Lindsey Nair l The Roanoke Times

It is time for another installment of our home cooks profile series. In case you missed it in Sunday’s paper, here is Frances Hinchee’s recipe for success (and pot roast):

Name: Frances Hinchee

Age: 85

Home: Roanoke County

Occupation: Homemaker

Why I love cooking: I love cooking because it makes my family happy.

Who taught me? I taught myself. My mother was working because my father had died, and I worked until I married my husband, George. I could not cook when I married, but my husband was a right good eater. I learned to cook because I had to.

My mother-in-law also taught me a lot.

Continue reading about Mrs. Hinchee here.

To see her recipe for perfect pot roast, click here.