i'm a college student (i.e. POOR) and love to spend my free time (when i have it) cooking and baking, especially when things get stressful. theres just something about whipping up something fantastic that makes you forget everything you were worried about :) and theres nothing like baking up amazing goodies for everyone to enjoy-i love seeing smiles on peoples' faces after i make them something :) THATS really why i love cooking. and i can also spend literally hours on this website just roaming around, looking for things that look good haha chocolate chip cookies (my specialty), fresh pear bread, any kind of biscotti or cookie really. i also love to make soups-lentil, chicken, minestrone, french onion.. any kind of roasted veggies and anything italian :) the insane amount of cookies i make during the holiday season to send out to my friends and family :) i spend days whipping out batches and batches and BATCHES of biscotti a cookie cake for my best friend's birthday my attempt at remembering my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe while i was on spring break with my friends.. it uses vanilla pudding mix, and i asked my boyfriend, who was going to the store to go get some. bad idea... he came back with a package of vanilla pudding cups that you put in like, school lunches lol. they were interesting to say the least.