I love cooking! My mother has always been a fantastic cook, and I have grown up around good food. People are always shocked when I bring in these delicious homecooked meals for lunch and I say I've made them. Right now, I am on a huge crockpot kick. Roasts, thai chicken, desserts, stews, etc. I work full-time through the week, and there is nothing better to come home to then a house filled with a hearty, rich aroma. Christmas always brings homemade pierogies and cabbage rolls from Mom. These are my favourites. I think this year, I am going to try and make them myself. * pasta from scratch * my first full course thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings * my first full course christmas dinner with all the trimmings *White Dark Chocolate Dacquoise Cake Well, in the aforementioned thanksgiving dinner, i was trying to make stuffing from scratch. I am Canadian, and most recipes are done in imperial measurements, rather than metric -- quarts, pints, etc. I know litres, and grams. So, I was trying to figure out what 4 quarts of bread would equal in litres. Needless to say, I had piles upon piles of breadcubes, everywhere! In the end, it turned out fabulously.