I live in Virginia with my husband and 2 year old son. My husband an I are both software engineers. I am a voracious reader and like to take long walks. I was introduced to cooking by my grandmother and it became a passion since then. I started cooking since I was 13 and never looked back. Anything vegetarian and anything that my husband and son like to eat. I am all for quick to make recipes, with common ingredients. I like to try out challenging recipes to test my culinary skills. I like to cook spicy dishes for my family (they are all big fans of spicy food). Friday nights I make something that my husband likes to munch on while watching TV. We generally skip dinner and just live on appetizers while relaxing. I am "bake challenged" as my friends call me. So, whenever I bake something successfully, that is a big triumph for me. One day I decided I want to make chocolate cake from scratch. Well, that day I knew I had a tremendous talent to make a chocolate cake that tastes so bad, you never want to eat chocolate anymore.