I am a mother of one (well two if you count my husband) I am a certified chef and have been cooking professionally for about 5 years. I love finding great recipes and trying them out. I love to cook traditional Italian and french food..something about the way the flavors mesh is really amazing. I like cooking all kinds of old world foods actually. Im getting more into spanish and hungarian lately so if anyones got any ideas let me know! My mother and father are both from ireland, so every year we get to do a big St. Patricks day feast...cornbeef, brown bread, cabbage..yummm I have never had the patience for candymaking and I often make fatal errors but last year I made like 15 lbs of irish cream fudge for christmas presents. no one complained so I guess that could be counted as a triumph! Plenty....