The blog features quick, budget-friendly recipes she has created for the on-the-run mother. Recipes range from funky selections inspired by the Harry Potter book series to a healthy version of turkey sliders, a favorite in the Coleman household.
Coleman, who graduated from the first culinary arts class at Northampton Community College in 1993, says she came by her cooking skills naturally.
"I came from a large family," said Coleman, who was one of seven children. "My mom cooked for an army every day."
Coleman says she intended to study criminal justice at NCC, but her eye strayed from the courses listed under CR to CU - culinary. She never looked back. Although her original plan was to open a restaurant, Coleman was sidetracked by her growing family when she began homeschooling her children, who now range in age from 2 to 19. She noticed that many stay-at-home moms had blogs, so she decided to start her own to preserve her family's recipes. In 2005, her blog, "Cooking With Anne," was born.
"I was just journaling for our family," Coleman says. "We had so many recipes, so much food and so much history."
The blog struck a chord with other moms, and within six months, "Cooking With Anne" was named the best cooking blog of 2005 by the Best of Blogs, which recognizes blogs on its Web site, www.thebestofblogs.com.
Coleman says that when she got her first e-mail from Disney in 2006, expressing interest in having her blog for them, she thought it was a joke. Even after receiving a phone call from Disney, confirming that e-mail, she still didn't quite believe it.
In December 2006, Coleman was selected to be one of 20 bloggers to launch the new Disney Family.com Web site.
