I've been cooking since I was 13. I come from a very big family (6 kids in total) and loved making four course dinners for my entire family since my early teens. Now its just my husband I and sometimes friends, but the love for cooking has not died. I think cooking is an art. Desert...yummy cakes and pies, and Italian dishes too - sauces from scratch, pasta with chicken and a million different herbs, oh, and Mexican foods too, though Thai food is also another one of my favs. Ok, I love experimenting and I guess everything is my favorite! Baking. My mom baked alot when I was little, since she had so many kids and everyone wanted snacks all day long. I guess that passed on well. I love baking cakes - carrot, lemon, simple chocolate - and cookies, pies and scones. There have been many, but more recently, my family and in-laws had come over for our wedding, and then stayed over for a couple of weeks. It was a party everyday. I made these blueberry muffins for breakfast one day - which everyone gobbled, then I made Pad Thai for dinner that day, with chicken satay and peanut sauce. My mother in law liked it so much, she was eating the sauce with a spoon!! Then later that night, I heard my Father in law on the phone, tell his brother in Canada what an awesome cook his new daughter in law was. I'm sure there have been quite a few... but cant think of any right now.