I'm a junior engineering student who got fed up with ramen noodles and decided to learn how to cook. My body thanks me. I like to cook pretty much anything else requiring stove top attention. Baking just isn't for me; I like the excitement of stir-frying. Microwaving! I'm a first-generation cook. I made a successful Thanksgiving dinner in '07. In my earliest days of cooking, I became an expert at fanning smoke away from the smoke alarm in my apartment.