When Clifton Montgomery Yarn was in high school he used to play hooky from school and to have something to do he would bake pies and cakes. Melissa Clement Clifton Montgomery Yarn, a retired Army chef, prepares a dish from his original recipes. I just acquired a desire to make pastry,'' he says.
Cooking is a science.
You have to have the right amount of ingredient at the right time. But it's an art too. When he found that cooks had one day on and two days off he took the job. It was awfully hard work. Then he was asked if he could bake and that's when he began to shine and have the kind of flexible hours he needed to pursue his many interests.