I'm a land surveyor by profession, but I love to cook. I especially like to bake. I enjoy cooking Italian food. Baking cookies and cakes are my favorite though. I'm pretty much the only cook in the family. Both of my grandma's cooked very well, but they passed away before I could really learn anything from them. Their specialties were pies and fried chicken. I cooked for about 15 people on the fourth of July in 2008. I have at least one tragedy a month. Last month I made chocolate chip cookies that turned out more like chocolate chip cake. Tasty, but not what I intended.