I'm a public librarian from Toronto, which is one of the most diverse cities in the world. I'm very lucky, because I've been exposed to so many different types of food and styles of cooking. I can also easily ATTEMPT these dishes at home, because its easy to find the ingredients at various ethnic stores. Also, downtown Toronto has amazing markets, so I buy almost all of my ingredients for cooking local and fresh. I also love eating out, because Toronto has amazing restaurants in all different types of cooking, so that's one of my favourite past times too. I'm a new vegetarian, so lately I've been trying to replace my former meat dishes with veggie alternatives. I'm always looking for healthy dishes using fresh ingredients. I also like making muffins (banana, rhubarb, zucchini, blueberry, ect), because I grew up on healthy, home-made muffins, and they're perfect to take to work. I like cooking the dishes that I grew up on, but because I live in the city and have been exposed to such great ingredients, I try and make them more modern. Instead of using canned ingredients, I used fresh. Instead of using dried herbs, I used fresh too. I love to make the dishes I grew up on, more refined.