We're a young couple. One who likes to eat food that he's tried before and knows are good... and one who likes to try new things (even those fairly exotic). We live in Germany, on a limited budget so we have limited access to certain ingredients. We are trying to 1) learn how to cook the old favorites and 2) learn how to cook new things. We would like to become comforable enough with cooking to be able to host get-togethers without relying completely on cookbooks. I loved baking with my mother as a child, but didn't end up cooking much with her as we grew older. I hope to cook & bake with my children throughout their years growing up. Nothing extraordinary yet. Him: chicken stuffed with spinach & blue cheese. Her: herbed beef in salt crust. & found the absolute best choc. chip cookie recipie. She wants to learn which flavors go with which foods. He wants her to learn how to cook without a cookbook. once, i was making one of those frozen pizzas at a boyfruends house (when we were just starting dating)... when it was done, we had a hard time cutting through the pizza. i forgot to take the cardboard out from under it.