New Maker!
Marlo Stroud
New Maker!
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Marlo Stroud
BIO
I love cooking! I love seeing my family and friends comforted by my cooking. The biggest compliment is when they ask for seconds. I’ve been cooking as long as I can remember. By age 9, I was cooking entire meals…from fried chicken with smothered potatoes and collard greens to homemade pancakes, waffles, and biscuits.
Growing up I spent a lot of time with my grandparents and remember watching my grandmother, Big Mama prepare meals for our entire family. Basically, she taught me everything I know, and it's her recipes that I will be using at Molly’s Soulful Café.
When she passed away in 2002, I took the lead in preparing family dinners, and seeing how much my family enjoyed the meals I realized just how well I could cook. They constantly told me my cooking reminded them of Big Mama’s and that I should open up my own restaurant so they could have the food all year long. I loved the idea…I just knew I wasn’t moving back to Chicago, so I put the idea on the back burner. However, my passion for cooking has not waned. This is why I’ve decided to pursue my dream of opening up Molly’s Soulful Café.
Growing up I spent a lot of time with my grandparents and remember watching my grandmother, Big Mama prepare meals for our entire family. Basically, she taught me everything I know, and it's her recipes that I will be using at Molly’s Soulful Café.
When she passed away in 2002, I took the lead in preparing family dinners, and seeing how much my family enjoyed the meals I realized just how well I could cook. They constantly told me my cooking reminded them of Big Mama’s and that I should open up my own restaurant so they could have the food all year long. I loved the idea…I just knew I wasn’t moving back to Chicago, so I put the idea on the back burner. However, my passion for cooking has not waned. This is why I’ve decided to pursue my dream of opening up Molly’s Soulful Café.