In December 2006 I got married in Canada, and shortly after moved to Germany. My husband is German and has a big appetite. When he asks me to make something for dinner that I have never made before, I use allrecipes.com for recipes or ideas to create my own recipes. I've become so hooked on this website that I check it everyday and I have signed up for their daily newsletter. I love to cook anything that is Italian. Growing up in an Italian household, my mom was adimant about me learning to cook our traditional foods. I hated it when I was growing up, but now I am very grateful that she taught me. Besides cooking Italian, I also like to cook German and North American dishes. My parents are from Calabria, which is in southern Italy, and in the '70s they immigrated to Canada, bringing with them all the Calabrian traditions. We used to make homemade sausages, wine, and tomato sauce. I don't make these anymore, but I still cook our traditional dishes. The main ingredients used are parmesan, garlic, olive oil, parsley and basil. Almost everything includes the tomato sauce! Some of my big hitters are homemade lasagna, tiramisu, and cheesecake. There's just too many to list. I had one of my biggest tragedies shortly after moving to Germany. I made a casserole with grated potatoes, ground meat mixed with some German onion mix, and milk. My husband said it was the worst thing he ever tasted but we still ate it because we were really hungry. My husband won't ever let me live this one down, but I'm happy to say that I haven't had too many tragedies like that since then.