I'm a married mom of three kids living in a suburb of cleveland. I work full time, so cooking sometimes feels like a chore. However...I'm trying to fix that. I love to cook when I learn new techniques; like when I finally figured out how to cook with my stainless steel pans without everything sticking. That only took me 10 years! I'm from an italian american family, so of course I love italian food! My favorites are italian desserts. Oooh, I always love to cook tex-mex because I never seem to ruin those dishes. Also, I'm perfecting my east asian dishes thanks to AllRecipes. Learning to cook meats in my stainless steel pans! For ten years I ruined salmon and chicken. It's not like my pans came with instructions. Who knew that a hot pan, and olive oil added at the right time could produce a slick, non-stick surface? Now fish comes out of the pan with crispy skin! Oh boy. I've had tons of those, but the most memorable one was when I started dating my husband. I tried to make a hearty beef stew, but made a burnt mess instead. I worked so hard! My grandmother told me to hide it and try to start over. Hide it?! How do you hide smelly stew? I was so disappointed that I cried...but, now we laugh about it (although I have never attempted to make stew again).