I live in Portland, OR with my boyfriend and two cats. I have been a vegetarian for six years, and enjoy finding new and creative ways to make meatless meals. Soups, stir-frys and lots of veggies. My mother is a great cook, and I learned a lot about cooking healthy, delicious food from her. I am not a tremendously skilled baker, but my Aunt and I get together every December to make holiday sugar cookies. We usually eat them all before getting a chance to share with friends and family. Mastering fake tuna fish sandwiches. Baking a layered cake for a friend's birthday. There was raspberry jam filling between the layers, and an hour after the cake was finished, the jam started oozing out the sides and bottom of the cake, turning it into a soggy mess. I temporarily swore of baking after that.