A Quote by Johnny Iuzzini
As kids, my mom would always let us help bake, and if we behaved, we got to lick the beaters clean.
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My mom cooked for us, and on the weekend, we always had Sunday dinner. My father liked to bake.
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As a little boy, my mom would bake with me on the weekends - that was our time together.
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