I'm a vegetarian married to a meat eater who also enjoys cooking. I've become very adept at side dishes, particularly comfort foods that my husband and I both enjoy. I love to read cookbooks and watch movies about cooking (i.e. Big Night) and it seems I never get to spend enough time in the kitchen. Email: knancyhoo@yahoo.com Desserts, breads, potatoes, soup. Nothing too gourmet. I really enjoy preparing fresh dishes from scratch that we'll both enjoy. "Helping" my mom in the kitchen when I was a kid. My job was to run the nuts through the hand cranked nut grinder, sift the powdered sugar, fold the wire slicer over the hard-boiled eggs or make little cinammon sugar treats out of the pie crust scraps. Little things, but very memorable for me. I've perfected my homemade caramels and every holiday I make close to a thousand to give away to friends and relatives. Just recently, I succeeded at a batch of homemade veggie burgers. It took me three tries to get the Cook's Illustrated recipe right and it was definately worth it! Pie Crust! I am the daughter of a pie crust goddess. I look like her, I sound like her, but I can't make pie crust like her. What a pity!