I'm a wife, mother, and "keeper" of the home. I was raised to have good habits with what I ate, but I am basically self-taught when it comes to my kitchen skills. Though I normally made healthy stuff in general, having kids inspired me to go out of my comfort zone and expand my skills/experience. Almost anything when it's something hubby and I are doing together. Otherwise, in general I can't help but feel more comfortable with stuff I've been making for a while and have a good grip on. Lately I've been getting ideas from the cookbook Deceptively Delicious and have been happy to see things I used to always make come out tasty just as good or even better and not to mention with a boost of vegis. I don't recall many traditions, but overall we had healthy and whole grains/foods. Probably a six pound leg of lamb. I could not believe how I got it to turn out better than it even sounded, and this was after being married only three months. (I was a no-cooking, no-cleaning tombody growing up, so I really didn't know how to do much in the kitchen until being married inspired me.) And note to self about lamb: eat hot (very good), not warm, and NEVER cool! Lamb residue was stuck on my palet for days! Another one of my personal triumphs is my secret pancake recipe. I sort of made it myself, and the trick isn't so much in the ingredients but in the way it's cooked. Maybe one day I'll share. Hmmm, so many. I guess it's the way learning goes, but I've definitely come a long way though. Maybe the time I'm thinking of isn't so much what I was trying to make, but for me it was a heartbreaker. On my husband's first birthday since being married, I dropped his special-requested cake on the kitchen floor. :( (tear)