I'm a recent college graduate with a BA in English. I've always lived in the South and love it. My favorite things are: food, books, and animals (especially my two "girls" Kenya and Sadie). I am so thankful for this site and should definitely credit it with my increased cooking repertoire. Being from the South, I love all things fried; but my absolute favorite thing to cook and eat is vegtables, and the more colorful the better. Unfortunately, my boyfried (whom I usually cook for) is an extreme carnivore who grew up off of TV dinners and processed food; the only veggies he likes are white or yellow, all his favorite foods end in "ito" and there is no compromise. I was not allowed in the kitchen growing up. My boyfriend is very finicky, but he loves my cubed steak and my eggrolls, so that's a huge triumph for me. My first time cooking hush puppies they turned out terrible; I halfed the recipe, but I forgot to half the wet ingredients. They were so bad my roommate and I called them "loud dogs".