I'm the primary cook at my house. I turned my boyfriend from a "meat and potatoes" no spicy foods person into a spicy hot try anything new kinda guy! My family doesn't do boring and I'm a foodie so he had no choice but to conform. Stir fry is one of my favorite dinners to cook. I also love to make crepes, cupcakes, chocolate chip cookies, roasted vegetables (especially asparagus), broiled shrimp, banana fritters. mashed potatoes...the list goes on. Mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving. I know, it seems like a given right? Wrong! My mom never made mashed potatoes. She's not from the US and she didn't like how unhealthy they are so we never made them, even for Thanksgiving. In my late teens I insisted on mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving. I didn't know how to make them and neither did mom. That year we over boiled them. I mean REALLY overboiled them! They were gummy and disgusting. The next year we used a mixer to beat them...too much. They were soupy and gelatinous. Gross! I think we gave up for a couple years after that. Then one year I wanted to try again, only this time I followed a cookbook recipe exactly. They came out pretty good. I was ecstatic. Now I can make the best mashed potatoes and I make them whenever I feel like it. I especially like to make them at Thanksgiving and I am always so proud of how they turn out. I made a cake!!!!! I never learned how to bake a cake as a kid. My mom and I tried once and it was just awful! I tried again as an adult and was again a disaster. Then, several years ago I found a recipe for a chocolate fudge cake. I made it for someone's birthday and it came out perfect! It was divine!!! Everyone loved it and I am still asked to bring it to family functions to this day. Nothing in particular sticks out in my mind. I am notorious for screwing up rice every now and then. I'll be cooking something else and forget to turn down the heat once the rice is boiling, then the water evaporates too fast, the bottom burns and the top is uncooked. It turns out such a mess it goes straight to the dogs.