I'm 24 and I've just started cooking this year. I'm a product of my southern mother and I just adore baking and cooking. I have my own cooking blog that tells the tale of my adventures in cooking: karacooks.blogspot.com I have to say that I love baking of any kind way more than cooking dinner. I'm a sweet over savory girl. I also LOVE making cornbread and anything you can make in a slow cooker. I make any and every recipe my mother gives me. My family is origionally from the mountains of western North Carolina, so lately I've been into reseraching cooking traditions and recipes from the appalacian region. I have a long list of "to try" recipes from this! Tackling Christmas baking on my own this year and giving away homemade treats as gifts. My first experience with the broiler. I totally burnt the top of a shepherds pie to a crisp!