considering starting a line of instant mixes called “I stole this from a nice little old lady.” To be a cooking matriarch, just add water. Try my Buffins recipe. Read my children's book (ok, not MY children, but the book I wrote for my cousin's children--Mason and Charlotte)--Catching the Giggles.