I'm 21 and finally in my own apartment (with 3 female roomies). This apartment's beautiful kitchen has given me the baking bug, which has also spawned the cooking disease. :D I grew up in an extremely food-orientated French-Canadian household (my parents used to own a coffee truck business out of our home) and so have always been surrounded by food. My mom was pretty territorial of her kitchen, though, so now that I have my own range to roam, I do as often as I can. I have also over the past year developed a slight obsession with the food network. That teamed with my new kitchen has created a monster: me! I love, LOVE baking. I began with time & family tested recipes from my mother, and now I've branched out to anything that sounds good to me. I have a love for cheesecake that no man will ever come between. And I love making things that I have always wanted to buy and try, cause baking them at home makes them that much better! Also, as a 7 year vegetarian, I am always looking for tasty, innovative ways to keep a meatless diet. Thanksgiving is always at my house and everyone brings the same things every year, so it's such a comfortable familiar food experience. And when things seem like they'll become played out, someone will tweak a recipe enough to keep it familiar, yet jazzes it up at the same time. Pumpkin cheesecake with homemade cranberry sause and whipped cream. My most acclaimed dessert to date. My family also LOVES my white-cranberry biscotti, whose recipe I founf on this very site!