I say that I'm still learning to cook, although I have been cooking for years. I have just now started trying out new things and stepping away from the comfort of mom's cooking. So far I'm loving everything. I seem to have a small knack for cooking. Thus far I have not really made anything that my family has not liked to some extent. I'm trying to start making decorated sugar cookies for every holiday. I remember doing that at Christmas time with my grandmother and want that for my son. I finally got one of these!! My cheesecake turned out so much better than I thought that it would. It had a few air holes in the top of it, but other than that, no cracks, and it tasted great! Slightly burning things.